Pocket Money

Pocket Money

First Artists

February 1, 1972

Western (modern)

DVD
D+

The '70s trappings (including the Wayne Rogers cameo a few months before M*A*S*H debuted on TV) are mildly interesting, but I didn't care about the story or characters.  This is based on the J.P.S. Brown novel Jim Kane and directed by Stuart Rosenberg, three years before he directed Newman in The Drowning Pool.

The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool
Warner Bros.
July 18, 1975
Mystery
DVD
D+

Sequel to 1966's Harper (which I've never seen) and based on the Ross Macdonald novel The Movie Target, I didn't care about the mystery or the characters, although the '70sness was mildly interesting, like the reference to the Bicentennial.  Stuart Rosenberg directed.