Pickup on South Street
In Pickup on South Street, a pickpocket unwitting intercepts microfilm on its way to Communist agents. And they want it back at all costs …
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Don’t Bother to Knock
Don’t Bother to Knock – an excellent drama, where babysitter Marilyn Monroe seduces Richard Widmark … before exposing her psychotic side.
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Hanky Panky
Hanky Panky (1982) starring Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan
Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner team up to blend their unique brands of comedy in Hanky Panky, a romantic, Hitchcock-style film.
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Murder on the Orient Express [1974]
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Michael York, directed by Sidney Lumet
Synopsis of Murder on the Orient Express
Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating the Murder on the Orient Express.
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O. Henry’s Full House
O. Henry’s Full House (1952) starring Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Farley Granger, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
Synopsis of O. Henry’s Full House
O. Henry’s Full House is an anthology of five of O. Henry’s short stories, well-acted and well-directed, that are well worth watching.
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Road House
Editorial review of Road House (1948) courtesy of Amazon.com
Road House has acquired a cult as a prime film noir. Certainly the title location is archetypal, a lounge and bowling alley up toward the Canadian border, and Ida Lupino and Richard Widmark make the most of flavorful roles that would qualify them as exemplary noir denizens even if they hadn’t established that elsewhere. Read More »Road House
The Swarm
The Swarm (1978) by Irwin Allen, starring Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray
Irwin Allen did quite a few disaster movies (The Poseidon Adventure, Airport) that were commercial, if not always critical, successes. The Swarm, in contrast, was a flop both commercially and critically — and a massive waste of some very good acting talent as well.