A Hoodlum Paradise of Sin and Crime! (January, 1956)

 

 

 

 

 
The Phenix City Story (1955) Allied Artists Pictures / EP: Walter Mirisch / P: Samuel Bischoff, David Diamond / D: Phil Karlson / W: Crane Wilbur, Daniel Mainwaring / C: Harry Neumann / E: George White / M: Harry Sukman / S: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews, Lenka Peterson, Biff McGuire

The Lean Jaw and the Hard Fist, The Notched Gun and the Fast Draw (November, 1958)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full review of Man of the West at The Brewery.

Man of the West (1958) Ashton Productions :: Walter Mirisch Productions :: United Artists / P: Walter Mirisch / D: Anthony Mann / W: Reginald Rose, Will C. Brown (novel) / C: Ernest Haller / E: Richard V. Heermance / M: Leigh Harline / S: Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O’Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner, Royal Dano, Robert J. Wilke

They Got a Murder on Their Hands. They Don’t Know What to Do With It. (January, 1968)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
In the Heat of the Night (1967) The Mirisch Corporation :: United Artists / P: Walter Mirisch / D: Norman Jewison / W: Stirling Silliphant, John Ball (novel) / C: Haskell Wexler / E: Hal Ashby / M: Quincy Jones / S: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, William Schallert, Peter Whitney

Kill a Dragon (1967) Aubrey Schenck Productions :: United Artists / EP: Aubrey Schenck / P: Hal Klein / D: Michael D. Moore / W: William Marks, George Schenck / C: Emmanuel I. Rojas / E: John F. Schreyer / M: Philip Springer / S: Jack Palance, Fernando Lamas, Aldo Ray, Kam Tong, Hans William Lee

Entering the 3rd Dimension :: You’ll FEEL the Cold Terror of the Unknown Reaching Out for YOU! (August, 1953)

 

 

 

 

 
The Maze (1953) Allied Artists / EP: Walter Mirisch / P: Richard V. Heermance / D: William Cameron Menzies / W: Daniel B. Ullman, Maurice Sandoz (novel) / C: Harry Neumann / E: John C. Fuller / M: Marlin Skiles / S: Richard Carlson, Veronica Hurst, Katherine Emery, Michael Pate, Hillary Brooke, Lilian Bond

Jeopardy (1953) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / EP: Charles Schnee / P: Sol Baer Fielding / D: John Sturges / W: Mel Dinelli, Maurice Zimm (novel) / C: Victor Milner / E: Newell P. Kimlin / M: Dimitri Tiomkin / S: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker, Paul Fierro

Da’King Lives! :: If it’s Laffter Yer After We Gots the Gol Durndest, Wildest, Homespun Fun-Ride that Ever Rocked Outta Arkansaw! (June, 1962)

 

 

 

 

 

 
No matter how deliriously weird, wonderfully asinine and repetitively repetitive they got, there are only two Elvis movies that I openly do not like. One, is Paradise, Hawaiian Style, which I found ponderous and kinda boring. And the second is this flick. I mean I dig the living hell out of the sheer stoopidity of Easy Come, Easy Go and Stay Away, Joe but find Follow that Dream nigh unwatchable. I’m at a loss. It stars the Big E, was directed by the same guy who did THEM! and written by same guy who scripted The Thing from Another World … Maybe it caught me on a bad day. Maybe I need to revisit it again. Maybe that’s me shrugging right now.  Dig those ads, though…
 
This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.
 

Follow that Dream (1962) The Mirisch Corporation :: United Artists / EP: Walter Mirisch / P: David Weisbart / D: Gordon Douglas / W: Charles Lederer, Richard Powell (novel) / C: Leo Tover / E: William B. Murphy / M: Hans J. Salter / S: Elvis Presley, Arthur O’Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore, Jack Kruschen, Simon Oakland

The Creeping Doom Strikes! Frightening Beyond Your Wildest Nightmare! (May, 1956)

 

 

 

 

 
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Walter Wanger Productions :: Allied Artists / P: Walter Mirisch / D: Don Siegel / W: Daniel Mainwaring, Jack Finney (serial) / C: Ellsworth Fredericks / E: Robert S. Eisen / M: Carmen Dragon / S: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones

The Indestructible Man (1956) C.G.K. Productions :: Allied Artists / P: Jack Pollexfen / D: Jack Pollexfen / W: Vy Russell, Sue Dwiggins / C: John L. Russell / E: Fred R. Feitshans Jr. / M: Albert Glasser / S: Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr, Ross Elliott, Robert Shayne

Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly x 7 = Showtime! (August, 1968)

 

 

 

 
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966/1968) Produzioni Europee Associati :: Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas, S.A :: Constantin Film Produktion :: United Artists / P: Alberto Grimaldi / D: Sergio Leone / W: SergioLeone, Luciano Vincenzoni, Furio Scarpelli, Angenore Incrocci / C: Tonino Delli Colli / E: Eugenio Alabiso, Nino Baragli / M: Ennio Morricone / S: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli

Return of the Seven (1966) Mirisch Productions :: C.B. Films S.A. :: United Artists / P: Ted Richmond / AP: Robert Goodstein / D: Burt Kennedy / W: Larry Cohen / C: Paul Vogel / E: Bert Bates / M: Elmer Bernstein / S: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos, Warren Oates, Claude Akins

You’ll Simply Fall Apart with Laughter (December, 1960)

 

 

 

 

 

 
The Apartment (1960) The Mirisch Company :: United Artists / P: Billy Wilder / AP: I.A.L. Diamond, Doane Harrison / D: Billy Wilder / W: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond / C: Joseph LaShelle / E: Daniel Mandell / M: Adolph Deutsch / S: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Naomi Stevens

Remake Comes Up Sevens (November, 1960)

 

 

 

 
The Magnificent Seven (1960) Mirisch Company :: Alpha Productions :: United Artists / EP: Walter Mirisch / P: John Sturges / AP: Lou Morheim / D: John Sturges / W: William Roberts / C: Charles Lang Jr. / E: Charles Lang Jr. / M: Elmer Bernstein / S: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Horst Bucholz, Eli Wallach