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…
Category Archives: Novel
THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jerry Schatzberg SCREENWRITER: Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne FILM STARS: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin, Michael McClanathan, Warren Finnerty, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Raúl Juliá, Angie Ortega, Larry Marshall, Joe Santos, Paul … Continue reading
NIGHT PASSAGE (1957)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: James Neilson SCREENWRITER: Borden Chase FILM STARS: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart, Brandon deWilde, Jay C. Flippen, Herbert Anderson, Robert J. Wilke, Hugh Beaumont, Jack Elam, Tommy Cook, Paul Fix, Olive … Continue reading
THE SECRET WAYS (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Phil Karlson SCREENWRITER: Jean Hazlewood FILM STARS: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Régnier, Walter Rilla, Senta Berger, Howard Vernon, Heinz Moog, Hubert von Meyerinck, Oskar Wegrostek, Stefan Schnabel, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helmut Janatsch. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK … Continue reading
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Lewis Milestone SCREENWRITER: Charles Lederer FILM STARS: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tarita Teriipaia, Matahiarii Tama, Percy Herbert, Duncan Lamont, Gordon Jackson, Chips Rafferty, Noel Purcell, Ashley Cowan, Eddie Byrne, Tim … Continue reading
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDIATE (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Frankenheimer SCREENWRITER: George Axelrod FILM STARS: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, Henry Silva, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson. Whit Bissell COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Richard Condon … Continue reading
THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Ford SCREENWRITER: John Lee Mahin, Martin Rackin FILM STARS: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt, Hoot Gibson, Ken Curtis, Althea Gibson, Willis Bouchey, Bing Russell, O.Z. Whitehead, Hank Worden, Chuck Hayward, Denver Pyle, … Continue reading
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Kevin Connor SCREENWRITER: Michael Moorcock, James Cawthorn FILM STARS: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Godfrey James, Declan Mulholland, Roy Holder, Andrew McCulloch, Ron Pember, Brian Hall, Peter Sproule, Steve James COUNTRY: … Continue reading
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY (1954)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: William A. Wellman SCREENWRITER: Ernest K. Gann FILM STARS: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Ann Doran, Robert Newton, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Sidney Blackmer, Julie Bishop, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, … Continue reading
THE DROWNING POOL (1975)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Stuart Rosenberg SCREENWRITER: Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Walter Hill FILM STARS: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Richard Derr, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Koslo, Joe Canutt, Andrew Robinson, Coral … Continue reading
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (1964)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Nathan Juran SCREENWRITER: Nigel Kneale FILM STARS: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson, Norman Bird, Peter Finch (uncredited cameo) COUNTRY: England THIS BOOK AUTHOR: H.G. Wells TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Fontana THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1964 … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…