The characters, although never fully developed, are far from stereotype. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Use that police wavelength only when youre absolutely in the clear. The movie was completely filmed in buster keaton private 10,000 squarefoot mediterranean palazzo in beverly. See more ideas about wwii, world war and world war ii. To throw the police off the track, they split up and drive off in three different directions. Plunder road 1957 letterboxd social film discovery. Plunder road may be a straight down the line poverty row film noir, but it does its job well and cornfield uses the sparse, cheap feel to great affect. Harry cohn considered william berke the best b movie director in the business. Overview of the violators, 1957, directed by john newland, with arthur oconnell, nancy malone, fred beir, at turner classic movies. Plunder road 1957 film complet en francais a 20170426t22. At 72 minutes in length, to feel like the movie didnt know how to finish was pretty disappointing, especially when things were done fairly well up to that point. It has few genuine claims to being a film noir but its an exciting and entertaining heist movie. Today we are engaged in a great civil wah maury dexter, from the 3 stooges short, uncivil warriors 1946 maury dexter 12 is one of the most interesting individuals ive ever seen in the motion picture industry, and hes put his amazing rags to riches life into words in a wellwritten, pageturning, autobiography, road to hollywood the hard way.
I liked this because it had the word road in the title. The film offers a novel story with solid performances and no frills. Apr 10, 20 today we are engaged in a great civil wah maury dexter, from the 3 stooges short, uncivil warriors 1946 maury dexter 12 is one of the most interesting individuals ive ever seen in the motion picture industry, and hes put his amazing rags to riches life into words in a wellwritten, pageturning, autobiography, road to hollywood the hard way. The bridge on the river kwai topped the years box office in north america, france, and germany, and won the academy award for best picture. Jan 07, 2010 the road straddles the last two categories, although even haneke had nothing to compare with the chilling horror of that gundilemma in the road. Harpo integrates himself with electric ads in love happy, but i cant think of anything done in the fifties to that extent. A reported favorite of quentin tarantino, this lean little caper flick is about a group of men stealing gold from a train, hauling it off in commercial trucks and melting it down in a.
The film has no dialogue for the first minutes and the script that follows moves briskly and to the point. Plunder road 1957 film complet en francais film complet. Street of sinners is probably more of a noir than most of the other titles i mentioned. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. Plunder road written by steven ritch directed by hubert cornfield starring gene raymond, wayne morris, elisha cook, steven ritch. Miller leavy, the prosecutor in the case, dismissed as completely ludicrous. June united artists rejoins the motion picture association of america. If you knew the films hed directed including such marvels of film noir as plunder road 1957, the. The film excels at rapidfire thumbnail personality sketches of the heist crew. In this tightly woven lowbudget film noir, a quintet of crooks on a train bound for the san francisco mint plan to rob it of its fortune in gold.
In 1957, plunder road demonstrated how completely the roads had ceased to offer escape or freedom. Crime of the century a spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam. Plunder road 1957 the movie title stills collection. Had ewing finally told the truth, or was the confession another lie like the hundreds he had told over the course of his life. November 2019 learn how and when to remove this template message. Nov 12, 2015 plunder road may be a straight down the line poverty row film noir, but it does its job well and cornfield uses the sparse, cheap feel to great affect. Plunder road written by steven ritch directed by hubert cornfield starring gene raymond, wayne morris, elisha cook, steven ritch, stafford repp, jeanne cooper on a rainy night three trucks are heading to a rendezvous point for an elaborately staged train robbery. They successfully rob a train carrying millions in gold from the u. The man in the road 1957 a brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by communist agents out to obtain a secret formula. Dont ask me the names because ive been pretty successful at erasing his madeforvideo movies completely from my mind. Overview of the man in the road, 1957, directed by lance comfort, with derek farr, ella raines, cyril cusack, at turner classic movies. Next up was plunder road from 1957, directed by the underrated hubert cornfield the night of the following day, 1969 and lensed by ernest haller.
On the road the string cheese incident 2003, a documentary taping project by the band the string cheese incident. Bill was beyond being a film buff, he was a film nut, and his enthusiasm was absolutely infectious. Plunder road is a 1957 american crime film noir directed by hubert cornfield, starring gene raymond, jeanne cooper and wayne morris. Already at least four or five of his movies have shown up in this countdown. Movie typography from the film noir plunder road 1957, directed by hubert cornfield, starring gene raymond, jeanne cooper, wayne morris, elisha cook jr. After being completely unavailable and, therefore hard to see, for many years. Media in category 1957 films the following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. For the first minutes of plunder road, not one of the characters speaks a word. Plunder road may be a straight down the line poverty row film noir, but it does its job well. Oct 30, 2019 this being 1957 we dont see too much, she teases a lot more than she strips, but nevertheless it is unexpected to see in a mainstream film.
