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 […]
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Madigan (1968, Don Siegel)
June 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Tagged: Abraham Polonsky· Don Siegel· Henry Fonda· Howard Rodman· James Whitmore· Richard Dougherty· Richard Widmark· Susan Clark· Universal Pictures· ★★
Charley Varrick (1973, Don Siegel)
April 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Walter Matthau hated Charley Varrick. He must have been stuck in a contract or something. It’s understandable why he did, however. Matthau’s whole image is one of the likable curmudgeon. Varrick casts him as a gum-chewing (for that Matthau effect) bank robber… who doesn’t do it because he needs the money, but because crop dusting […]
Tagged: Dean Riesner· Don Siegel· Howard Rodman· Joe Don Baker· John Reese· John Vernon· Norman Fell· Universal Pictures· Walter Mattheau· ★½
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 […]
Tagged: Clint Eastwood· Dean Riesner· Don Siegel· Herman Miller· Howard Rodman· Lee J. Cobb· Susan Clark· Universal Pictures· ★★★
