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January 12th, 2014: Evil Under the Sun (1982)

Jan12 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Sequel, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged Adriatic, Britain, diana rigg, drug smugglers, EMI Films, Guy Hamilton, Hercule Poirot, heroin, island, James Mason, Jane Birkin, jewel thieves, Maggie Smith, murder, Peter Ustinov, resort, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles

October 20th, 2013: Bowery at Midnight

Oct20 by Professor Mortis

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8 Comments Posted in Black and White, Crime, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Zombies Tagged anthropologist, bank robbers, bank robbery, Banner Productions, Bela Lugosi, college students, double cross, jewel thieves, lobotomies, low-budget, mad surgeon, Monogram Pictures, professors, scientists, secret lair, soup kitchen, teacher student relationship, Tom Neal

December 26th, 2012: Kiss of Death (1947)

Dec26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, baby sitters, before they were famous, Ben Hecht, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, cops, double cross, ex-con, Henry Hathaway, jewel thieves, Karl Malden, murder, orphanage, prison, Richard Widmark, suicide, Victor Mature

December 6th, 2011: Rififi (1955)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged annoying children, Best Director (Cannes), blacklisted director, domestic violence, double cross, ex-con, ex-pat actors, ex-pat director, ex-pats, France, Jean Servais, jewel thieves, Jules Dassin, low-budget, mobsters, musical interlude, nightclub, Palme D'Or Nomination, Paris, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, robbery, robbery gone wrong, safe cracker, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma

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