Posted on 09/11/2015 8:03:12 PM PDT by DemforBush
After carrying out a hit on an ex-race car driver (John Cassavetes), a hitman (Lee Marvin) and his partner start to wonder why the hit was so easy, and why they were paid so well for such a simple job. Ruthlessly following their instincts, they begin to uncover the truth about the dead man, and just who wanted him hit, and why.
Co-starring Angie Dickinson and Ronald Reagan, in his final big screen role.
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Reagan generally played good guys, decent guys. This no doubt helped him in his later political career. This movie, though, he played a bad guy. Still get the chills when I watch it.
Angie Dickinson Lovely woman with great legs!
Lee Marvin. Can you even think of a male star today that could stand up to him? I can’t. And Angie in her prime...sigh. Thanks for the pings, Dem!
Thank you!
1964. I was young enough to not know suppressors on revolvers didn’t work. Except one revolver anyway. A foreign made where the cylinder moves forward and seals the barrel to cylinder gap. Don’t remember the make.
“Can you even think of a male star today that could stand up to him? “
In terms of tough guy roles Jason Statham
Reagan played a frighteningly good heavy in this one, for sure. I bet there were days he wanted to act that way with Tip O’Neill. :-)
You betcha! Angie was a worthy successor to Ava Gardner in this version.
I believe it’s the Moisin-Nagant 1895 revolver you’re referring to. Interesting gun.
I much prefer the original 1946 version, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner and Albert Dekker.
Check it out, excellent stuff.
“Lady, I just haven’t got the time” ... bang
The 1946 version is my favorite as well. I like both films, but I do overall prefer the original. More film noirish, and I prefer Lancaster to Cassavetes in their respective roles. I actually posted that one some months ago.
Lee Marvin was a big liberal, but you’re right... he was of that generation that had a real onscreen presence. the generation before Hollyweird became 95% metrosexual and gay. BTW, if you like Lee Marvin movies, both Monte Walsh and Hell in the Pacific are on youtube as well.
Thanks much for those recommendations.
Yes, I think the originals are the best. I do like the remake of “The Killers”, but the original far more superior.
A really great film with Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson and also featuring John Vernon, that’s “Point Blank” from 1967.
Films are a big obsession of mine. Four of my ultimate favourite 1940s films are:
“Double Indemnity” 1944 with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson.
“The Two Mrs. Carrolls” 1947 with Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck and Alexis Smith.
“White Heat” 1949 with James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O’Brien.
“Key Largo” 1948 with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Lionel Barrymore.
I’m also a huge fan of many 1930s films.
White Heat: when Cagney gets the word in the prison cafeteria that his “Ma” is dead — just extraordinary acting. His entire performance in that film, for that matter.
Gosh yes, extraordinary acting and at times rather scary....Cagney as Cody Jarrett almost an extension of the psychotic tendencies shown by Tom Powers in “The Public Enemy” 1931.
Another wonderful film.
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