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7) Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966) D: Sergio Corbucci Somebody finally settled the age-old debate of High Noon v. Rio Bravo by combining them both in one movie. Gets off to a rough start with the bordering-on-parodic opening theme (which most people apparently like) and then the first...

Belated entry... 1) A Fistful of Dollars (1964) D: Sergio Leone Not much to add here. Always funny that Kurosawa sued them for remaking his movie. They should've just said, "What are you talking about, we're just doing a western Red Harvest." 2) Minnesota Clay (1964) D: Sergio Corbucci A...

I did get two more in, I wanted to do 20, so yay. 🥳 20) Lady on a Train (1945) D: Charles David Fun mystery with Deanna Durbin as a dizzy socialite who witnesses a murder through the window of her train and pluckily goes about trying to solve who did it. She manages to get a mystery writer...

17) Cruel Gun Story (1964) D: Takumi Furukawa A gangster (Jo Shishido) is sprung from prison by a mob boss and then pressured into attempting a risky armored car heist. Familiar stuff to anybody who's seen The Killing, but differentiated by an even bleaker nihilist streak--accentuated by the...

13) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) D: Jean Delannoy A serial killer of women is on the loose and becomes so arrogant that he taunts police detective Maigret (Jean Gabin), which, let me tell you, is a bad idea. These Gabin/Maigret films are very entertaining, if not ground-breaking, and this one has...

10) Cosh Boy (1953) D: Lewis Gilbert Teenage sociopath and his dim-witted gang run riot through post-war bombed-out London. There was a serious idea here, a generation growing up without fathers, but the kid is such a loathsome twerp, that's all you'll remember from this. He bullies the rest of...

I had the same reaction to this when I finally saw it. It has four stars in Maltin, which is where I first heard about it, so I went in bracing for a masterpiece that never came. 🤷‍♂️ 8) Panique (1946) D: Julien Duvivier After a woman is found murdered, the denizens of a small town, prompted by...

5) Passport to Shame (1958) D: Alvin Rakoff A cab driver (Eddie Constantine) tries to save a naive girl from being forced by sex traffickers into prostitution (the scam they use is actually impressive). Ultimately, a little hard to take seriously--there is a weed freakout by the girl that is a...

1) The House Across the Lake (1954) D: Ken Hughes Hammer noir with two Yanks starring, Hillary Brooke and Alex Nicol, from the director's own story, although it might as well be from James M. Cain, as its DNA is 50% Postman and 50% Double Indemnity. It does tweak the formula just enough to keep...

The strike theory someone mentioned earlier would indeed be a "bizarre technicality" because you couldn't just simply wait for the strike to be resolved and then use the commentaries. The commentaries, in effect, don't 'exist' and can never be used if they were produced during the strike. I also...

I'm not just going to sit here and accept your North Carolina erasure.

14) I, the Jury (1953) D: Harry Essex I like this, it seems, more than most around here. Is Elliott great as Hammer? He's playing him as a meathead bulldozing through the case in a straight line which is basically how Hammer is read, so, he's fine. Anyway, there's also John Alton and stripping...

9) Christmas in Connecticut (1945) D: Peter Godfrey Cute if not riotous. Bunch of characters try maintaining an elaborate ruse always on the verge of collapsing. “Nice firm rump.” Haha that one landed I have to admit. 10) Star in the Night (1945) D: Don Siegel Two-reeler transposing the...

Was sorta doing this on my own anyway, but actually posting will make me at least complete the challenge. I mean, now I have to do it or I'll look like a bozo. 1) Tokyo Godfathers (2003) D: Satoshi Kon Take a shot every time the 'Godfathers' miraculously, in a crowded city, run into a character...

Well, I love Eric B and Rakim. Great pick, John. :D:D Reminds me of getting a couple of Maxell XL II 90s ready to go on a Friday night and taping the Red Alert show on KISS FM and then bouncing around between WBAU and WBLS. Still going strong!