Based on Jules Verne's non sci-fi, swashbuckling novel and also known as The Adventures of Michel Strogof. This was originally produced as three superate films in French, German and finally substantially reshot for the American market. The epic battle scenes are clearly shot by a separate team to the other sequences. Adolf Wohlbrück (who here changed his name to Anton Walbrook) starred in all three versions although the rest of the cast is different including leading ladies Elizabeth Allan and…
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3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt 1964
Cut rate Marilyn Monroe wannabe (has the looks but not the talent) Mamie Van Doren stars in this fairly effective (of it's kind) sexploitation flick alongside Tommy Noonan (who did appear with MM in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.) With more actual talent this could have been fun the plot has some possibilities, but ultimately it appeal is largely Miss Van Doren's assets. The slightly more titillating scenes are shot in colour the rest is black and white!
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Two Women 1960
Two Women could have been a very different film. Originally envisioned as an Italian/ American co-production to star Anna Magnani as the mother and 26 year old Sophia Loren as the daughter it was to have been directed by Hollywood legend George Cukor. However Magnani dropped out (possibly as she felt she was too young to play Loren's mother) as did Cukor and Paramount. Former Italian neorealist Vittorio de Sica (he of Bicycle Thieves) took over the direction, gave Loren…
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The Big Heat 1953
Fritz Lang is undoubtedly one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, but whereas he was a god in his early years in Germany, he was rather consumed by the machine when he made the move to Hollywood. His Hollywood films aren't as individual, as visual, as idiosyncratic, as big or as mad, but he was still more than capable of making a highly effective movie and this sure is that. The Big Heat is probably his last…