Operation Pacific (1951; USA; B&W; 111m) ***½ d. George Waggner; w. George Waggner; ph. Bert Glennon; m. Alan Crosland Jr. Cast: John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes, Martin Milner, Philip Carey, Milburn Stone, Paul Picerni, William Campbell, Kathryn Givney, Cliff Clark, Jack Pennick, Virginia Brissac, Lewis Martin, Sam Edwards. During WWII, a submarine’s…
Month: August 2018
Film Review – RIO GRANDE (1950)
Rio Grande (1950; USA; B&W; 105m) ***½ d. John Ford; w. James Kevin McGuinness; ph. Bert Glennon; m. Victor Young. Cast: John Wayne, Claude Jarman Jr., Ben Johnson, Maureen O’Hara, Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, Patrick Wayne, Steve Pendleton, Alberto Morin, Stan Jones. A Union officer is in…
Film Review – SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949; USA; B&W; 100m) **** d. Allan Dwan; w. Harry Brown, James Edward Grant; ph. Reggie Lanning; m. Victor Young. Cast: John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, Wally Cassell, James Brown, Richard Webb, Arthur Franz, Julie Bishop, James Holden, Peter Coe, Richard Jaeckel, William Murphy, George Tyne, Hal Baylor….
Film Review – SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949; USA; Technicolor; 103m) **** d. John Ford; w. Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings, James Warner Bellah; ph. Winton C. Hoch; m. Richard Hageman. Cast: John Wayne, Ben Johnson, Victor McLaglen, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Harry Carey Jr., Mildred Natwick, Paul Fix, George O’Brien, Arthur Shields, Michael Dugan, Noble Johnson,…
Film Review – 3 GODFATHERS (1948)
3 Godfathers (1948; USA; Technicolor; 106m) **** d. John Ford; w. Laurence Stallings, Frank S. Nugent, Peter B. Kyne; ph. Winton C. Hoch; m. Richard Hageman. Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Jane Darwell, Ben Johnson, Mildred Natwick, Guy Kibbee, Dorothy Ford, Charles Halton, Hank Worden, Jack Pennick, Fred…
Film Review – FORT APACHE (1948)
Fort Apache (1948; USA; B&W; 125m) **** d. John Ford; w. Frank S. Nugent; ph. Archie Stout; m. Richard Hageman. Cast: Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Ward Bond, John Agar, George O’Brien, Shirley Temple, Irene Rich, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Pedro Armendariz, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers, Jack Pennick, Mae Marsh. At Fort Apache, an…
Film Review – RED RIVER (1948)
Red River (1948; USA; B&W; 133m) ****½ d. Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson; w. Borden Chase, Charles Schnee; ph. Russell Harlan; m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, John Ireland, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey, Harry Carey Jr., Paul Fix, Chief Yowlachie, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, Hal Taliaferro, Shelley…
Film Review – ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947)
Angel and the Badman (1947; USA; B&W; 100m) *** d. James Edward Grant; w. James Edward Grant; ph. Archie Stout; m. Richard Hageman. Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Bruce Cabot, Irene Rich, Lee Dixon, Stephen Grant, Tom Powers, Paul Hurst, Olin Howland. An outlaw is nursed back to health and sought after by…
TV Review – SPACE 1999: BREAKAWAY (1975)
Space 1999: Breakaway (TV) (1975; UK; Colour; 50m) *** Exec pr. Gerry Anderson; pr. Sylvia Anderson; d. Lee H. Katzin; w. George Bellak; ph. Frank Watts; m. Barry Gray. Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Roy Dotrice, Prentis Hancock, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, Philip Madoc, Lon Satton Lon Satton, Eric Carte Eric Carte. Commander John Koenig, the new commander of Moonbase Alpha, leads the investigation of a mysterious disease at…
TV Review – ARMCHAIR THEATRE: A MAGNUM FOR SCHNEIDER (1967)
Armchair Theatre: A Magnum for Schneider (TV) (1967; UK; B&W; 55m) **** pr. Leonard White; d. Bill Bain; w. James Mitchell; m. Robert Farnon. Cast: Edward Woodward, Joseph Fürst, Ronald Radd, Peter Bowles, Francesca Tu, Russell Hunter, Helen Ford, Martin Wyldeck, John Scarborough, Ivor Dean. This Armachair Theatre presentation was the first adventure of David Callan (Woodward), top agent for the S.I.S. Forcibly “retired” several years earlier…