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smudge · 23-01-2005, 05:27 PM

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</div><div class='quotemain'> TOWN ON TRIAL, another afternoon movie taped off Channel 4 [/b]

...Filmed on location in Weybridge, so Sanndevil should know all about it.

Somebody I used to know recalled watching John Mills filming out there - could never recall the title though... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

SMUDGE

ollie · 23-01-2005, 06:08 PM

I enjoyed town on trial on the whole but there were a few niggles,one being the end seemed to drag out a bit too much,i had to laugh when john mills (you dont like to play by the rules,lol)was so easily fobbed off by suspects,try doing that now when the cops come knocking,er.. not as tho i would know about it honest guv!.

cheers Ollie.

deckard · 24-01-2005, 09:13 PM

Yeah! I enjoyed it too....I had a little laugh at the victim played by Magda Miller tho'- an archetypal 50's glamour puss or what?!

Regards, Decks.

ollie · 24-01-2005, 09:23 PM

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</div><div class='quotemain'>deckard:
Yeah! I enjoyed it too....I had a little laugh at the victim played by Magda Miller tho'- an archetypal 50's glamour puss or what?!

Regards, Decks. [/b]

I think she deserved it!!!,lol clap
mind you those tennis shorts didn't leave much to the imagination,lurvely big fat thighs,oooh knickers,knackers knockers.

cheers Ollie.

DB7 · 10-02-2005, 10:01 PM

The Psychopath and The Runaway Bus courtesy of Mr Smudge.

The Psychopath was Robert 'Psycho' Bloch taking his premise from Hitch's film and reversing the mother/son relationship. Unfortunately it's fairly predictable and despite the odd red herring you quickly work out 'whodunnit'.

Trivia time: The character of Insp. Holloway would later reappear in an the Bloch-scripted The House That Dripped Blood (1970).

smudge · 10-02-2005, 11:21 PM

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Thanks for the plug DB7....glad to be of service ! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]

Personally I can never get over Grandpa (Toke Towneley) from Emmerdale Farm [that's Enema-dale for more up-to-date viewers] being a shifty little villain in THE RUNAWAY BUS.

Nice little vehicle (no pun intended) for Frankie Howerd though ; a light touch throughout and fairly straight from that hard to place comic, not so much 'mugging'.

Also, of course, the lovely and much missed Belinda Lee [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img]

SMUDGE

DB7 · 10-02-2005, 11:28 PM

But how could they cast dear old Margaret Rutherford as a baddie? :scold:

(Altho by this stage of the film there weren't many suspects left)

42ndStreetFreak · 11-02-2005, 08:20 AM

The ever wonderful "The Wild Geese".
Superb cast, great charcters, top notch acting all round, intelligent and engaging plot, wonderful score by Roy Budd yet again, violent, ruthless, bleak, cynical and yet with some well judged sadonic humour.

smudge · 11-02-2005, 08:35 AM

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</div><div class='quotemain'>But how could they cast dear old Margaret Rutherford as a baddie?

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:grin: i think she and Grandad make a MARVELLOUS pair of baddies !

Let's face it, if I were in the queue at the bank and they came in and did 'the job', I'd be there helping them load the bags.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laughing.gif[/img]

SMUDGE

42ndStreetFreak · 12-02-2005, 02:44 PM

Sinister Satanic shenanigans in "Cataclysm"

The_Late_Peter_Cook · 12-02-2005, 05:50 PM

A double bill of TIME WITHOUT PITY and THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER, courtesy of R1 DVD.

ollie · 12-02-2005, 08:27 PM

LAST NIGHT,

3 eps of Bootsie + Snudge,classic ! and 1 persauders.

Tonight penciled in either "take a girl like you", and or lol, fragment of fear.

cheers Ollie.

mysteriesofedgarwallace · 13-02-2005, 12:34 AM

Victim (1961)

Ground breaking stuff.

Dirk Bogarde is a married homosexual barrister who is a victim of a blackmail plot. Sylvia Syms as his confused wife; looking lovely as only she can. Fine support; if a little too infrequent; from Dennis Price.
Also Derren Nesbitt, who just has that something; he is just so cool.
Beautifully shot around loads of London locations, with a good proportion of night shot footage.

The_Late_Peter_Cook · 13-02-2005, 10:14 AM

80, 000 Suspects 1963.

Rereading Robert Murphy's 'Sixties British Cineama' (for about the hundreth time!) made me dig out this Val Guest movie. It's not as good as his HELL IS A CITY or JIGSAW, possibly because the romantic agnst between Johnson and Bloom isn't strong enough to centre the epidimic plot (it never reaches the heights of THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE).

Richard Johnson is excellent in this, while Claire Bloom give fine support and some discreat topless nudity (as a still in Murphy's book shows)

mysteriesofedgarwallace · 15-02-2005, 06:42 PM

The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)

Anthony Newley's portrayal of Sammy Lee can only be described as stunning, the role fits him like a glove.
He plays a small time strip show compere who is deeply in debt with a local gangster, who 'sends the boys round' and as a result, Sammy spends the whole film trying to raise the cash.
A fine supporting cast see here and beautifully filmed around Soho and East London.

