Plunder road 1957 film completely

June united artists rejoins the motion picture association of america. 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. 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. Use that police wavelength only when youre absolutely in the clear. Approved, 1 h 12 min gene raymond, jeanne cooper, wayne morris, elisha cook jr. Plunder road 1957 the movie title stills collection. 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. Already at least four or five of his movies have shown up in this countdown. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. Street of sinners is probably more of a noir than most of the other titles i mentioned. 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 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. Plunder road is a lateperiod, filmnoir about a very well planned heist. Plunder road 1957 dvd gene raymond actor jeanne cooper actor format. The characters, although never fully developed, are far from stereotype. They successfully rob a train carrying millions in gold from the u. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Plunder road is a 1957 american crime film noir directed by hubert cornfield, starring gene raymond, jeanne cooper and wayne morris. Misdaad film noir film geregisseerd door hubert cornfield. Budweiser sign in nora haydens diner in the heist drama plunder road 1957.

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. Leo mccarey the bachelor party 1957, 92 minutes, d. On the road, a french comedy film directed by jean boyer. In 1957, plunder road demonstrated how completely the roads had ceased to offer escape or freedom. May ingmar bergmans the seventh seal wins the special jury prize at the 1957 cannes film festival. I liked this because it had the word road in the title. 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. 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. A list of featurelength film uk cinema release dates scheduled for release during 1957. On the road the string cheese incident 2003, a documentary taping project by the band the string cheese incident. Plunder road 1957 posted on april 15, 2016 by deranged. Raymond and morris were both decorated military pilots. 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. Miller leavy, the prosecutor in the case, dismissed as completely ludicrous.

Plunder road may be a straight down the line poverty row film noir, but it does its job well. The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. November 2019 learn how and when to remove this template message this film related list is incomplete. 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. It has few genuine claims to being a film noir but its an exciting and entertaining heist movie.

Ingmar bergman sweet smell of success 1957, 96 minutes, d. Movie typography from the film noir plunder road 1957, directed by hubert cornfield, starring gene raymond, jeanne cooper, wayne morris, elisha cook jr. 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. If you knew the films hed directed including such marvels of film noir as plunder road 1957, the. Nominated for seven oscars, including best picture, the film features a duke ellington score and an allstar cast. 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. This month, i am giving away a copy of criterions rerelease of the otto preminger classic anatomy of a murder from 1959. February 1 rko ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by universal pictures. May 12, 2020 despite the robbers preparations, it is an unforeseen and completely banal incident that precipitates their doom. For the first minutes of plunder road, not one of the characters speaks a word. The rest of the cast is bmovie stellar in this one, too, so you get plenty for your mind to chew on.

Film genres, title, year, country, length, director, description. Ive wanted to write about plunder road, a film i hold in high esteem. Had ewing finally told the truth, or was the confession another lie like the hundreds he had told over the course of his life. Overview of the violators, 1957, directed by john newland, with arthur oconnell, nancy malone, fred beir, 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. They successfully rob a train carrying millions in gold from the. The film has no dialogue for the first minutes and the script that follows moves briskly and to the point. After being completely unavailable and, therefore hard to see, for many years. 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. 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.

Five men carry out an elaborate plan to rob a gold shipment from a san franciscobound us mint train. November 2019 learn how and when to remove this template message. The movie was completely filmed in buster keaton private 10,000 squarefoot mediterranean palazzo in beverly. 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. 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. 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. Harpo integrates himself with electric ads in love happy, but i cant think of anything done in the fifties to that extent. 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. 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. 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. Plunder road is not on a par with the asphalt jungle 1950 or the killing 1956, but it is a worthwhile noir procedural.

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. Plunder road written by steven ritch directed by hubert cornfield starring gene raymond, wayne morris, elisha cook, steven ritch. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Plunder road 1957 letterboxd social film discovery. The film excels at rapidfire thumbnail personality sketches of the heist crew. Plunder road is a brisk and overall satisfying film noir that has its strongest. Plunder road 1957 film complet en francais a 20170426t22. Plunder road 1957 film complet en francais film complet. To throw the police off the track, they split up and drive off in three different directions. There is little character development or biting repartee to this caper.

Media in category 1957 films the following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. 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. Harry cohn considered william berke the best b movie director in the business. 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. 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. 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. Bill was beyond being a film buff, he was a film nut, and his enthusiasm was absolutely infectious. 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. 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.

How many product placements can you find in 1950s scifi. Cant think of anyone buying their way into plot andor character. Sweet smell of success alexander mackendrick lead actor. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. 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. 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. A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by communist agents out to obtain a secret formula. The movie is the story and the story is the movie and that is okay by me. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The film offers a novel story with solid performances and no frills. Crime of the century a spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam. 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. The focus is entirely on the heist and the getaway. Despite the robbers preparations, it is an unforeseen and completely banal incident that precipitates their doom.