by Ted Davis Original Air Date: November 28, 1959 Directed by: Don Taylor This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The prolific and mysterious gunslinger known as Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired by wealthy coward John Ellsworth (Parley Baer) to […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Alan Cullimore Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Believing himself to be dying, Charles Heywood (Valentine Dyall) hires an assassin to kill him so he can frame a former business partner who got him sent to jail for the death. Purr […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Julien Duvivier Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Prosperous and well-fed businessman Doakes (Robert Benchley) visits his club one evening to relieve a bad case of the jitters brought on by the combination of a disturbing experience with a fortune teller […]
Review by Mark MurtonBehind the Scenes by Linda Kay Original Air Date: May 5, 1979 Directed by: Rodney Bennett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A musically appreciative stray cat comes between elderly husband Edward (Joseph Cotton) and his wife Louisa (Wendy Hiller). Featured Feline: As Edward […]
Directed by: Henry King Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Parisian sewer worker Chico (James Stewart) reluctantly rescues an abused prostitute named Diane (Simone Simon) and gives her shelter in his attic flat, slowly realizing over time that he is falling in love with her. Cat […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: David Hare Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The shocking death of a young man at the home of schoolteacher Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave) causes her to revisit her past passions. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The day after the brutal event […]
by Ted Davis Also Known As: Kean, ou Désordre et génie Directed by: Alexandre Volkoff Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In the England of the early 1800s, Edmund Kean (Ivan Mosjoukine) is widely praised as the country’s foremost Shakespearean actor, but his scandalous and turbulent […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Stanley Goulder Synopsis: Police desperately hunt for psychiatric hospital out-patient Simon Lacey (Roland Curram) who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets. Purr Blur: As Inspector Duffy (Bernard Archard) and Sgt. Clark (Basil Beale) arrive at Lacey’s home to question his mother (Jean Anderson) as to his […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: On a camping trip to the California mountains, Steven Anders (Peter Graves) and his two teenage children are exploring a cave when they experience an earthquake. After emerging, they hear from a […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 27, 2022 Directed by: Stella Corradi This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Eve (Sandra Oh) is on a mission to get revenge against the Twelve, and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), desperate to change, […]