Det Jim McLeod
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He had a memorable role on the TV show Chicago Hope as a surgeon with Tourette's syndrome.
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My Top Ten
1. Detective Story
2. Paths Of Glory
3. Champion
4. Ace In The Hole
5. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
6. Gunfight At The OK Corral
7. Spartacus
8. The Bad And The Beautiful
9. Lonely Are The Brave
10. Tough Guys
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Bradford Dillman was in Escape From The Planet Of The Apes with Roddy MacDowall
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5) His only Oscar nomination was for Giant
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I never saw this one, it's on now. Anyone see it? How is it?
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14 hours ago, TopBilled said:
What does it even mean?
I'm not sure, the movie is about an insurance investigator (Sam Neill) who is searching for a missing horror story writer whose book drives people crazy. Which still doesn't explain the title, I never saw the movie so maybe that would help explain things.
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In The Mouth Of Madness (1995)
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I first noticed Joan Blondell on the 1970s TV series Here Come The Brides. She said in an 1972 interview that she was recognized for that than anything else.
In that same interview she was asked which of her movies was the most famous. She said Topper Returns because it had grown on TV viewings since it was in public domain.
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On 12/5/2019 at 1:29 PM, TheCid said:
Guess we are no longer discussing Christmas in Connecticut here.
I liked this one, mostly because it has my favorite SZ Sakall performance
"Everything is hunky-dunky!"
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14 hours ago, jakeem said:
Super Cops" (1974, based on the true story of two NYPD cops who battled crime as if they were Batman and Robin);
I liked this one, it's sort of a more light hearted version of Serpico
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William Bendix
Elisha Cook Jr
Howard da Silva
Ruth Gordon
Beulah Bondi
Gladys George
My Choices:
William Bendix-Detective Story-he plays the kind hearted partner to angry cop Kirk Douglas
Elisha Cook Jr-Stranger On The Third Floor-as a cab driver wrongly accused of murder
Howard da Silva-The Lost Weekend-tough but sympathetic bartender
Ruth Gordon-Rosemary's Baby-nosy neighbor with Satanic ideas
Beulah Bondi-Penny Serenade- well meaning head of adoption agency
Gladys George- The Roaring Twenties tough talking dame who pines for gangster James Cagney
What are yours?
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Emma Dunn was in Son Of Frankenstein with Josephine Hutchinson
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2 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
I hope 70 is the last year, it's getting too sad.
Apted has hinted 63 could be the swan song, I hope not.
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On 12/5/2019 at 1:29 AM, speedracer5 said:
The 2020 TCM Fathom Events schedule has been announced:
I have seen Babe, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest when they were first released, Cuckoo's Nest is by far the best, maybe I will see that one again.
I have seen all the rest except for A League Of Our Own and The Blues Brothers, I don't think I will see those.
I am hoping that the King Kong version is the 1933 one , if so, that along with Psycho are the two greatest on the list.
I may also check out Love Story again, I would like to see that on a big screen with a great sound system for that beautiful music score.
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63 Up -current release 9/10
A new addition to Michael Apted's "Up" series of documentaries, chronicling the lives of several British children from age 7 and every 7 years now up to age 63.
I was so glad I got to see this in NY's Film Forum. I look forward to these films like others wait for the next Star Wars chapter. This is was a great though sad entry since this one has a death among the cast. Plus another one is very ill. Still I was fascinated the whole way in seeing what these people are experiencing now in their life.
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On 11/30/2019 at 3:12 PM, Dargo said:
and yeah, the ones which include out-takes or some added footage are usually worth staying for, and like the one I recently saw during the ending credit role of Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood which included a clever little sendup of a 1960's television cigarette commercial starring Leonardo DiCaprio's character Rick Dalton)
I check out the cast list and then get up and leave. I was on my way out when DiCaprio came on again so I had to stop in my tracks.
The recent Stan And Ollie has some great photos of the real team during the credits. When it was shown on cable the other night, (I think it was on STARZ?), they minimized the screen to show a promo for another show so you couldn't see it.
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26 minutes ago, cigarjoe said:
I know there are more. Please add any you can think of.
Would Remember The Night (1940) qualify? It is set during Christmas but has a dark, dour mood through much of it. Fred MacMurray as a DA and Barbara Stanwyck as a shoplifter bring the crime aspects to it.
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On 12/3/2019 at 12:18 PM, misswonderly3 said:
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY
I love this one as well. Peckinpah is more restrained in his violence but still gets a few scenes that can shock.
The villains are some of the nastiest and weirdest ever in a western. They are a group of brothers played by:
James Drury as the most presentable of the group, but just as dangerous.
John Anderson as the bearded head of the clan, he tries to keep the others in line but will kill to protect them.
L.Q. Jones as a shaggy haired creep.
John Davis Chandler as a baby faced psycho.
Warren Oates as an evil eyed maniac who may be the scariest of the lot.
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On 12/3/2019 at 9:00 AM, TikiSoo said:
I also think you are spot on describing Marshall as "pure charm and menace" which every vampire must possess to be believable. I never understood the attraction to a sickly sad vampire-you only should feel pity for them as a balance after fearing or hating them. Every well written vampire & wolf man story follows this basic arc.
Marshall in Blacula is great because he plays it straight, he brings all his training and professionalism to the part as if it were Othello. I found the film to be just a good vampire film, Thalmus Rasulala is good in the vampire hunter part. Gordon Pinsent (he would later appear as husband to Oscar nominated Julie Christie in Away From Her) is Rasulala's skeptical cop friend. There is some hilariously politically incorrect dialogue, which would give massive coronaries to the overly sensitive PC crowd of today.
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The Prince Who Was A Thief
next- Son Of Ali Baba-2 Tony Curtis costume pictures
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Jerome Cowan was in Blondie's Anniversary with William Frawley
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On 11/20/2019 at 7:23 PM, LawrenceA said:
#52 - Parasite (2019)
I just saw this and it is well worth seeing 9/10. It's Korean film about low income family who lie their way into good paying jobs as servants for a rich family. It's like a Korean Frank Capra film at first but takes some surprising twists and turns. I will not reveal anything else, this is one that has to be seen to be believed.
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Alan Bates was in Zorba The Greek with Anthony Quinn
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Chronological order of my favorites so far, I still have more to see.
1. Jezebel (1938) Second greatest southern belle on film. Great scene with the red dress.
2. Dark Victory (1939) I loved her as the dying socialite, beautiful final scene.
3. The Letter (1940) It grips you from the first moment as pistol packing Bette is blasting away at her lover.
4. The Little Foxes (1941) One of her greatest performances as one of her most cold blooded characters.
5. Now Voyager (1942) One of the best soap operas on film, Bette is touching as the shy spinster brought out of her shell.
6. All About Eve (1950) A great iconic performance as the aging stage actress faced with a scheming newcomer, some of her greatest lines delivered only as she can.
7. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane (1962) Bette shows she can still deliver the goods as the mad as hatter former child star.
8. Dead Ringer (1964) Two Bettes for the price of one as twin sisters, both with secrets.
9. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964) She still has a lot of energy and guts as the disturbed southern belle who is suspected of murder.
10. The Whales Of August (1987) Her final gasp of brilliance as the cranky old blind woman living with her long suffering sister. The only Davis film I got to see first run in a theater.
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a beautiful day in the neighborhood nice, slow and well worth seeing
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