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: Crime
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 NEW CENTURIONS (1972)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Richard Fleischer SCREENWRITER: Stirling Silliphant, Robert Towne (uncredited) FILM STARS: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, James Sikking, Rosalind Cash, Ed Lauter, Kitten Natividad COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: … Continue reading
RISING SUN (1993)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Philip Kaufman SCREENWRITER: Michael Crichton, Philip Kaufman, Michael Backes FILM STARS: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson, Mako, Tia Carrere, Steve Buscemi, Tatjana Patitz, Tylyn John COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Michael … Continue reading
BREATHLESS (1983)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jim McBride SCREENWRITER: Jim McBride, L.M. Kit Carson FILM STARS: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, Robert Dunn, Lisa Persky, James Hong, Georg Olden, Miguel Pinero, Sunny Ade COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: … Continue reading
PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Sidney Lumet SCREENWRITER: Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet FILM STARS: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, Carmine Caridi, Bob Balaban, James Tolkan, Lindsay Crouse, Cynthia Nixon, Lance Henriksen, Alan King. COUNTRY: USA … 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
RAGTIME (1981)
THE FILM ILM DIRECTOR: Milos Forman SCREENWRITER: Michael Weller FILM STARS: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Elizabeth McGovern, Moses Gunn, Mary Steenburgen, James Olson, Pat O’Brien, Mandy Patinkin, Donald O’Connor, Fran Drescher, Norman Mailer, Jeff Daniels COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: … Continue reading
VENETIAN BIRD (1952)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ralph Thomas SCREENWRITER: Victor Canning FILM STARS: Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris, Margot Grahame, David Hurst, Walter Rilla, Sid James, Eric Pohlmann COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Victor Canning TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Yates SCREENWRITER: Paul Monash FILM STARS: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: George V. Higgins TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1973 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…