Happy Mother’s Day to all!
That is an excellent movie.
That’s a good movie.
While reading about it, it reminded me of "The Manchurian Candidate" with Sinatra, so I looked that up, too. Netflix said I might enjoy "Ministry of Fear," so I looked that up. It could be produced toady about COVID. Biden needs a new ministry and this is the perfect name.
In the same genre, check out “Canyon City”. About a prison break in Colorado and the manhunt. Lot’s of locals played themselves for the role they played.
But same kind of brave mentality people back then could muster when criminals break in and try to hold them hostage.
One true scene a woman was cooking. This hardened escapee demanded her car keys. She told him he wasn’t going anywhere and he bowed up. She threw him the car keys and said “there’s three feet of snow out there. Go ahead and go. You won’t make it a mile and you’ll freeze to death...” he stands there and suddenly realized she was right. She says “how do you want you eggs?”.
Harder people back then. Great show.
Sinatra was known as “One Take Charlie” when he was filming.
He hated having to repeat scenes over and over, or wait around the studio while other actors did the same.
Since Frank was a big hit maker at that time, he mostly got his way.
He would have had a hard time with certain directors.
Roman Polanski was well known as a director who insisted on multiple takes of the same scene so he could compare them later. Franks 3rd wife Mia thought it was worth her time.
Great movie!
Sterling Hayden had a lot of good roles
At 6’5” he dominated the scenes
Nobody was going to sap and impurify all of HIS precious bodily fluids
Speaking of fine old b&w flicks, there’s one called Ransom. Glenn Ford. Leslie Nielsen.
IMHO, better than the remake with Mel Gibson.
The original isn’t on youtube, but available on amazon. (So it’s available elsewhere!)
Sterling Hayden was an interesting guy.
This is a great movie. It was Andy Griffin's first role and he is definitely not what you are use to seeing. The film ran in the 50's but with a few minor changes you'd swear it was about Bill Clinton.
I am watching and find it interesting that Frank Sinatra did two movies involving the assassination of a President.
Suddenly and Manchurian Candidate.
I'll make a couple of other recommendations for the true classic movie connoisseur .. "Kings Row" and "Bad Day at Black Rock".