Also Known As: Backtrack Directed by: Dennis Hopper Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Artist Anne Benton (Jodie Foster) accidentally witnesses a mob murder which puts her life in danger. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After the murder, Anne leaves the police station and returns home with […]
Category Archives: Suspense
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “Craig’s Will”
Original Air Date: March 6, 1960 Starring: Orangey Directed by: Gene Reynolds Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A man named Thomas Craig (Dick Van Dyke) and his floozy girlfriend Judy (Stella Stevens) are stunned when Craig’s father leaves all of his money to his dog Casper […]
Games (1967)
Directed by: Curtis Harrington Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Eccentric couple Paul and Jennifer Montgomery (James Caan and Katharine Ross) get pulled into intrigue and murder by a mysterious saleswoman named Lisa (Simone Signoret). Featured Feline: An older neighbor named Miss Beattie (Estelle Winwood) is […]
Never Let Go (1960)
Directed by: John Guillermin Synopsis: When cosmetic salesman John Cummings (Richard Todd) has his car stolen, he is determined to get it back no matter what! Purr Blur: In one scene John approaches the back door of a garage where he is sure his car is being kept. A black cat on an ash can […]
The Keeper (2004)
Directed by: Paul Lynch Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Police Lieutenant Krebs (Dennis Hopper) is a respected officer who secretly kidnaps a erotic dancer named Gina (Asia Argento) and holds her in his basement to “save” her. Kitty Cameo: After Gina has been imprisoned for […]
The Outside Man (1972)
Also Known As: Un homme est mort Directed by: Jacques Deray Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A French hit man named Lucien Bellon (Jean-Louis Trintignant) finds he has become a target himself after completing an assignment. Purr Blurs: Realizing he is in danger, Bellon forces […]
Enigma (1982)
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Russian defector Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen) is recruited by the CIA to infiltrate East Berlin. His mission: disrupt the Soviet’s Enigma code computer to prevent assassinations scheduled to take place on Christmas morning. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
The Hour of 13 (1952)
Directed by: Harold French Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Nicholas Revel (Peter Lawford) is a jewel thief who has to help the police solve a series of officer murders to protect himself from being accused of the killings. Purr Blur: In one scene a police […]
Murder, She Wrote – “Class Act”
Original Air Date: December 3, 1989 Directed by: Allen Reisner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) narrates the story of Lt. Amos Ballinger (Barry Newman), a police detective assigned to teach a class in criminal investigation at a local university and whose […]
The Venetian Affair (1966)
Directed by: Jerry Thorpe This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Journalist Bill Fenner (Robert Vaughn) encounters intrigue in Venice when he tries to uncover the story behind a suicide bombing during an international peace meeting. Featured Feline: Late […]