Directed by: Don Siegel Synopsis: A social worker (James Whitmore) tries to get through to hoodlum kids running amok in the streets. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Frankie (John Cassavetes), Angelo (Sal Mineo) and Lou (Mark Rydell) crouch in an alley in anxious anticipation of an impending event. After a moment of […]
Directed by: Phil Karlson Synopsis: Retired mob accountant Eddie Rico (Richard Conte) is drawn back into the fold when his brothers are threatened. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Eddie is trying to get back to his mother’s apartment. As he sneaks behind some stairs, a longhair cat runs down them with a […]
Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aspiring writer Christopher Drew (Stephen Murray) explores the seedier side of life and gets in over his head when he witnesses a murder. Purr Blur: In one scene Frankie Ketchen (Rosalyn Boulter) and Christopher Drew are […]
Directed by: Ken Hughes Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Harry Miller (Victor Mature) reluctantly moves to Liverpool for his wife and gets caught up in intrigue and love when he starts driving a truck on a run to Scotland. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After a […]
Directed by: Henry Levin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A gypsy princess (Nina Foch) conceals a terrible secret which Dr. Charles Morris (Fritz Leiber), the director of a supernatural museum, threatens to uncover. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The museum is the home to a long-haired […]
Directed by: Richard Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Tough police detective Mike Carter (Lawrence Tierney) quits his job to avoid being fired for insubordination and gets hired as a bodyguard to the owner of a meat packing plant whose life has been threatened. Kitty […]
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A talent agent named Jerry (Dennis O’Keefe) hires a black leopard for his client Kiki (Jean Brooks) to use in her act in New Mexico but the animal escapes and several women are later found mauled. […]
Directed by: Alex Proyas Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A musician named Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) is brutally murdered along with the love of his life Shelley (Sofia Shinas) and returns from the dead to seek vengeance. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When Eric enters his […]
Directed by: Lew Landers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Harold Dunlap (Charles Russell) commits a murder then hides out in a boarding house. Kitty Cameo: One of the residents of a boarding house is a boy named Mike (Dale Belding) who is constantly trying to […]
Directed by: Robert Siodmak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Police Lt. Candella (Victor Mature) is torn when the oldest son of a family he has befriended kills a policeman then needs his help. Kitty Cameo: Late in the film a nurse named Frances Pruett (Betty […]