For those who have seen Shanghai Express, Peking Express is a remake of that film. It is actually a second remake, as Night Plane from Chungking was made in 1943. Peking Express is a 1951 crime action thriller with a great director and a marvelous cast. Doctor Michael Bachlin (Joseph Cotton, Shadow of a Doubt,…
Detective Story Blu-ray
Detective Story is a 1951 classic crime drama directed by William Wyler and starring screen icon Kirk Douglas and host of screen legends in William Bendix, Craig Hill, Cathy O’Donnell, George Macready, and Gerald Mohr. It’s the story of a day in the life of a few criminals, officers, and detectives, but on this day,…
Among the Living Blu-ray review
It’s Albert Dekker times two in the 1941 film noir Among the Living where he plays identical twin brothers Paul and John Raden. The film’s theme is about living with mental illness as Paul Raden is the psychotic twin brother of John. This film is directed by Stuart Heisler who was responsible for some great…