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Angel Heart Johnny Handsome (2 with Mickey Rourke)

I love this one. 8/10. The dank, dreary look of early 1960s England is one of the best things about it. Olivier is excellent, avoiding the overacting he would do later in his life. Signoret is good too, though not a very likable character here.

I give it 5/10. It was similar to "Key Witness" but not as good. Ladd's puffy eyes and once sharp but now ragged voice were a distraction. Mark Slade was a good baby faced thug, he would play similar creeps in 1970s crime shows like "The Rookies"

I thought this was great, 8/10. It was a good followup to "The Strangler" which was shown right before it. That film had the obese and weird Victor Buono and this one has the handsome and outwardly normal Grant Williams as the killer. Buono was dominated by his mother and Williams had a problem with his father. The direction (by Owen Crump, who I had never heard of) was good, with eye closeups and flashbacks. There was some bizarre hints of incest in some of those scenes. The final moments are very suspenseful. I had seen Williams only in "The Incredible Shrinking Man" and always thought he gave a fine performance and does so again here. Shirley Knight was good as the receptionist who falls for Williams, she was having a great year in 1962, appearing in another exploitation classic "House Of Women" and got an Oscar nomination for "Sweet Bird Of Youth". Onslow Stevens plays the psychiatrist and this turned out to be his last film. Ironically he had some mental issues of his own as well as alcoholism.

Thanks for the recommendation, I will try to catch this one today, the fact that Robert Bloch wrote makes it even more interesting

TCM is loaded with psycho killers this morning. "The Strangler" stars Victor Buono as psychotic murderer of nurses. If you have never seen it and you like lurid 1960s films about mad killers I highly recommend this one. Buono has a rare leading role and he is excellent, being very menacing and somewhat sympathetic at times. Ellen Corby plays his nagging mother who drives him to kill. The B&W cinematography is outstanding, the sets are low budget but I didn't mind that. Please let me know what you think if you have ever seen it or watch it for the first time today. It is on at 9:30AM EST.

Cagney had said his autobiography that people would often ask him how did he psych himself up to pull off that scene when he goes berserk in the prison mess hall. He never had to psych himself up for a scene, he just said that he sometimes heard the screams of the mentally ill in asylums in New York to know what he needed to do.

Never Say Never Again I, The Jury (1982) 2 with Barbara Carrera

Frank Lagella was in Dracula (1979) with Laurence Olivier

7) She won 2 Emmys for her role in the sitcom "The Ghost And Mrs Muir"

In honor of Mother's Day, who do you think are the best and worst characters who were mothers in film? I think: BEST Irene Dunne as Mama in "I Remember Mama" WORST Shelley Winters as Rosanne D'arcy in "A Patch Of Blue"

Between takes on "Strangers On A Train", the director with villain and hero

She was great in this one. I loved her in "The Killing" as Elisha Cook Jr's cold hearted wife

I had no idea this was being made, it makes me want to see it, though I will keep my expectations low.

Better than this

The black actress, Thelma Oliver appeared in "Black Like Me" (1964) with James Whitmore. She also did Broadway appearing in the original "Sweet Charity" in the role Paula Kelly would play in the film.

Roscoe Ates was in Freaks with Henry Victor

1) Her film debut was in "Bus Stop (1956)"

I think "Flaming Star" is his best. He is heard singing the title song over the credits and sings some western folk song with a guitar at the beginning and that's it. It's a challenging role of a half white half Indian who torn between two worlds. Veteran supporting cast (Dolores Del Rio and John McIntire) along with great director Don Siegel also help.

George C Scott was in Taps with Timothy Hutton

6) At the premiere of this film at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Cary Grant got his hand and foot prints immortalized in cement.

4) Margaret Hamilton appears unbilled

This is a good one though seems to be very hard to find today. I saw it in a revival theater several years ago. Don Taylor (he was the young cop in "The Naked City") is a WWII vet returning home with his Japanese wife (Shirley Yamaguchi). Taylor's friend Cameron Mitchell is accepting but Mitchell's wife Marie Windsor is not.

Rod Taylor was in Young Cassidy with Julie Christie

I was going over my lists of my favorite films and I noticed that most were "guy" movies with male leads though some of those had great actresses in good roles. Below are 10 actresses which are not necessarily my favorite ones (though some are) but appeared in my favorite films. I included my favorite film in which they appeared. Does anyone have a list like this, or what are your favorite films by these actresses? 1. Teresa Wright - Shadow Of A Doubt 2. Eleanor Parker- Detective Story 3. Deborah Kerr-From Here To Eternity 4. Eva Marie Saint-On The Waterfront 5. Maureen O'Hara-Miracle On 34th Street 6. Shelley Winters-Night Of The Hunter 7. Mia Farrow-Rosemary's Baby 8. Natalie Wood-West Side Story 9. Bette Davis-What Ever Happened To Baby Jane 10. Doris Day-Lover Come Back