MADIGAN (1968, USA, 101m, 12) ***½ Crime, Drama dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Rank Film Distributors (UK); pr co. Universal Pictures; d. Don Siegel; w. Howard Rodman (as Henri Simoun), Abraham Polonsky (based on the novel “The Commissioner” by Richard Dougherty); pr. Frank P. Rosenberg; ph. Russell Metty (Technicolor | 2.35:1); m. Don Costa; ed. Milton…
Tag: James Whitmore
Film Review – PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
PLANET OF THE APES (USA, 1968) ****½ Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox; Production Company: APJAC Productions / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Release Date: 8 February 1968 (USA), 21 March 1968 (UK); Filming Dates: 21 May 1967 – 10 August 1967; Running Time: 112m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System);…
Film Review – THEM! (1954)
Them! (1954; USA; B&W; 94m) ∗∗∗∗ d. Gordon Douglas; w. Ted Sherdeman, Russell S. Hughes, George Worthing Yates; ph. Sid Hickox; m. Bronislau Kaper. Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens, Chris Drake, Leonard Nimoy, Dub Taylor, Fess Parker. That ol’ cinematic devil the A-bomb has spawned a colony of giant…