Jeffbert
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TALES OF THE RAT FINK (2006) A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ED ROTH, WHO designed & built custom cars, but also drew weird creatures and weirder cars for T-shirts & posters.
DEAD SPACE: DOWNFALL (2008) animated sci-fi/horror film
DEAD SPACE: AFTERMATH (2011) sequel to the above. both have action plot, etc. Apparently based on games.
Criss Cross (1949) What an ending! Definite Noir! Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) is foolishly associating with Anna (Yvonne De Carlo), his ex-wife, but who is now married to Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea) a gangster-type. So, to get out of trouble, he says he has a plan to rob an armored car. Slim dismisses it immediately, saying it is impossible. ST states that it will be an inside job, & as he drives an armored car, he knows how to do it. It seems to me that he had already succeeded in getting off the hook, so why go further? Maybe I missed something.
Supporting cast includes Alan Napier (who goes on to be Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred) as Finchley, the mastermind, whom they consulted just to be sure. Percy Helton as Frank the bartender, who I am certain would eventually invent the silent explosive "nitro whisperin" on an episode of Get Smart.
Berlin Express (1948) Noir Alley; about a meeting between big-shots intending to reunify Germany. Though I am thinking that I must have misunderstood what Paul Lucas' character was saying, because it seems that was the last thing anyone wanted at the time. Robert Lindley (Robert Ryan) on a train going from one post war Germany city to another, by chance meets Dr. Bernhardt (Paul Lukas), a peace activist who is the target of assassins.
Tense drama, as authorities aided by most of the people who met Dr. Bernhardt (on the train) search the ruins for clues to his whereabouts. Those opposed to the peace conference had abducted him.
Sea of Grass (1947) Not the usual Tracy & Hepburn film, but a rather intense drama in which T is a tough no-nonsense cattle baron type, & H is his bride to be, who had no idea the kind of man he was. T does some dirty underhanded things to discourage homesteaders from intruding upon the Govt. land he, and other cattlemen use for grazing. H produces a daughter, then, in disgust, goes to the big city and has an affair with Melvyn Douglas; 9 months later a son is born. T does not even suspect, or, perhaps is in denial that MD is the father.
the cook's voice indicated that he was the guy from Green Acres & Petticoat Junction. I seem more or just as inclined to recognize voices as faces, & it was over 40 years ago, last time I saw Green Acres. Edgar Buchanan as Jeff, the ranch's cook.
DEAD SPACE: DOWNFALL (2008) animated sci-fi/horror film
DEAD SPACE: AFTERMATH (2011) sequel to the above. both have action plot, etc. Apparently based on games.
Criss Cross (1949) What an ending! Definite Noir! Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) is foolishly associating with Anna (Yvonne De Carlo), his ex-wife, but who is now married to Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea) a gangster-type. So, to get out of trouble, he says he has a plan to rob an armored car. Slim dismisses it immediately, saying it is impossible. ST states that it will be an inside job, & as he drives an armored car, he knows how to do it. It seems to me that he had already succeeded in getting off the hook, so why go further? Maybe I missed something.
Supporting cast includes Alan Napier (who goes on to be Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred) as Finchley, the mastermind, whom they consulted just to be sure. Percy Helton as Frank the bartender, who I am certain would eventually invent the silent explosive "nitro whisperin" on an episode of Get Smart.
Berlin Express (1948) Noir Alley; about a meeting between big-shots intending to reunify Germany. Though I am thinking that I must have misunderstood what Paul Lucas' character was saying, because it seems that was the last thing anyone wanted at the time. Robert Lindley (Robert Ryan) on a train going from one post war Germany city to another, by chance meets Dr. Bernhardt (Paul Lukas), a peace activist who is the target of assassins.
Tense drama, as authorities aided by most of the people who met Dr. Bernhardt (on the train) search the ruins for clues to his whereabouts. Those opposed to the peace conference had abducted him.
Sea of Grass (1947) Not the usual Tracy & Hepburn film, but a rather intense drama in which T is a tough no-nonsense cattle baron type, & H is his bride to be, who had no idea the kind of man he was. T does some dirty underhanded things to discourage homesteaders from intruding upon the Govt. land he, and other cattlemen use for grazing. H produces a daughter, then, in disgust, goes to the big city and has an affair with Melvyn Douglas; 9 months later a son is born. T does not even suspect, or, perhaps is in denial that MD is the father.
the cook's voice indicated that he was the guy from Green Acres & Petticoat Junction. I seem more or just as inclined to recognize voices as faces, & it was over 40 years ago, last time I saw Green Acres. Edgar Buchanan as Jeff, the ranch's cook.