Tagged: movies


Edmond O’Brien in 711 Ocean Drive

For gangster film aficionados and James Cagney lovers, Edmond O’Brien will forever be remembered as the “copper” in “White Heat” (1949). Here’s the famous scene where Cody Jarrett (Cagney) gets...

Spotlight on George Sanders

Before he took a fatal overdose of Nembutal in a Barcelona hotel in 1972, George Sanders had racked up over 150 film credits, many in largely forgotten films. For trivia...

Kathy Bates in Misery (1990)

We were just recently talking about how Stephen King was very displeased with the film version of his novel “The Shining” (1980) because he felt it did not capture the...

Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964)

In “The Pawnbroker,” Rod Steiger gives an incredible performance as Sol Nazerman, a man who lost his wife and children during the Holocaust and is now running a pawnshop in...

Farrah Fawcett in Murder in Texas (1981)

In this 2-part 1981 movie, Farrah Fawcett played Joan Robinson Hill, a Houston socialite believed to have been murdered by her husband, John, a prominent plastic surgeon, played by Sam...

Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947)

Claire Trevor is actually the one who got top billing in 1947’s film noir, “Born to Kill,” Noir Alley’s feature on Sunday, July 30, 2017. Host Eddie Muller says that...