Tag Archives: rod steiger

Oklahoma! (1955)

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Fred Zinnemann Writers: Sonya Levien and William Ludwig (Based on the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Western | Tagged 1955, adaptation, broadway, charlotte greenwood, comedy, cowboy, drama, eddie albert, farm, farmer, fred zinnemann, gene nelson, gloria grahame, gordon macrae, james whitmore, musical, oklahoma, oscar hammerstein II, ranch, richard rodgers, rod steiger, rodgers and hammerstein's, romance, shirley jones, sonya levien, traveling salesman, Western, william ludwig | Leave a comment

The Player (1992)

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Altman Writer: Michael Tolkin (Based on the novel by Michael Tolkin)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1992, adaptation, andie macdowell, anjelica huston, Brion James, bruce willis, buck henry, burt reynolds, cameo, celebrity, cher, comedy, cop, crime, cynthia stevenson, david alan grier, dean stockwell, death threat, dennis franz, detective, dina merrill, director, drama, elliott gould, executive, fred ward, gary busey, gina gershon, greta scacchi, harry belafonte, hollywood, investigation, jack lemmon, james coburn, jeff goldblum, jeremy piven, john cusack, julia roberts, karen black, kathy ireland, leeza gibbons, lily tomlin, lyle lovett, malcolm mcdowell, marlee matlin, martin mull, michael tolkin, mimi rogers, movie star, murder, nick nolte, patrick swayze, paul dooley, peter falk, peter gallagher, police, producer, richard anderson, richard e. grant, robert altman, robert carradine, robert wagner, rod steiger, satire, scott glenn, screenplay, script, shari belafonte, steve allen, studio, susan sarandon, sydney pollack, teri garr, the player, thomas newman, tim robbins, vincent d'onofrio, whoopi goldberg, writer | Leave a comment

Poolhall Junkies (2002)

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mars Callahan Writers: Mars Callahan and Chris Corso Obnoxious poorly directed garbage that seems to have be been made by witless people who watched Swingers and Reservoir Dogs too many times

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sports, Thriller | Tagged bet, chazz palminteri, chris corso, christopher walken, comedy, crime, drama, hustle, hustler, mars callahan, michael rosenbaum, money, pool, poolhall junkies, ricky schroder, rod steiger, sport, thriller | Leave a comment

The Hurricane (1999)

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Norman Jewison Writers: Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon (Based on the book “The 16th Round” by Rubin Carter and “Lazarus and the Hurricane” by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton)

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged armyan bernstein, boxer, boxing, dan gordon, dan hedaya, david paymer, deborah kara unger, denzel washington, drama, homicide, investigation, jail, john hannah, lazarus and the hurricane, Liev Schreiber, murder, new jersey, nj, norman jewison, police, prison, rod steiger, roger deakins, rubin carter, sam chaiton, sport, sports, terry swinton, the 16th round, the hurricane, true story, vincent pastore | Leave a comment

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Norman Jewison Writer: Stirling Silliphant (Based on a novel by John Ball)

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1967, academy award, best picture, cop, crime, drama, in the heat of the night, investigation, john ball, lee grant, mississippi, murder, mystery, norman jewison, philadelphia, police, quincy jones, race, racism, ray charles, rod steiger, sidney poitier, stirling silliphant, thriller, virgil tibbs, walter mirisch, warren oates | Leave a comment