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Ocean’s 11 (1960)

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lewis Milestone Writers: Harry Brown & Charles Lederer (Story by George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell) Love the Soderbergh series but the original is a real snooze.

Posted in Comedy, Crime | Tagged 1960, akim tamiroff, angie dickinson, billy wilder, buddy lester, casino, cesar romero, charles lederer, clem garvey, comedy, crime, dean martin, desert inn, flamingo, frank sinatra, george clayton johnson, george raft, harry brown, heist, henry silva, holiday, jack golden russell, joey bishop, las vegas, lewis milestone, money, nevada, new year's eve, norman fell, ocean's 11, ocean's eleven, patrice wymore, peter lawford, rat pack, red skelton, richard benedict, richard conte, riviera, rob, robbery, sahara, sammy davis jr., sands, shirley maclaine, steal, thief, veteran, world war 2, world war ii | Leave a comment

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Otto Preminger Writers: Walter Newman and Lewis Meltzer (Based on the novel by Nelson Algren)

Posted in Drama, Romance | Tagged adaptation, addict, addiction, arnold stang, card shark, darren mcgavin, drama, drugs, eleanor parker, Elmer Bernstein, frank sinatra, heroin, junkie, kim novak, lewis meltzer, nelson algren, otto preminger, robert strauss, romance, the man with the golden arm, walter newman | Leave a comment

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Fred Zinnemann Writer: Daniel Taradash (Based on the novel by James Jones)

Posted in Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1941, 1953, adaptation, boxer, boxing, burt lancaster, daniel taradash, Deborah Kerr, donna reed, drama, ernest borgnine, frank sinatra, fred zinnemann, from here to eternity, harry bellaver, hawaii, jack warden, james jones, love, montgomery clift, pearl harbor, philip ober, romance, war | Leave a comment

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Frankenheimer Writer: George Axelrod (Based on the novel by Richard Condon)

Posted in Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 1962, adaptation, angela lansbury, army, assassin, assassination, brainwash, communism, communist, drama, frank sinatra, george axelrod, henry silva, james gregory, janet leigh, john frankenheimer, korea, korean war, laurence harvey, major, medal of honor, military, mom, mother, murder, mystery, nightmare, paranoia, paranoid, political, politician, politics, pow, prisoner, prisoner of war, senator, sergeant, the manchurian candidate, thriller, war | Leave a comment

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman (Based on the novel “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. Wolf)

Posted in Animated, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | Tagged 1988, alan silvestri, animated, animation, baby, bob hoskins, cartoon, charles fleischer, christopher lloyd, comedy, crime, detective, frank sinatra, gary k. wolf, jeffrey price, joel silver, judge, kathleen turner, mel blanc, murder, mystery, peter s. seaman, rabbit, robert zemeckis, roger rabbit, steven spielberg, toon, who censored roger rabbit, who framed roger rabbit | Leave a comment