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June 7th, 2013: Robin and the 7 Hoods

Jun7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Spoof Tagged Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Bing Crosby, Chicago, Dean Martin, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, gang conference, Hans Conried, mobsters, Paul Frees, Peter Falk, prohibition, Rat Pack, Robin Hood, Sammy Davis Jr, speakeasy, tommy gun, Tony Randall, Victor Buono

January 20th, 2012: Double Indemnity (1944)

Jan20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "make it look like an accident", adultery, Barbara Stanwyck, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Billy Wilder, bowling, California, double cross, drive-in restaurant, Edith Head, Edward G. Robinson, father-son relationship, femme fatale, flashback, Fred MacMurray, insurance agent, insurance investigator, James M. Cain, kill them for the insurance money, murder, murder on a train, narration, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, Porter Hall, Raymond Chandler, train

September 29th, 2011: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Sep29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original Tagged all female band, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Billy Wilder, Chicago, con, cross dressing, Edward G. Robinson, ingenues, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Miami, Mike Mazurki, millionaire, mob war, mobsters, musical interlude, musicians, on the lam, Pat O'Brien, The Mirisch Corporation, Tony Curtis, train, United Artists, yacht

April 5th, 2011: Soylent Green (1973)

Apr5 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Cops, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged Brock Peters, cannibalism, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors, Dick Van Patten, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Cotton, Lincoln Kilpatrick, MGM, Richard Fleischer, Roy Jenson, Whit Bissell

January 16th, 2011: Little Caesar

Jan16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, bootleggers, double cross, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Edward G. Robinson, First National Pictures, mobsters, prohibition, rise and fall

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