By: Allan Fish
I remember leaving the house this morning and thinking that as sure as I’m a cynic Tony and dcd would dive in on this one. LOL…. Nice quote there, Tony. Yes, dcd, the pic is of course from The Set Up,...
View ArticleBy: Sam Juliano
Great stuff there Tony and DCD. Yes DVD, Leo Garmes’ cinematography is stunning, as Tony notes in his most excellent excerpt from “The Rough Guide to Film Noir.”
View ArticleBy: Frank A.
……….I know this film, and I concur with the comments. It’s a visually striking film, that draws you in gradually as I recall………..
View ArticleBy: Guy Budziak
It took a ridiculously long time for this film to become commercially available. It was never available on VHS, and when it did finally come to DVD it was cause for celebration, so many had waited for...
View ArticleBy: Sam Juliano
I quite agree with what you say here Guy about the long wait for this minor noir classic (major to many!) and the “cause for cele bration” when it was released. there’s no question for me that Lee...
View ArticleBy: Allan Fish
Sam, of course, is speechless so often, he chomps laryngitis pills for breakfast. Guy, I know about Walker, indeed her role in The Big Combo isn’t entirely ireelevant either.
View ArticleBy: Guy Budziak
No, not irrelevant at all. But one can sense at that point that she’s becoming the pale shadow of what she was. A few years after her role in The Big Combo her house burned down, and a number of people...
View ArticleBy: aintmsbtraven
yes this is a great, great film–part of a rare media-trifecta, in that the original novel, the film and the graphic novel adaptation by Spain are ALL excellent… Goulding is another director that no one...
View ArticleBy: Allan Fish
I can’t say I’m a massive fan of Goulding per se, Nightmare Alley is an exception to the rest of his career.
View ArticleBy: murphy
I had been hoping to see this movie again,I’d seen it when i was 10 or 11 years old{1962/63} I began searching for it a few years ago on the internet. I forget where but I heard from an older gentleman...
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