Remember Last Night? (1935)

Remember Last Night? (1935)

by Ted Davis Directed by: James Whale Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Long Island socialites Tony Milburn (Robert Young) and Carlota Milburn (Constance Cummings) celebrate their six month wedding anniversary by joining a similarly spoiled, entitled and tiresome group of unregenerate young couples in an […]

Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)

Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Slim Hand Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Penny Justin (Peggy Evans) and Molly James (an almost unrecognizable brunette Diana Dors) are flatmates. Penny is an artist’s model, who spends a significant amount of time in her underclothes and other revealing […]

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Directed by: Joe May Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) takes a formula to make him invisible so he can elude the police, but the side effect of the drug is madness. Kitty Cameo: Constable Briggs (Rex Evans) is on patrol when […]

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “Beast in View”

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – “Beast in View”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: March 20, 1964 Directed by: Joseph M. Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Nervous and high-strung Helen Clarvoe (Joan Hackett) asks attorney Paul Blackshear (Kevin McCarthy) to resolve her stressful and long-standing conflict with unhinged Dorothy Johnson (Kathleen Nolan), […]

A Tale of Five Women (1951)

A Tale of Five Women (1951)

by Mark Murton Original Title: A Tale of Five Cities [UK] Directed by: Emil E. Reinert (Paris segment) Synopsis: An America-based Englishman, Bob Mitchell (Bonar Colleano), is injured in action during WWII and loses his memory. With no identification and because he talks like an American, he is repatriated to the States. All Bob can […]

Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Terence Young Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In the England of 1938, society playgirl and purported beauty Mifanwy Conway (Edana Romney) becomes romantically involved with enigmatic artist and aesthete Paul Mangin (Eric Portman), who is either a self-deceiving mountebank or […]

Home at Seven (1952)

Home at Seven (1952)

by Mark Murton Also Known As: Murder on Monday Director: Ralph Richardson Synopsis: Bank Official David Preston (Ralph Richardson) goes missing for twenty-four hours and has no memory of the lost time. When he learns that the steward of his local club who implicated him in a robbery has been found murdered, Preston finds he […]

Jonathan Creek – “The Problem at Gallows Gate, Part 1”

Jonathan Creek – “The Problem at Gallows Gate, Part 1”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 14, 1998 Directed by: Keith Washington Synopsis: A wealthy, young eccentric commits suicide by jumping off a balcony after discovering his girlfriend Felicity (Annabel Mullion) with someone else, but three weeks later the same man is seemingly witnessed strangling his ex-girlfriend in her house. Jonathan (Alan Davies) needs […]

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular Tintin comics by HergĂ©. Tintin (voiced by Jamie Bell) and his faithful dog Snowy ends up on a treasure hunt, the results of which could have important consequences. Cartoon Cat: Tintin is […]

The Rockford Files – “Chicken Little is a Little Chicken”

The Rockford Files – “Chicken Little is a Little Chicken”

Original Air Date: November 14, 1975 Directed by: Lawrence Doheny Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Angel (Stuart Margolin) asks Jim Rockford (James Garner) for help without explaining the whole messy situation in which he is caught up. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Jim’s lawyer, Beth (Gretchen Corbett) […]