Thief (1981) Mann/Caan Productions :: United Artists / EP: Michael Mann / P: Jerry Bruckheimer, Ronnie Caan / AP: Richard Brams / D: Michael Mann / W: Michael Mann, Frank Hohimer (novel) / C: Donald E. Thorin / E: Dov Hoenig / M: Tangerine Dream / S: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Dennis Farina
Psycho-Biddies, Hagsploitation, or Grande Dame Guignol — call ’em whatever you like, but after the financial success of the rancorous onscreen/off-screen antics of Crawford and Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane a new Hollywood cottage industry was born, where an aging ingenue is tossed to the wolves in some over-cooked and warped psychological thriller — with plenty of available scenery to sink their teeth into. And as far as they go, this one is actually pretty good with a rock-solid performances by de Havilland as our trapped spinster and Caan, making his big screen debut, as the lead psycho, that all culminates in a truly ghoulish ending (that the ads kinda give away.)
Lady in a Cage (1964) AEC :: Luther Davis Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: Luther Davis / D: Walter Grauman / W: Luther Davis / C: Lee Garmes / E: Leon Barsha / M: Paul Glass / S: Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Jeff Corey, Ann Sothern, Jennifer Billingsley
El Dorado (1967) Laurel Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: Howard Hawks / AP: Paul Helmick / D: Howard Hawks / W: Leigh Brackett, Harry Brown (novel) / C: Harold Rosson / E: John Woodcock / M: Nelson Riddle / S: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Michele Carey, Edward Asner, Arthur Hunnicutt
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