Beyond the Law AKA Al di là della legge

Beyond the Law AKA Al di là della legge

Sancrosiap

10 April 1968

Western

DVD
D+

Ironically, the first movie in the "Great American Western" collection is pure spaghetti, although it does have Lee Van Cleef and Lionel Stander, and a joke about a "Negro" having to ride on the back of the stagecoach.  Also, the main character comes from "Europe."  Giorgio Stegani directed and co-wrote.

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Warner Bros.
August 23, 1989
Crime Comedy
DVD
C+

Co-written by Nora Ephron and directed by Susan Seidelman, this is more oddball comedy than screwball comedy, in that it's one of those "mob Family & family" movies of that era (mid- to late '80s), but it hasn't quite worked out the plot or the plotting.  It has a whole bunch of still recognizable faces, some of which it forgets about.  (Um, goodbye Ricki Lake, it was nice glimpsing you.)  But I found it mildly entertaining for what it was, and Lloyd acquits herself well with the New York accent and the morphing wardrobe.