Leo mccarey the bachelor party 1957, 92 minutes, d. Sweet smell of success alexander mackendrick lead actor. Plunder road 1957 posted on april 15, 2016 by deranged. A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by communist agents out to obtain a secret formula. May 12, 2020 despite the robbers preparations, it is an unforeseen and completely banal incident that precipitates their doom. Ive wanted to write about plunder road, a film i hold in high esteem. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. A list of featurelength film uk cinema release dates scheduled for release during 1957. They successfully rob a train carrying millions in gold from the.
Plunder road is a lateperiod, filmnoir about a very well planned heist. Change settings we are using cookies to provide statistics that help us give you the best experience of out site, you can find out more or switch them off if you prefer. On the road, a french comedy film directed by jean boyer. Veteran players gene raymond and wayne morris clearly relished the opportunity to star in this cleverly written story of a train holdup and the robbers doomed attempts to shift their massive haul of gold. Despite the robbers preparations, it is an unforeseen and completely banal incident that precipitates their doom. The setup 1949 robert ryan stars as boxer stoker in robert wises extraordinary noir film centered around the boxing ring and a down on his luck fighter that still has a lot of fight left in him. This month, i am giving away a copy of criterions rerelease of the otto preminger classic anatomy of a murder from 1959. The rest of the cast is bmovie stellar in this one, too, so you get plenty for your mind to chew on. Plunder road is a brisk and overall satisfying film noir that has its strongest. Posted on october 19, 20 march 29, 2019 by monstergirl posted in anti film schools 3rd annual halloween spooktacular, attack of the crab monsters 1957, boris karloff, classic horror, classic sci fi, creature from the black lagoon 1954, curse of the demon 1957, frankenstein 1931, from hell it came 1957, halloween, it conquered the world. Terse and atmospheric, plunder road sags slightly in the middle act it almost feels like it would work better as a short film, but it features a solid cast and some decent setpieces, with a great bummer of an ending. The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. Remicks costars stewart, scott and oconnell earned oscars noms for their performances.
June 6 jerry lewis appears in his first film without dean martin in the delicate delinquent. Plunder road is consummate noir, its tough, tense, exciting and dark and it offers plenty of thrills as well as loads of style and some fine performances as well. Plunder road 1957 dvd gene raymond actor jeanne cooper actor format. Western movies 1957 every western movie coming out in 1957. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Raymond and morris were both decorated military pilots. Like white heat, this terse, strippeddown thriller opens with a train robbery few films have come out of hollywood with less decoration, less prettiness, less subplot or character development. Plunder road is a brisk and overall satisfying film noir that has its strongest moments at the beginning and its weakest as the film ends. There is little character development or biting repartee to this caper. Misdaad film noir film geregisseerd door hubert cornfield. Five men carry out an elaborate plan to rob a gold shipment from a san franciscobound us mint train. Plunder road 1957 directed by hubert cornfeld, perhaps one of the most edgy crime story film noirs headed up gene raymond and elisha cook jr. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Alexander mackendrick a caustic, dark film noir based on the short story by ernest lehman titled tell me about it tomorrow, and filmed on location in nyc.
Plunder road is not on a par with the asphalt jungle 1950 or the killing 1956, but it is a worthwhile noir procedural. Later in the 1970s vci got out of the 16mm film business and vci became the first firm to produce movies specifically for the video market. November 2019 learn how and when to remove this template message this film related list is incomplete. Like white heat, this terse, strippeddown thriller opens with a train robbery few films have come out of hollywood with less decoration. Delbert mann scriptwriter paddy chayefsky adapted his own 1953 teleplay airing on the philco television playhouse for this featurelength male angst drama an ensemble film. Men in war anthony mann inspired by dave hicks excellent blog, i have decided to write about my favorite film for each year from 19262008. Nominated for seven oscars, including best picture, the film features a duke ellington score and an allstar cast. The focus is entirely on the heist and the getaway. Ingmar bergman sweet smell of success 1957, 96 minutes, d. February 1 rko ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by universal pictures. The alwayswelcome marla english familiar to me from her perplexing later role in 1957s the shecreature, plays obriens toooblivioustosuffer girlfriend, whom john agars character seems more than a little bit too concerned about. Approved, 1 h 12 min gene raymond, jeanne cooper, wayne morris, elisha cook jr. Cant think of anyone buying their way into plot andor character.
May ingmar bergmans the seventh seal wins the special jury prize at the 1957 cannes film festival. Perhaps emboldened by the success of the gold rush in 1963, bbc2 scheduled an allstar silentmovie compilation, when comedy was king, for the early part of christmas evening, though in fact this was the channels first broadcast of the. The alwayswelcome marla english familiar to me from her perplexing later role in 1957 s the shecreature, plays obriens toooblivioustosuffer girlfriend, whom john agars character seems more than a little bit too concerned about. This is a really underrated film, one that should be better known than it is and hopefully the excellent looking bluray debut from olive films will go some way towards correcting that. Budweiser sign in nora haydens diner in the heist drama plunder road 1957. Apr 26, 2017 plunder road 1957 film complet en francais a 20170426t22. Film genres, title, year, country, length, director, description. The movie is the story and the story is the movie and that is okay by me. How many product placements can you find in 1950s scifi.
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