The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

opinion: When the intelligent criminal Erwin "Doc" Riedenschneider is released from prison, he seeks a fifty-thousand-dollar investment from the bookmaker Cobby to recruit a small gang of specialists for a million-dollar heist of jewels from a jewelry. Doc is introduced to the lawyer Alonzo D. Emmerich that offers to finance the whole operation and buy the …

Johnny Guitar (1954)

opinion: The music played by Johnny Guitar (Hayden) it´s not what you expected to be, but never the less he played only one guitar song for Dancin´ Kid (Brady) to dance! Is this an anti mccarthyism movie, a pro women liberation movie or both? Who cares! This is unique and exclusive western movie... including the final duel between …

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

opinion: This semi-documentary gangster movie narrated in voice over, plots the rise and fall of a bookmaker boss, from being an honest and poor phone company repairman to a powerful and rich dead body on the sidewalk. Greed, corruption, double-cross and desire was the reason for his disgrace; For the first time on a movie, crime syndicate was …

Broken Arrow (1950)

opinion: Cochise was an optimist and a dreamer. Geronimo was a pessimist and a realist; 11 years after "Stagecoach (1939)" Delmer Daves with "Broken Arrow" for the first time in an Western movie, shows in a favourable plot, indians as human souls. It's based on real story, with some additional fiction parts to the complete the plot. After 39's …

Pickup on South Street (1953)

opinion: 1953.McCarthyism was in the middle of period known as the "Second Red Scare", lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterised by heightened political repression against supposed communists as well as a campaign spreading fear of their influence on American institutions and of espionage by Soviet agents. Hollywood was a boiling place! Everyone pointing fingers in every direction …

Human Desire (1954)

opinion: Watching Jean Renoir´s version yesterday (La Bete Humaine-1938), inspired me to watch Lang´s version, done 16 years later. Compare and observe some of the main differences on both movies, while my memory is fresh. There are much more differences then just the type of locomotives used in both movies: steam on Renoir and electric on Lang  🙂 Lang …

Rancho Notorious (1952)

opinion: Hate, Murder and Revenge. These are the last and heavy words on the Rancho Notorious ballad, the third and last of Lang´s westerns. It´s all about a very strong subject... a raped and murdered girl, eight days before her marriage. The hate, the murder and the revenge will be on the boyfriend side, while hunting …

Without Warning (1952)

opinion:  Beautiful, married, blond, young and unfaithful wife with big boobies, looking for an extra spicy night adventure in the 50s LA, should look for Carl... He could give a dedicated treatment... special on the back 😦  Our  guest tonight is not a disturbed psychopath mind, but a normal (what ??) good looking young gardner, blond with blue eyes …

Bob, Le Flambeur (1956)

opinion: He looks like a gentleman. He behaves like a gentleman. He gambles like a gentleman. He is a broken gentleman. He is a gentleman-gangster. He is police-friend-gangster. Off course you hope that everything goes well for Bob (even the robbery), since he is a very nice guy. You don´t care about right or wrong. You …

The 13th Letter (1951)

opinion: The old doctor wants his attractive young and unfaithful wife to be seduced by the young doctor, who doesn´t give a shit about her ... I have been curious to watch this movie after watching the original "Le Corbeau" by Clouzot. It was not easy to get a copy and the one I got was not …