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Posts Tagged "drifter"

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Ironweed *** (1987, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker) – Classic Movie Review 6637

Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep apparently so enjoyed making Heartburn (1986) together that they immediately made another movie together, this time playing alcoholic drifter Francis Phelan and his former radio singer friend Helen Archer, begging for work […]

Feb, 01

Back Roads *** (1981, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith) – Classic Movie Review 6628

Sally Field rejoins her favourite director Martin Ritt (Norma Rae, Murphy’s Romance) for this familiar but easy-going and likeable 1981 romantic-comedy road movie drama about a prostitute called Amy Post (Field) and a drifter failed fighter named Elmore […]

Jan, 30

The Wonderful Country *** (1959, Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Charles McGraw, Pedro Armendáriz, Jack Oakie, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 6352

‘ The pistolero…who was as proud as the mighty black stallion he rode…the man who hungered for the softness of a woman and the clean skies of The Wonderful Country!’ They sure don’t write ’em like […]

Dec, 03

Hard Times [The Streetfighter] **** (1975, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin) – Classic Movie Review 6036

Director Walter Hill’s distinguished 1975 action movie is one of Charles Bronson’s best films. Bronson stars in a tailor-made, ideal role as the strong, silent type Chaney, a drifter turned bare-knuckle boxer slugging his way […]

Sep, 23

Sweet Bird of Youth **** (1962, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Mildred Dunnock, Rip Torn, Shirley Knight) – Classic Movie Review 5236

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s 1962 movie is a really rather impressive, fine and resonant film version of this esteemed and typical Tennessee Williams play. Paul Newman gives an attractive performance as the ambitious but charming young […]

Apr, 02

Rancho Deluxe **** (1975, Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Ashley, Charlene Dallas, Clifton James, Slim Pickens, Harry Dean Stanton, Patti D’Arbanville) – Classic Movie Review 5099

Director Frank Perry’s 1975 updated Western, set in contemporary Montana, is quirky, cynical and highly appealing. In the Seventies-style modern-day setting, Navajo rugs are cleaned with a vacuum, Holiday Inns scar the Montana landscape and buffalo […]

Mar, 04

Picnic **** (1955, William Holden, Kim Novak, Arthur O’Connell, Rosalind Russell, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Betty Field, Nick Adams) – Classic Movie Review 5090

Director Joshua Logan’s heated and touching 1955 romantic drama is a high-powered version of William Inge’s Pulitzer prize-winning play about sexual turmoil in a small Kansas town. All the star players grab their chances to […]

Mar, 01

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