John Guillerman's downbeat P.J., 1968, down-and-out p.i. George Peppard hired by arrogant industrialist Raymond Burr to bodyguard his mistress, Gayle...
Bretaigne Windust's The Enforcer, 1951, Bogie takes on Murder Inc. in a crisp Bluray transfer, though it feels more like a traditional gangster film...
Ted Tetzlaff's Johnny Allegro, 1949, good George Raft starrer, with a luminous Nina Foch as the femme fatale, and George Macready revising his Gilda...
Michael Mann's stylish Thief, 1981. James Caan, much like Walter Matthau's Charley Varrick, is an independent, but he is co-opted by the Mob for just...
Reading and viewing noir since the 60s. Enjoy foreign films, westerns, horror/scifi from the 50s-60s. Favorites include Kurt Vonnegut, Ross Macdonald, Eric Ambler, Bergman, Argento, Barbara Steele, Kate Bush, Julie London, Sinatra.
Location:
Upstate NY, on the border
Interests:
films, books, music, walking, feeding Oreo the cat.
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