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Det Jim McLeod

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  1. That would have been my second choice, Moore was good in a atypical role of a misanthrope who loves cats but hates women. Anthony Perkins is a great villain.
  2. Here's a few not mentioned: Salesman - great Maysles brothers documentary, about Bible salesman. Stark view of real life Willy Loman types. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice- funny and sharp satire of middle aged couples trying be hip with the sexual revolution A Boy Named Charlie Brown-first and best of the "Peanuts" big screen movies as our neurotic loser/hero goes to the big city for a spelling bee.
  3. My favorite Veronica Lake performance, she has been criticized but I think she had talent. She was funny, sharp and totally adorable in this film.
  4. The six men who played James Bond have been in many other films, what is your favorite (or performance if you prefer) in roles other than Bond? THE ACTORS Sean Connery George Lazenby Roger Moore Timothy Dalton Pierce Brosnan Daniel Craig here's what I think: Sean Connery-"The Untouchables" (1987) My favorite film of the 1980s, Connery got an Oscar for his role of the street cop who joins Eliot Ness in his pursuit of Al Capone. George Lazenby-haven't seen him in anything other than the Bond film. Roger Moore-"The Naked Face" (1985) this one is kind of a guilty pleasure but very entertaining. Moore plays a psychiatrist suspected of murder. So he is more victim than hero. The supporting cast is excellent-Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Art Carney, Anne Archer and David Hedison. Timothy Dalton -"The Lion In Winter" (1968) A great version of a play about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquataine. Dalton has a few good scenes as Phillip II. Pierce Brosnan-"The Fourth Protocol" (1987)-Brosnan plays a cold blooded Russian assassin pursued by rebellious British agent Michael Caine. When I saw this I was convinced Brosnan could be a good choice for Bond. Daniel Craig- "Infamous" (2006)- Craig is convicted killer Perry Smith and he is excellent. This follows his strange friendship with flamboyant author Truman Capote (Toby Jones) and the writing of "In Cold Blood"
  5. One of the most unique westerns ever made. Walter Brennan plays one of the most unusual villains ever on screen. He was a guy who would hang a man at the drop of a hat and next would act like a lovesick schoolboy over his crush on a famous actress.
  6. One of my favorites. Lon Jr. often parodied his performance in other film but this is the original, he is touching in the role that made him a star.
  7. Destination Moon (1950) 6/10 I hadn't seen this early sci-fi flick in years and I enjoyed it on TCM last night. We see a crew of men from the worlds of aviation, science and the military planning the first trip to the moon. It is slow moving but once they get into space it is quite entertaining. The special effects are still pretty good even today (they won an Oscar in 1950) and if you compare it to the actual moon landing 19 years later, they seem to have gotten some things fairly correct. The scene where one of the crew is set adrift in space is pretty suspenseful. One thing I really enjoyed was Dick Wesson as a wisecracking electronics expert from Brooklyn, a funny scene where he talks to Earth over the radio ("Oith! Come in Oith"). Oh and Woody Woodpecker makes an appearance early in the film.
  8. I am big fan of Dylan and this was an interesting documentary on one of his most creative periods. My favorite scene was an argument with a drunk in his room who threw a glass out of the hotel window.
  9. Miss Otis Regrets from "Night And Day" (sung by Monty Wooley) next-sung by Debbie Reynolds
  10. Jack Warden was in From Here To Eternity with Claude Akins
  11. Dean Jagger was in My Son John with Helen Hayes
  12. I saw the second half of the film, it didn't quite move me. My favorite will always be the 1968 Franco Zefferelli version. The color, costumes and music really put this one at the top for me.
  13. Ray & Liz 6/10 A newly released British film about a dysfunctional family in the 1970s and 1980s. The director is a photographer who based this on his own parents. He had previously published a book of his photographs depicting his home life. The film is shot and lit well due to his photographing ability. The acting is good too and I recommend it to anyone who likes British "kitchen sink" type films. Although it's called "Ray & Liz" after the parents it mostly is about the two sons that are in the middle of this mess of alcoholism and violence. It doesn't go too far with any brutality in the film, it is more sad and squalid than any thing. The Birmingham accents are hard to figure out at times, I am usually pretty good at understanding Brit accents but even I missed a few lines of dialogue.
  14. Robert Wagner, Virginia Leith and Joanne Woodward are still alive as of today. They were in "A Kiss Before Dying" (1956)
  15. I recall a 1968 TV musical version with Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) as Pinocchio and Burl Ives as Gepetto.
  16. Michael Landon was interviewed years after "Bonanza" had ended and simply said this about Roberts: "I didn't get along with him and he didn't get along with me"
  17. I always thought Robert Mitchum or Richard Widmark would have been better in that role in 3:10 to Yuma.
  18. Don Taylor was in The Naked City with Barry Fitzgerald
  19. Ginger Rogers was in Top Hat with Fred Astaire who was in The Towering Inferno with Paul Newman Next-Lon Chaney Sr
  20. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter next-Sudden Impact (Sondra Locke double bill)
  21. He's the comic relief in the film, one of the funniest scenes is when he suddenly burps.
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