Henpecked Mr. Winkle is only too happy to go to war when he’s drafted. Read More »
Tag Archives: Edward G. Robinson
Key Largo (1948) John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
Frank McCloud travels to a run-down hotel on Key Largo to honor the memory of a friend who died bravely in his unit during WW II. Read More »
The Whole Towns Talking (1935) John Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. Read More »
Dark Hazard (1934) Alfred E. Green, Edward G. Robinson, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. Read More »
Silver Dollar (1932) Alfred E. Green, Edward G. Robinson, Bebe Daniels, Aline MacMahon
Yates and Sarah Martin are barely getting by in a Colorado boom town grocery store. Read More »
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) John Farrow, Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton. Read More »
Smart Money (1931) Alfred E. Green, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp
Nick Venizelos, an immigrant Greek barber, has an uncommon affinity for poker and other sorts of wagering and a group of his friends bankroll him in a big game Read More »
Big Leaguer (1953) Robert Aldrich, Edward G. Robinson, Vera-Ellen, Jeff Richards, Drama, Family, Sport
John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the 18-22 year old hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league contract. Read More »
The Prize (1963) Mark Robson, Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Crime, Drama, Mystery
For some reason, this year’s Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Read More »
A Bullet for Joey (1955) Lewis Allen, Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Montreal: the former well-known gangster Joey Victor is fetched from Europe, where he was deported to from USA. Read More »
The Woman in the Window (1944) Fritz Lang
Gotham College professor Wanley and his friends become obsessed with the portrait of a woman in the window next to the men’s club. Read More »
The Glass Web (1953) Jack Arnold, Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
The ice-cold diva Paula ruthlessly exploits the guys she dates. While blackmailing the married Don with a recent one-night-stand, she has a secret affair with Henry Read More »
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) Roy Rowland, Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O’Brien, James Craig, Drama, Family
Life in small town Wisconsin. Selma and Arnold, aged 7 and 5, pal around together between their two farms. Selma has a newborn calf that her father gave to her which she named ‘Elizabeth’. Nels is the editor of the Fuller Junction Spectator and the kids just call him ‘editor’. Viola is the new school teacher from the big city. While Nels wants to marry Viola, Viola does not want to live in a small quiet, nothing happening town. The biggest news is that Faraassen has built a new barn.
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Seven Thieves (1960) Henry Hathaway, Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Crime, Drama
In Monte Carlo, Theo Wilkins recruits his young protégé Paul Mason – just released from prison – to help him rob the famous casino of $4 million. The plan is straightforward. On the night of the Governor’s Ball, Theo will create a distraction in the casino by having one of the team collapse requiring urgent medical attention. During that time Paul and another member of the crew will get the money from the vault. When the ambulance arrives, the money will leave with the sick man. The plan is a good one but not everyone will survive the robbery and no one will get rich from it.
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