Crime/Noir fans: SET YOUR VCRs, Feb. 2nd - Must See

[Cousin Hepcat]

Friends, I've been watching AMC & TCM classic movies since high school and that's a lot of movies; still tape a couple new ones a week but half don't pass the vicious "15-minute test".

Can't say I remember the last time I gave one a 10 out of 10 points on my "dvd want list ranking"

It happened tonight - on Turner Classic Movies - and it's coming on again
Feb 2nd, 2:30 AM - 4:30 AM (Eastern): "The Killers" (1946) w/ Ava Gardner

Don't know how I'd not heard of it before. Maybe always passed it up since it sounds so generic. Its from an Ernest Hemingway book, and says Robert Osborne, at a time in the 40s when critics and audiences treated crime dramas more as a dime-a-dozen type pulp movies, this one got rave reviews from both. Hemingway himself said, this was his favorite movie ever made from any of his books.

If you like any crime / noir movies, don't miss it. Regards
- C H

 

[scotrace]

Saw it last night. Highly recommended.


It's got Ava, after all!

 

[Feraud]

A great film starring Burt Lancaster. Thanks for the recommendation. I have not seen this one in a while.

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

thats eastern time (11:30 pm Feb. 1st, pacific)

 

[Jack Scorpion]

Dir. Siodmak is a favorite. All who enjoy must watch Phantom Lady, too. I like it a bit more than The Killers. Criss Cross is also tops.

 

[Travis]

I don't have cable or a TV, but I want to get one just for those channels, but I'm familiar with that film, and I too strongly recommend it.

 

[dr greg]

may the force be with you

our version of PBS has B/W movies on after midnight, often early british, but he other night Force Of Evil with John Garfield was on, very nice, not up to the level of The Devil Thumbs A Ride a few nights before but pretty good...and how wide were the ties!

 

[Quelquefois]

I have TCM in my favourite channels and I've definitely got The Killers scheduled.

Thanks for that.