Madigan ends really well, deceptively well, but the whole film is rather well-written. The problems are plot and production related. I suppose there’s some problems with unbelievable character relationships too–for example, Richard Widmark’s workaholic cop and Inger Stevens’s would-be social climber are never a credible couple. There’s also a big problem with the brief implication […]
Entries Tagged as 'Susan Clark'
Madigan (1968, Don Siegel)
June 6th, 2008 No Comments
Recommend on MahaloTell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969, Abraham Polonsky)
July 25th, 2007 No Comments
Is that the one where Katharine Ross plays an Indian?
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Tell Them Willie Boy is Here starts incredibly strong. It gives a real sense of building towards something, but when that something arrives–Robert Blake and Katharine Ross on the run from a posse–it’s handled so poorly, the film falls apart. Maybe it doesn’t […]
Coogan’s Bluff (1968, Don Siegel)
November 8th, 2005 No Comments
In my youth, or until Entertainment Weekly misquoted me about it, I used to opine that film entered the modern era in 1968. I cited films such as 2001, Once Upon a Time in the West, and Bullitt. Coogan’s Bluff, released in October 1968 (who doesn’t love IMDb for release dates?), sort of goes against […]
Night Moves (1975, Arthur Penn)
September 12th, 2005 No Comments
I have a confession to make with Night Moves. I first started watching it when I was fifteen and home sick from school. I wanted to see Knight Moves with Christopher Lambert and I got this one instead. I liked Gene Hackman (or said I did) so I started watching it and I turned it […]
