Crawdaddy's "Random Thoughts" about Home Video, Film & TV (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

I watched No Questions Asked today, and I had seen it before, but it was long enough ago that some twists had been forgotten. Loved seeing so much of the MGM backlot used for city street scenes, and I enjoyed the cast. WIlliam Reynolds was particularly young. Barry Sullivan is a fine actor but not very charismatic. I guess James Craig wasn't under contract at the studio any more, but I could have seen him playing the lead. I was hoping Eddie might mention some background on Dan Dayton as the accommodating cabbie, but no.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I can understand Ford and Huston, but Hopper makes it a strange photo shot.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I watched No Questions Asked today, and I had seen it before, but it was long enough ago that some twists had been forgotten. Loved seeing so much of the MGM backlot used for city street scenes, and I enjoyed the cast. WIlliam Reynolds was particularly young. Barry Sullivan is a fine actor but not very charismatic. I guess James Craig wasn't under contract at the studio any more, but I could have seen him playing the lead. I was hoping Eddie might mention some background on Dan Dayton as the accommodating cabbie, but no.

This morning, I finally got around to watching No Questions Asked. Like you, I had seen this movie beforehand but I remember some of the twists like the robbery at the theater and the swimming pool ending. A good movie with some really good character actors in small roles in it, particularly those that appeared in another 1952 movie called High Noon.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation posted this photo on their Facebook feed today. Man, Gloria Grahame was one sexy actress. There were better looking actresses, but few had the sex appeal of Gloria in her heyday.

 

[mskaye]

Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation posted this photo on their Facebook feed today. Man, Gloria Grahame was one sexy actress. There were better looking actresses, but few had the sex appeal of Gloria in her heyday.

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You're right. She was a special beauty. She had "something" unique about her. And at her best, she was also an amazing actress. For The Big Heat alone, she's on the throne...

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[Robert Crawford]

This weekend's "Noir Alley" movie is "Armored Car Robbery" (1950) with a cast of "Who's Who in Film Noir". Such as Charles McGraw, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steven Brodie and playing the femme fatale role is Adele Jergens. Richard Fleischer directed this RKO "B" movie that is so entertaining and good that in my opinion, it's earned an "A" movie rating. This is another repeater on "Noir Alley" that last played in July 2018. I'm pretty sure that was my last viewing, so I'll watch it again because it's only 68 minutes long.

Updated TCM's Noir Alley 2024 Schedule:


12-02-23: Black Angel
12-09-23: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
12-16-23: Beware, My Lovely
01-06-24: Pickup
01-13-24: I Died a Thousand Times
01-20-24: Stage Fright
01-27-24: Woman in Hiding
03-16-24: Le Samourai
03-23-24: Where Danger Lives
03-30-24: Pushover
04-06-24: Violence
04-13-24: The Breaking Point
04-20-24: Born to Kill
04-27-24: The Big Knife
05-04-24: Dark Passage
05-11-24: Follow Me Quietly
05-18-24: Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
05-25-24: Bad for Each Other
06-01-24: Tomorrow is Another Day
06-08-24: Never Open the Door aka No abras nunca esa puerta
06-15-24: Call Northside 777
06-22-24: The Locket
06-29-24: No Questions Asked
07-06-24: Armored Car Robbery
07-13-24: The Woman on Pier 13
07-20-24: Red Light
07-27-24: The Housemaid (1960)

 

[Robert Harris]

Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation posted this photo on their Facebook feed today. Man, Gloria Grahame was one sexy actress. There were better looking actresses, but few had the sex appeal of Gloria in her heyday.

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And used it freely. I always found her to have an insouciant look about her.

 

[Matt Hough]

Yep, I'll rewatch Armored Car Robbery again, too, since I likewise haven't seen it since it last aired on TCM. Despite the generic title, I remember liking it a lot.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Yep, I'll rewatch Armored Car Robbery again, too, since I likewise haven't seen it since it last aired on TCM. Despite the generic title, I remember liking it a lot.

I have one nitpick with Armored Car Robbery that I won't talked about until I see it again.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I like this film costume photo with four major actors:

 

[bujaki]

I like this film costume photo with four major actors:

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Gable, Montgomery, Barrymore and Muni.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Gable, Montgomery, Barrymore and Muni.

I didn't ask to identify them because it's too easy to do so with our group of classic film fans.

 

[David Weicker]

I didn't ask to identify them because it's too easy to do so with our group of classic film fans.

Oh sure, when it's easy, you don't give us a chance.

How are we going to bring up our average if we have to lay off the ones right down the middle?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Home Theater Forum will be down most of Tuesday 7/9 starting at 8am CT for a server upgrade.

 

[SeanSKA]

Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation posted this photo on their Facebook feed today. Man, Gloria Grahame was one sexy actress. There were better looking actresses, but few had the sex appeal of Gloria in her heyday.

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I totally agree. Grahame totally exuded sex appeal , just proving that you don't have to be a perfect beauty to be sexy

 

[Charles Smith]

I was reminded of this at a recent screening of Oklahoma!, in which sometimes one is tempted to cheer Ado Annie on in being unable to say no.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Noir Alley​

A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters in ARMORED CAR ROBBERY ('50).
See it tonight at midnight ET or catch the encore Sunday at 10am ET on #NoirAlley hosted by Eddie Muller.

Growing up in the 1960s, I find it ironic and rather funny the two actors that played the best "baddies" during the film noir era were William Talman and Raymond Burr. Who would have thought it that Hamilton Burger and Perry Mason would be on the wrong side of the law earlier in their acting careers.

 

[Matt Hough]

Yeah, I'm currently watching Perry Mason episodes off Freevee at lunchtime, so knowing William Talman is the principal baddie here is very amusing.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Noir Alley​

A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters in ARMORED CAR ROBBERY ('50).
See it tonight at midnight ET or catch the encore Sunday at 10am ET on #NoirAlley hosted by Eddie Muller.

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Growing up in the 1960s, I find it ironic and rather funny the two actors that played the best "baddies" during the film noir era were William Talman and Raymond Burr. Who would have thought it that Hamilton Burger and Perry Mason would be on the wrong side of the law earlier in their acting careers.

Damn, after listening to Eddie’s comments, I just had to laugh about how much he parroted my previous post. By the way, Armored Car Robbery is a really good movie. One of the best “B” film noirs from RKO.

 

[Matt Hough]

I agree. Thoroughly enjoyable. You know the moment he writes down that name and phone number on the matchbook despite being warned not to, it's going to come back to bring Talman down. Despite the brief run time, the movie didn't seem rushed, abbreviated, or in any way incomplete. Pretty amazing little movie!