Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey, writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life Read More »
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Unforgivable AKA Impardonnables (2011) André Téchiné, André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry
A crime writer living in Venice while working on his new novel meets and soon marries his real-estate agent. Read More »
This England (1941) David MacDonald, Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings
This British- National-Anglo American production reinforces the theme that whoever assails Read More »
The Narrow Margin (1952) Richard Fleischer, Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
When a mobster’s widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds Read More »
That Certain Woman (1937) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise
Mary Donnell was married at sixteen to a gangster and soon widowed. Read More »
Storyville (1992) Mark Frost, James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards
A young candidate for the senate is filmed with a hooker as blackmail. Read More »
Prisoner of War (1954) Andrew Marton, Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin
An American army officer, troubled by reports of brutality, volunteers to investigate conditions inside North Korean POW camps. Read More »
Be My Star AKA Mein Stern (2001) Valeska Grisebach, Nicole Gläser, Monique Gläser, Jeanine Gläser
A girl’s everyday life at the end of her school days, trying to find a way into society and her own life. Read More »
Heaven’s Touch (1983) Shaun Costello, Michael Knight, Gail Sterling, Dena Ferrara
Henry was a wimp, who was terrified of women, finally becoming a victim of their sexual hungers Read More »
D.O.A. (1988) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor, becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Read More »
Tarnished Heroes (1961) Ernest Morris, Dermot Walsh, Anton Rodgers, Patrick McAlinney
In this wartime drama, a band of soldiers prefer to drink, steal, and leave the army to fighting. Read More »
Lady on a Train (1945) Charles David, Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton
While waiting at a train station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder from a nearby building. Read More »
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) Busby Berkeley, John Garfield, Claude Rains, The ‘Dead End’ Kids
Johnnie is a boxer. The same evening he won the world championship, he is charged for the murder of a reporter and is taken for dead. Read More »
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Joseph M. Newman, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. Read More »
Born to Kill (1947) Robert Wise, Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jealousy; it may not be the first time. Read More »