By David in TN
Friday, December 20, 2019 at 7:13:00 P.M. EST
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Sunday Morning at 10 a.m. ET is Cash on Demand (1962). This is a British “crime thriller” with Peter Cushing and Andre Morell, directed by Quentin Lawrence.
Cushing is a bank manager whose wife and son are being held hostage by a robber played by Morell.
Eddie picks this one as an off-beat selection.
N.S.: Sounds like a re-make or rip-off of a rare William Wyler dud, The Desperate Hours (1955), which starred Fredric March as the bank manager, and Humphrey Bogart as the bank robber-kidnapper.
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight ET and 10 am ET is Repeat Performance (1947). Directed by Alfred Werker, it features Joan Leslie, Louis Hayward, Richard Basehart, Virginia Field, Tom Conway, and Natalie Schafer.
ReplyDeleteFilm Noir Guide: "New Years Eve, 1947. Broadway actress Leslie shoots and kills her adulterous, alcoholic husband, has-been playwright Hayward. After confiding in her poet friend Basehart (In his film debut), Leslie wishes that she had the year to live over so she could do things differently. Surprisingly, her wish is granted and she discovers that Hayward is still alive. The actress thinks she's tricked destiny, but the same events seem to be recurring--Hayward still meets and falls in love with Field, a femme fatale playwright; the neurotic Basehart, despite Leslie's warnings, still hooks up with a wealthy, fickle patron of the arts (Schafer); and Leslie accepts the starring role in a hit Broadway play written by her romantic rival. Meanwhile, the holidays are fast approaching and Leslie can't help but be concerned about Hayward's growing obsession with Field. The intriguing premise suffers from Hayward's overacting and a script filled with holes, but somehow the film manages to fascinate until the surprise ending, which the alert viewer wll probably see coming."