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I'm not so sure. Ford is better at playing a more restrained character and that seems to have worked well for 3:10 to Yuma. Although Mitchum probably could have done it. I do think Mitchum for sure is a better actor than Ford, but Widmark is a toss up to me.

Always found it interesting how easily cars find a parking place on very crowded streets in the movies and on TV. Usually right in front of where they are going.

Too far from Spencer Tracy's favorite drinking spots? Per Muller, they shot exteriors in NYC for two weeks. Seen it before, but long enough that I forgot most of it. Pretty good movie and well worth watching. The first movie I remember seeing Diana Lynn in was Plunder Under the Sun, (1953) with Glenn Ford. She plays an alcoholic or drunk, but Glenn helps her to stop. Wonder if she learned how to play it from Spencer in The People Against O'Hara? Plunder is a pretty good movie and I frequently re-watch it. Based on a book by David Dodge, which I actually read before became aware of the movie. It was one of those books re-published by Hardcase Crimes. Next weeks feature is another good one with a good cast - Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, George Sanders, Vincent Price, Thomas Mitchell, Rhonda Fleming and more. While The City Sleeps (1956).

Actually had to go to Wikipedia to fully recall the story. ImDB rates it 7/10 and I guess I could agree with that. Nicholas Cage is one of those actors that I like, but somehow often does not impress in some roles. Too laconic? Lazy? But RRW is a good movie if you have never seen it or have not seen it in a long time. Man walks into a bar......

I'm in favor of this. These are "classics" as far as I'm concerned. I just watched Red Rock West last week. Would love to see The Last Seduction again. Mulholland Falls, Body Heat and LA Confidential are definitely classics by any definition. Sorry, Cigarjoe, but your lists are too long for my limited concentration. Also have not even heard of most of the ones I skimmed over.

I've watched Mr. Buddwing a couple of times and still can't get into it, even though Garner is one of my favorite actors. The women in it are first class. Don't know if I would call it Noir, but rather just a drama. A dark and dreary drama.

Not so sure Tin Men would be considered Noir. To me it is too much a romantic comedy of errors. While the profession (aluminum siding salesmen) of the "Tin Men" may be considered criminal, I don't think it rises to the Noir level.

I don't remember the story line that well, but there is a scene in Tin Men where they discuss Bonanza. As one guy points out the father and three sons are all fairly close in age. Also, he had three wives who all died in childbirth.

I recently got the DVD of this one and have watched it a couple of times. I would rate it about a 7/10. The ending is actually in Richard Conte's former home on the banks of the Salton Sea. Apparently it supposedly flooded very easily. I looked up Salton Sea and apparently it is no longer much of a resort and lots of abandoned buildings.

I like Dark Passage, but it is not your typical "crime/mystery" movie. A lot more of the human interest of Bogie and Bacall characters getting to know each other and of course falling in love.

I think so. It was just one of many DVD's in one of the catalogs I get. Will see if I can locate it. The only value would be to test yourself and see if you could spot various anatomy parts.

I remember when Gunsmoke went form 1/2 to 1 hour. It was my father's favorite show, but he quit watching it. Too much drama, romance or whatever. He wanted action.

They actually have DVD's now of these scrambled channels, but for the soft core porn sites, not TCM.

A little off topic, but I just spent 2+ hours with two cable system experts trying to fix an ongoing problem. Not major, but sometimes annoying. We got into discussion about how complicated it has all become since the good old days of cable when you either had reception or not or you had snow or not. Of course you only had 12 channels as well.

In the 60's, we actually only had two stations from Charleston, SC - CBS and one split between ABC and NBC. In the late 60's, we finally got three stations - ABC, NBC and CBS. Of course that was in the really good Ol' days when there was 15 minutes of local news, weather and sports and 15 minutes of national news once per day around 6 PM.

Growing up we had ABC, NBC and CBS. They did have late shows at 11:00 as I recall. Of course Johnny Carson or Jack Parr or whoever was on one network. Regardless I did not watch programs after 11:00 except on rare occasions. When I did watch some in later 60's and 70's, they were not "classics" but whatever the TV stations could get on the cheap. The only one I remember is The Strange One with Ben Gazzara, but only because it was based on my alma mater. Did not live in an area where cable was available until 1985. If you lived outside a densely populated area, the companies were slow to get there.

I enjoyed The Tattooed Stranger and especially Eddies commentaries. Forgot which one, but apparently one of the female hosts has a tattoo? Thought it interesting that the RKO-Pathe B movie enterprise died due to many people discovering they could work in TV and essentially make 54 minute B movies every week. Eddie mentioned M Squad and The Naked City as two of the Noir type TV shows that displaced B movies. I thought the "love interest" looked familiar, but as Patricia Barry, not White as noted by Eddie.

One of the things I learned in model railroading is that an S curve (as above) is very tricky. The train is headed in one direction and you jerk it to another and then do it again very quickly. Leads to a lot of derailments.

You don't know it very well.

Suggest you study up on Civil War history and especially Lee's tactics and strategies. He won so many battles because he usually attacked first. It was his favorite tactic and it worked until Gettysburg. Also, the prominent strategy for battles, North and South, was the frontal attack.

I've got Experiment in Terror on DVD, but haven't watched it in a long time. Somehow it just does not come together the way it should for me. Glen Ford, Lee Remick, Stephanie Powers and the mystery actor. The name of the villain is not revealed until the end of the movie.

I started watching On Dangerous Ground, but quit when Ryan got to Ida Lupino's house. Somewhat to hear what a Viola d'amore sounds like. I had watched it several years ago and just didn't get into it.

10:07 AM, Saturday, June 29: The Falcon's Alibi. Fairly interesting with Jane Greer as a torch singer and Elisha Cook plays a radio DJ. OF course, preceded by cartoons, a 60 minute Western, a serial and shorts.

10:07 AM, Saturday, June 29: The Falcon's Alibi. Fairly interesting with Jane Greer as a torch singer and Elisha Cook plays a radio DJ.

I remember that episode, but never re-watch it. Too depressing. I think Barbara Barrie played another blind person at the school for the blind.