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Escape from Fort Bravo (1953, John Sturges)
The Western is probably the greatest American contribution to cinema (don’t mention Leone, because Fort Bravo and the like have heart, something Leone was never interested in). Escape from Fort Bravo...
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Scaramouche (1952, George Sidney)
Scaramouche is a deliberately constructed film. I’m curious if screenwriters Ronald Millar and George Froeschel followed the source novel’s plot structure, because it’s a very peculiar series of...
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Paths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
Paths of Glory takes place over four days, runs just under ninety minutes and has thirteen or so significant characters. It’s hard to identify the most significant character–Kirk Douglas’s protagonist...
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Perry Mason Returns (1985, Ron Satlof)
The most impressive technical contribution to Perry Mason Returns has to be Dick DeBenedictis’s music. He lifts thriller style music, some horror, some whatever, then applies it to this somewhat bland...
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A Cry in the Night (1956, Frank Tuttle)
If it weren’t for the cast, there’d be very little to distinguish A Cry in the Night. John F. Seitz’s black and white photography is often–but not always–quite good, though director Tuttle struggles...
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Seven Days in May (1964, John Frankenheimer)
Screenwriter Rod Serling really likes to employ monologues in Seven Days in May. John Frankenheimer likes to direct them too. And the actors like to give them. Because they’re good monologues. The...
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Paths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
Paths of Glory takes place over four days, runs just under ninety minutes and has thirteen or so significant characters. It’s hard to identify the most significant character–Kirk Douglas’s protagonist...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Perry Mason Returns (1985, Ron Satlof)
The most impressive technical contribution to Perry Mason Returns has to be Dick DeBenedictis’s music. He lifts thriller style music, some horror, some whatever, then applies it to this somewhat bland...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Cry in the Night (1956, Frank Tuttle)
If it weren’t for the cast, there’d be very little to distinguish A Cry in the Night. John F. Seitz’s black and white photography is often–but not always–quite good, though director Tuttle struggles...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seven Days in May (1964, John Frankenheimer)
Screenwriter Rod Serling really likes to employ monologues in Seven Days in May. John Frankenheimer likes to direct them too. And the actors like to give them. Because they’re good monologues. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
Paths of Glory takes place over four days, runs just under ninety minutes and has thirteen or so significant characters. It’s hard to identify the most significant character–Kirk Douglas’s protagonist...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Perry Mason Returns (1985, Ron Satlof)
The most impressive technical contribution to Perry Mason Returns has to be Dick DeBenedictis’s music. He lifts thriller style music, some horror, some whatever, then applies it to this somewhat bland...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Cry in the Night (1956, Frank Tuttle)
If it weren’t for the cast, there’d be very little to distinguish A Cry in the Night. John F. Seitz’s black and white photography is often–but not always–quite good, though director Tuttle struggles...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seven Days in May (1964, John Frankenheimer)
Screenwriter Rod Serling really likes to employ monologues in Seven Days in May. John Frankenheimer likes to direct them too. And the actors like to give them. Because they’re good monologues. The...
View ArticlePaths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
Paths of Glory takes place over four days, runs just under ninety minutes and has thirteen or so significant characters. It’s hard to identify the most significant character–Kirk Douglas’s protagonist...
View ArticlePerry Mason Returns (1985, Ron Satlof)
The most impressive technical contribution to Perry Mason Returns has to be Dick DeBenedictis’s music. He lifts thriller style music, some horror, some whatever, then applies it to this somewhat bland...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Cry in the Night (1956, Frank Tuttle)
If it weren’t for the cast, there’d be very little to distinguish A Cry in the Night. John F. Seitz’s black and white photography is often–but not always–quite good, though director Tuttle struggles...
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