Directed by: Lambert Hillyer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Wilse Dilling (Lon Chaney) is a handicapped criminal who reforms when he is sent to a quiet town to work undercover and falls in love with the daughter of his boss’ blackmail target. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Robert Butler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Approaching his fiftieth year, weary streetwise cop Bumper Morgan (William Holden) has been pounding the L.A. beat for close to two decades and feels the weight of each one of his years. He’s […]
Original Air Date: May 26, 2022 Directed by: Gwyneth Horder-Payton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: In this episode of the series which re-enacts the making of The Godfather, producer Ruddy (Miles Teller) has to convince Paramount head Bluhdorn (Burn Gorman) that Coppola (Dan Fogler) and Pacino […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Fritz Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The clumsy and aggressive attempt by unpublished author Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward) to seduce servant girl Elsa Gaunt (Dorothy Patrick) results in her tragic death. Immediately after his crime, Stephen is genuinely shocked […]
by Mark Murton Director: Stanley A. Long This review contains a Minor Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Sid South (Christopher Neill) is a young jobbing plumber whose assignments usually land him in bed and/or hot water. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): As the […]
Original Air Date: October 5, 1961 Starring: Orangey Directed by: Richard Whorf Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Douglas family is put out when new neighbors move in across the street that none of them can stand. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After seeing the new neighbors […]
Original Title: Nasanunaka Directed by: Mikio Naruse This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Actress Tamae Kiyooka (Yoshiko Okada) returns to Japan after a five year absence hoping to claim her daughter Shigeko (Toshiko Kojima) who only knows her […]
Directed by: Robert B. Sinclair Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Captain Abe Peabody (Charles Coburn) loses his house due to bad investments. When his wife (Beulah Bondi) moves into a retirement home for women, he is invited to move in as well. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: David Butler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: During the early days of WWII, Pulitzer Prize winning (!?) foreign correspondent Robert Kittredge (Bob Hope) pulls a boner by reporting that Germany would not attack Russia. When the inverse occurs, Kittredge is […]
Directed by: Robert Voskanian This review contains an Implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young woman named Alicianne (Laurel Barnett) takes a job as a nanny to a motherless little girl named Rosalie (Rosalie Cole) who has some very unusual friends […]