Richard Burton turns in a solid, and believable performance in this adaptation of John le Carre’s classic thriller novel. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold is the next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Dr. Strangelove. Burton is Alec Leamas, a spy in charge…
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The Wages of Fear (1953) – Henri-Georges Clouzot
The 101 Action Movies has brought me another film I’d never heard of, and am now scratching my head over how I could ever have missed it. Clouzot has crafted a tense, nail-biter of a film, that is just as telling today as it was when it was first made. In a tiny village in…
The Mind Reels 