OT: Old movies during The crisis....

[harlond]

I watched Mitchum's 1975 version of Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely. That was very good. I also watched Mitchum's 1978 version of Chandler's The Big Sleep. Despite an amazing cast--Mitchum, Jimmy Stewart, Oliver Reed, Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Richard Boone--that was pretty bad. The butler was good.

[martl]

Originally Posted by Seramount

that should fill up some time...dude was in a few.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert...um_filmography

He wasn't exactly picky about the roles he took, because of his early life as a hobo in the depression and worker in a factory he considered himself to be one lucky sob to be paid that kind of money for what he considered a very easy job; yet he dominates even the very bad movies he's in with his presence. He took his "acting job" seriously but never himself.

Out of the past is definitely my favorite so far..

[choke]

Anything with Cary Grant.

[tv_vt]

Some mention of Ray Chandler movies. If you haven't read the books, skip the movies and read em. So good.

[martl]

Originally Posted by tv_vt

Some mention of Ray Chandler movies. If you haven't read the books, skip the movies and read em. So good.

I like Chandler, i like Hammett better. Also there is Jonathan Latimer who is an unsung hero of the hardboiled trade and irresistibly funny. Also, there is Ross Macdonald, a bit deeper, more skilled as a writer with a hint of psychology. On another page, Eric Ambler (Topkapi), who isn't hardboiled, but every one of his earlier books reads like a script proposal for a Hitchcock movie.

[Buzz]

Another WW 2 film I have never heard of but was quite good: Ice Cold in Alex. A 1958 British Northern Africa film starring Anthony Quayle and John Mills who both give really solid performances. Supposedly based on a true story. The story of 4 people overcoming great odds to out run the Germans to safety. Directed by J. Lee Thompson who directed Guns of Navarone 3 years later.

Have to get it on Amazon.

[Frankwurst]

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