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My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)

May

5

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Nina Foch as Julia Ross… or is she… Julia's lying on a made bed, looking over her shoulder at two middle-aged men and an elderly woman standing in the doorway to her room. DP: Burnett Guffey.

– You haven't forgotten us again, have you, Marion?

– You know perfectly well I'm Julia Ross!

#FilmDuJour #May #JosephHLewis #NinaFoch #AnthonyGilbert #BurnettGuffey #crime #suspense #drama #mystery #thriller #BookAdaptation #1940s #USA ★★★★☆

The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)

Jun

24

spaghetti

The Big Combo (1955)

A man in a bathrobe (Ted de Corsia) lifts undrained, slightly overcooked spaghetti from a white enamel pan onto a plate. The overcookedness may be caused by this movie's horrible horrible AI “restoration”. DP: John Alton.

“I couldn't swallow any more salami.”

– Mingo

#FilmDinner #spaghetti #JosephHLewis #CornelWilde #RichardConte #BrianDonlevy #JeanWallace #RobertMiddleton #LeeVanCleef #TedDeCorsia #EarlHolliman #DavidRaksin #JohnAlton #crime #drama #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★½