agreed re SH. His autobiography "Wanderer" is one of the best film star autobios I have read, and I have…
Sterling Hayden was a remarkable actor and a very interesting person. His cameo in Dr Strangelove was essential to the…
It is truly a boring, pretentious movie. I always found a good litmus test to weed out film w-kers was…
Bader was an arsehole by all accounts, though his story was remarkable. I read the book when I was a…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
POWER WITHOUT GLORY (1976)
THE FILM (Mini Series) DIRECTOR: Douglas Sharp, Keith Wilkes, David Zweck, Oscar Whitbread, John Gauci, Michael Ludbrook SCREENWRITER: Howard Griffiths, Cliff Green, Sonia Borg, Roger Simpson, Tom Hegarty, John Marti STARS: Martin Vaughan, Rosalind Speirs, John Wood, Heather Canning, Terence … Continue reading
THE ARRANGEMENT (1969)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Elia Kazan SCREENWRITER: Elia Kazan FILM STARS: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone, Hume Cronyn, Harold Gould, Michael Murphy, John Randolph Jones, Charles Drake, Barry Sullivan COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Elia Kazan TYPE: … Continue reading
MASH (1970)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Robert Altman SCREENWRITER: Richard Hooker (H. Richard Hornberger and W. C. Heinz) FILM STARS: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, René Auberjonois, Jo Ann Pflug , John Schuck, Carl Gottlieb, … Continue reading
FLAP (1970)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Carol Reed SCREENWRITER: Clair Huffaker FILM STARS: Anthony Quinn, Claude Akins, Tony Bill, Shelley Winters, Victor Jory, Don Collier, Victor French, Rodolfo Acosta, Susana Miranda, Anthony Caruso, William Mims, Rudy Diaz, Pedro Regas, John War Eagle, … Continue reading
THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY (1970)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Christopher Miles SCREENWRITER: Alan Plater FILM STARS: Joanna Shimkus, Franco Nero, Honor Blackman, Mark Burns, Fay Compton, Maurice Denham, Kay Walsh COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: D.H. Lawrence TYPE: Novella PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: … Continue reading
MR. MAJESTYK (1974)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Richard Fleischer SCREENWRITER: Elmore Leonard FILM STARS: Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal, Al Lettieri, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Alejandro Rey, Bert Santos COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Elmore Leonard TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Dell THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1974 … Continue reading
THE GRISSOM GANG (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Robert Aldrich SCREENWRITER: Leon Griffiths FILM STARS: Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing, Irene Dailey, Connie Stevens, Wesley Addy, Joey Faye, Ralph Waite COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James Hadley Chase TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
THE COWBOYS (1972)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Mark Rydell SCREENWRITER: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. FILM STARS: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens, Robert Carradine, A. Martinez, Sarah Cunningham, Allyn Ann McLerie, Alfred Barker Jr. Nicolas Beauvy, Steve … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…