Director Daniel Mann’s 1959 drama film The Last Angry Man is a maudlin, but often touching, carefully crafted tale of Dr Sam Abelman (Paul Muni), an aging, long-time committed family doctor in the Brooklyn slums, […]
Director Steve Rash’s 1978 The Buddy Holly Story stars Gary Busey, who was Oscar nominated as Best Actor in a Leading Role for his riveting portrayal of the bespectacled Fifties rock ‘n’ roll star Buddy […]
Edward G Robinson stars as a violent con who escapes prison on the night of his execution, in the tense 1954 film noir crime thriller Black Tuesday. ‘The most ruthless Edward G Robinson of all […]
Three Amigos! (1986): ‘They’re Down On Their Luck And Up To Their Necks In Senoritas, Margaritas, Banditos And Bullets!’ Director John Landis’s 1986 comedy Three Amigos! stars Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short as […]
Moon Over Parador (1988): ‘Welcome to Parador. The Dictator’s cold, the First Lady’s hot, the people are revolting… and Jack Noah just got the role of his life.’ Co-writer/ producer/ director Paul Mazursky’s 1988 comedy […]
The Story of Dr Wassell (1944): ‘Drama of Loyalty and Love! The Story the Whole World Has Heard About!’ The 1944 wartime action adventure drama Technicolor film The Story of Dr Wassell should have been […]
Husband-and-wife team Yves Montand and Simone Signoret star in director Alain Corneau’s peculiarly titled 1976 French / West German crime thriller epic Police Python 357 about intrigue and romance in the corridors of the French […]