BTW, if anyone has a decent copy of this film, please get in touch.

23-01-2005, 06:08 PM	#47
ollie has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: broomhall Posts: 588 Country: iTrader: (0)	I enjoyed town on trial on the whole but there were a few niggles,one being the end seemed to drag out a bit too much,i had to laugh when john mills (you dont like to play by the rules,lol)was so easily fobbed off by suspects,try doing that now when the cops come knocking,er.. not as tho i would know about it honest guv!. cheers Ollie. __________________ "Bullseye !!"

24-01-2005, 09:13 PM	#48
deckard has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cornwall Posts: 480 Country: iTrader: (0)	Yeah! I enjoyed it too....I had a little laugh at the victim played by Magda Miller tho'- an archetypal 50's glamour puss or what?! Regards, Decks. __________________ "and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock"

10-02-2005, 11:21 PM	#51
smudge is back and is recovering Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 3,227 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (11)	[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blushing.gif[/img] Thanks for the plug DB7....glad to be of service ! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img] Personally I can never get over Grandpa (Toke Towneley) from Emmerdale Farm [that's Enema-dale for more up-to-date viewers] being a shifty little villain in THE RUNAWAY BUS. Nice little vehicle (no pun intended) for Frankie Howerd though ; a light touch throughout and fairly straight from that hard to place comic, not so much 'mugging'. Also, of course, the lovely and much missed Belinda Lee [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img] SMUDGE __________________ Welcome to my house. Enter freely, and of your own will...

12-02-2005, 08:27 PM	#57
ollie has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: broomhall Posts: 588 Country: iTrader: (0)	LAST NIGHT, 3 eps of Bootsie + Snudge,classic ! and 1 persauders. Tonight penciled in either "take a girl like you", and or lol, fragment of fear. cheers Ollie. __________________ "Bullseye !!"

13-02-2005, 12:34 AM	#58
mysteriesofedgarwallace is retired from film trading Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sussex Posts: 594 Country: iTrader: (0)	Victim (1961) Ground breaking stuff. Dirk Bogarde is a married homosexual barrister who is a victim of a blackmail plot. Sylvia Syms as his confused wife; looking lovely as only she can. Fine support; if a little too infrequent; from Dennis Price. Also Derren Nesbitt, who just has that something; he is just so cool. Beautifully shot around loads of London locations, with a good proportion of night shot footage. __________________ "Yeah boogie now, Dave"

10-02-2005, 10:01 PM	#50
DB7 is just Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 6,058 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	The Psychopath and The Runaway Bus courtesy of Mr Smudge. The Psychopath was Robert 'Psycho' Bloch taking his premise from Hitch's film and reversing the mother/son relationship. Unfortunately it's fairly predictable and despite the odd red herring you quickly work out 'whodunnit'. Trivia time: The character of Insp. Holloway would later reappear in an the Bloch-scripted The House That Dripped Blood (1970).

10-02-2005, 11:28 PM	#52
DB7 is just Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 6,058 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	But how could they cast dear old Margaret Rutherford as a baddie? :scold: (Altho by this stage of the film there weren't many suspects left)

11-02-2005, 08:20 AM	#53
42ndStreetFreak has no status. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 70 iTrader: (0)	The ever wonderful "The Wild Geese". Superb cast, great charcters, top notch acting all round, intelligent and engaging plot, wonderful score by Roy Budd yet again, violent, ruthless, bleak, cynical and yet with some well judged sadonic humour.

12-02-2005, 02:44 PM	#55
42ndStreetFreak has no status. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 70 iTrader: (0)	Sinister Satanic shenanigans in "Cataclysm"

12-02-2005, 05:50 PM	#56
The_Late_Peter_Cook has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 227 iTrader: (0)	A double bill of TIME WITHOUT PITY and THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER, courtesy of R1 DVD.

13-02-2005, 10:14 AM	#59
The_Late_Peter_Cook has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 227 iTrader: (0)	80, 000 Suspects 1963. Rereading Robert Murphy's 'Sixties British Cineama' (for about the hundreth time!) made me dig out this Val Guest movie. It's not as good as his HELL IS A CITY or JIGSAW, possibly because the romantic agnst between Johnson and Bloom isn't strong enough to centre the epidimic plot (it never reaches the heights of THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE). Richard Johnson is excellent in this, while Claire Bloom give fine support and some discreat topless nudity (as a still in Murphy's book shows)

15-02-2005, 06:42 PM	#60
mysteriesofedgarwallace is retired from film trading Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sussex Posts: 594 Country: iTrader: (0)	The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963) Anthony Newley's portrayal of Sammy Lee can only be described as stunning, the role fits him like a glove. He plays a small time strip show compere who is deeply in debt with a local gangster, who 'sends the boys round' and as a result, Sammy spends the whole film trying to raise the cash. A fine supporting cast see here and beautifully filmed around Soho and East London. BTW, if anyone has a decent copy of this film, please get in touch. __________________ "Yeah boogie now, Dave"

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