opinion: There is a story about how Mark Hellinger, the Producer for "The Killers (1946)", wants to have Siegel to direct the original version, but some how the assignment went to Robert Siodmak instead. We are thankful for that. We have two versions and very different from each other, but with the same final goal... a good entertainment! … Continue reading The Killers (1964)
Category: Don Siegel
opinion: Charley Varrick, The Last of the Independents! After some Film-Noir from the 40:s I enjoyed a Don Siegel cop movie on this Sunday evening. I like cop movies and I like Don Siegel. Walter Matthau (not Clint this time) and Lalo Schifrin are the other two legs of the movie. Matthau/Charley is our anti-hero, small towns … Continue reading Charley Varrick (1973)
Jane and Duke (alias Capt. Blake) accidently meet in Vera Cruz while chasing flim-flam man Fiske. Soon the local Inspector General (El Gato) is involved. Fiske races across Mexico, pursued by Jane and Duke, trailed by the real Capt. Blake. The crafty Inspector General is waiting for them in Tihuacan but they all give him the slip, just in time for the climactic finale. Very tight script and pacing.
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