The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Warner Bros.

October 10, 1969

Western

DVD
C-

The lead performances by Mitchum and Balsam aren't bad, although I could live without the visual of Buddy Hackett thinking about a bordello.  Burt Kennedy directed.

Cape Fear (1962)

Cape Fear (1962)
Universal
April 12, 1962
Drama
DVD
C-

While the acting was good of course, I didn't really want to watch Robert Mitchum stalk Gregory Peck and Peck's family.  This is based on the book by John D. MacDonald and directed by J. Lee Thompson.

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men
United Artists
April 10, 1957
Drama
DVD
C

I gave this a quarter hour and it felt like it had hardly gotten going.  My guess is that this "classic" (admittedly so far the best movie on this blog) goes in real time, with the jurors reluctantly agreeing to discuss the case another hour, but did they have to include stuff like restroom breaks and the ad-man talking about his latest campaign?  I tagged all the people (well, men, it's an all-male film, down to the extras) I recognized, and it'd probably be a C- without the fun of spotting them.

Sidney Lumet directed.