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hownos
11-08-24, 06:54 PM
today at 6:45pm

hownos
11-08-24, 07:39 PM
cast:

tom tully - teo years after an oscar nom for the caine mutiny. his career didn't mount to much
john larch - did a lot of tv in the 70s. played the cop in play misty for me
betty lynn - known for barney fife girlfriend in the andy griffith show

Allaby
11-08-24, 07:43 PM
I've seen one other film directed by Abner Biberman, The Price of Fear (1956), which I rated a 7/10.

hownos
11-08-24, 07:44 PM
started

Allaby
11-08-24, 07:44 PM
This only has 273 votes on imdb, so it could be a hidden gem.

hownos
11-08-24, 07:47 PM
This only has 273 votes on imdb, so it could be a hidden gem.

6.5 rating. We will see.

hownos
11-08-24, 07:54 PM
sylvia sydney was in beetlejuice.

Allaby
11-08-24, 07:57 PM
sylvia sydney was in beetlejuice.

She was also in Mars Attacks.

Allaby
11-08-24, 07:58 PM
There are 3 actors in this film named John.

hownos
11-08-24, 07:59 PM
She was also in Mars Attacks.


Oscar nom for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams - never heard of it

Allaby
11-08-24, 08:00 PM
Oscar nom for Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams - never heard of it

Me neither.

hownos
11-08-24, 08:01 PM
Betty Lynn never married

Allaby
11-08-24, 08:02 PM
Don Beddoe was in 175 films.

hownos
11-08-24, 08:13 PM
so the money was from a prior robbery?

Allaby
11-08-24, 08:14 PM
so the money was from a prior robbery?

I think so.

hownos
11-08-24, 08:15 PM
I think so.

just answered :)

Allaby
11-08-24, 08:20 PM
Harold Jack Bloom, who wrote the screenplay, was nominated for an Oscar for writing The Naked Spur.

Allaby
11-08-24, 08:34 PM
John Gavin was in Psycho and Spartacus.

hownos
11-08-24, 08:35 PM
Harold Jack Bloom, who wrote the screenplay, was nominated for an Oscar for writing The Naked Spur.

a decent western

Allaby
11-08-24, 08:36 PM
John Gavin also served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico by appointment of president/actor Ronald Reagan from June 1981 to June 1986.

Allaby
11-08-24, 08:44 PM
The story is an interesting one, but so far the execution isn't very thrilling or engaging.

Allaby
11-08-24, 09:10 PM
That was underwhelming. Acting is fine, but it just was nowhere near as interesting as it should have been. 6/10 is my rating.

hownos
11-08-24, 09:11 PM
not bad for a message movie built around a film noir. not sure who the movie was about - the warden or johnny. might have been better to concentrate on the warden. he becomes somewhat secondary. 6.5/10