Directed by: William Dieterle This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: Danny Haley (Charlton Heston), who runs a recently raided gambling location, bilks a visiting businessman (Don DeFore) out of a large sum of money which then leads him to fear reprisal from the man’s criminal brother (Mike Mazurki). Purr Blur: Danny’s buddy […]
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Hindle Wakes (1952)
by Mark Murton Also Known As: Holiday Week Directed by: Arthur Crabtree Synopsis: During ‘wakes week’, a Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner’s son. Kitty Cameo: As the opening titles end the scene changes from a row of houses to a shot of the exterior of a single house where a […]
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), […]
What’s the Brightest Star in the Sky? (1976)
Directed by: Mel Waskin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of the Wonder World of Science educational films in which Wonder Cat asks questions about the Sun. Cartoon Cat: Wonder Cat is the featured character in these shorts who wonders aloud and is answered by an […]
Adamo ed Eva (1949)
English Title: Adam and Eve Directed by: Mario Mattoli This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: A manicurist named Eva (Isa Barzizza) falls for Adamo (Erminio Macario), the owner of the shop where she works. He in turn tells […]
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
by Ted Davis Directed by: Vincent Minnelli Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In his unrelenting and obsessive drive for success, ruthless and powerful Hollywood movie producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) abuses the trust and friendship of talented director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan), emotionally fragile actress […]
Please Sir! (1971)
by Mark Murton Director: Mark Stuart Synopsis: Movie spin-off from the popular TV sitcom in which teacher Bernard Hedges (John Alderton) takes troublesome class 5C to a holiday camp with the inevitable disastrous but comic results. Kitty Cameo: The film opens with a pre-titles scene of Mr. Hedges opening the door of his terraced house […]
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 […]
Link (1986)
by Mark Murton Director: Richard Franklin This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: When female zoology student Jane Chase (Elisabeth Shue) is invited to a remote seaside mansion to assist British primatology professor Dr. Steven Phillip (Terence Stamp) with his […]
Thriller – “The Specialists”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: April 30, 1962 Directed by: Ted Post This review contains a very mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A shadowy globe-trotting ring of jewel thieves masterminded by slippery Anthony Hugh Swinburne (Robert Douglas) is relentlessly pursued […]