Under the radar but blessed with an A-list cast as well as behind-the-scenes creative personnel, The Don is Dead is a mafia story heavily influenced by the previous year’s blockbuster The Godfather. When a mafia kingpin unexpectedly dies, a question lingers: who will take his place? Angelo (Anthony Quinn), all […]
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One of the great early Westerns, William Wellman’s THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943) will be released by Kino Lorber Classics on high-definition Blu Ray July 12th. BUY FROM AMAZON Set in 1885, the story follows two drifters Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Harry Morgan) who are passing through a […]
During a mob meeting, two men disguised as police officers bust in and hold the gangsters at gunpoint. When one of the crooks moves, they are all gunned down and their $300,000 in racket money is stolen. The holdup men incognito are Jim Harris (Paul Benjamin) and Joe Logart (Ed […]
One of the finest dramas revolving around the sport of boxing which preceded such classics as Rocky (1976) and Raging Bull (1980) is Ralph Nelson‘s Requiem For A Heavyweight (1962). The screenplay was written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. The film stars Anthony Quinn as Louis “Mountain” Rivera, a […]