crime &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:crime @settima@mograph.social Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:52:51 +0200 Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dsk0 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1954/div div class="img" Shock Corridor (1963)/div div class="caption" Inpatient Stuart (James Best) in one of the many scenes that appear to bear some of the seeds of Mark Frost & David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991). DPs: Stanley Cortez & Samuel Fuller./div div class="txt" "Life is a messy weapon." ### – Pagliacci /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #SamuelFuller #PeterBreck #ConstanceTowers #LarryTucker #JamesBest #PaulDunlap #StanleyCortez #drama #crime #USA #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963)

Aug

30

1954

Shock Corridor (1963)

Inpatient Stuart (James Best) in one of the many scenes that appear to bear some of the seeds of Mark Frost & David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991). DPs: Stanley Cortez & Samuel Fuller.

“Life is a messy weapon.”

– Pagliacci

#FilmDuJour #August #SamuelFuller #PeterBreck #ConstanceTowers #LarryTucker #JamesBest #PaulDunlap #StanleyCortez #drama #crime #USA #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dsk0 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-20bl <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" 1923/div div class="img" La horse (1970)/div div class="caption" Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #PierreGranierDeferre #GeorgesGodefroy #JeanGabin #DanièleAjoret #MichelBarbey #Christian Barbier #PierreDux #ArmandoFrancioli #SergeGainsbourg #WalterWottitz #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #France #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)

Aug

28

1923

La horse (1970)

Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz.

#FilmDuJour #August #PierreGranierDeferre #GeorgesGodefroy #JeanGabin #DanièleAjoret #MichelBarbey #Christian Barbier #PierreDux #ArmandoFrancioli #SergeGainsbourg #WalterWottitz #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #France #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-20bl Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rwqs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" 1972/div div class="img" Dog Day Afternoon (1975)/div div class="caption" Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper./div div class="txt" "He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me." ### – Leon /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #SidneyLumet #LeslieWaller #JohnCazale #AlPacino #ChrisSarandon #CarolKane #PenelopeAllen #LanceHenriksen #VictorJKemper #drama #heist #crime #LGBT #biography #BookAdaptation #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)

Aug

22

1972

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper.

“He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me.”

– Leon

#FilmDuJour #August #SidneyLumet #LeslieWaller #JohnCazale #AlPacino #ChrisSarandon #CarolKane #PenelopeAllen #LanceHenriksen #VictorJKemper #drama #heist #crime #LGBT #biography #BookAdaptation #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rwqs Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1959/div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Marge, my love, my angel." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Aug

20

1959

Plein soleil (1960)

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Marge, my love, my angel.”

#FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" Experiment in Terror (1962).png)/div div class="caption" A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop./div div class="txt" And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now. "And oh, are the Giants mad!" ### – announcer on PA /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)

Aug

18

1961

Experiment in Terror (1962)

A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.

“And oh, are the Giants mad!”

– announcer on PA

#FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-780h <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1973/div div class="img" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)/div div class="caption" Cast and crew in the back of their motorhome. From LtR: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, Teri McMinn, Tobe Hooper, Dottie Pearl, and William Vail (via). DP: Daniel Pearl./div div class="txt" "Travel in the country, long-range plans, and upsetting persons around you, could make this a disturbing and unpredictable day. The events in the world are not doing much either to cheer one up." ### your August 18 horoscope /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #TobeHooper #GunnarHansen #MarilynBurns #PaulAPartain #AllenDanziger #TeriMcMinn #DottiePearl #WilliamVail #WayneBell #DanielPearl #horror #crime #1970s/div /section ]]>

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)

Aug

18

1973

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Cast and crew in the back of their motorhome. From LtR: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, Teri McMinn, Tobe Hooper, Dottie Pearl, and William Vail (via). DP: Daniel Pearl.

“Travel in the country, long-range plans, and upsetting persons around you, could make this a disturbing and unpredictable day. The events in the world are not doing much either to cheer one up.”

your August 18 horoscope

#FilmDuJour #August #TobeHooper #GunnarHansen #MarilynBurns #PaulAPartain #AllenDanziger #TeriMcMinn #DottiePearl #WilliamVail #WayneBell #DanielPearl #horror #crime #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-780h Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 黒蜥蜴 (1968)/div div class="caption" The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)

Aug

4

黒蜥蜴 (1968)

The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.

#FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zmrz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 31/div div class="occasion" bread/div div class="img" The Outfit (1973).png)/div div class="caption" A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees./div div class="txt" "I don't talk to guys wearing aprons." ### – Earl Macklin /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #bread #JohnFlynn #DonaldEWestlake #RobertDuvall #KarenBlack #JoeDonBaker #RobertRyan #TimothyCarey #JerryFielding #BruceSurtees #BookAdaptation #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)

Jul

31

bread

The Outfit (1973)

A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees.

“I don't talk to guys wearing aprons.”

– Earl Macklin

#FilmDinner #bread #JohnFlynn #DonaldEWestlake #RobertDuvall #KarenBlack #JoeDonBaker #RobertRyan #TimothyCarey #JerryFielding #BruceSurtees #BookAdaptation #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zmrz Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:03:49 +0200 Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x7md <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" Gli intoccabili (1969)/div div class="caption" Man's hands hold up the July 30, 1968 San Francisco Chronicle. The headline reads GANGLAND FEUD EXPLODES: TWO CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN. It's a Tuesday. DP: Erico Menczer./div div class="txt" "It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive." ### – Rosemary Scott /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #GiulianoMontaldo #OvidDemaris #JohnCassavetes #BrittEkland #PeterFalk #GabrieleFerzetti #GenaRowlands #EnnioMorricone #EricoMenczer #crime #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969)

Jul

30

1968

Gli intoccabili (1969)

Man's hands hold up the July 30, 1968 San Francisco Chronicle. The headline reads GANGLAND FEUD EXPLODES: TWO CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN. It's a Tuesday. DP: Erico Menczer.

“It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive.”

– Rosemary Scott

#FilmDuJour #July #GiulianoMontaldo #OvidDemaris #JohnCassavetes #BrittEkland #PeterFalk #GabrieleFerzetti #GenaRowlands #EnnioMorricone #EricoMenczer #crime #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x7md Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" cereal/div div class="img" Goodbye & Amen (1977).png)/div div class="caption" Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller./div div class="txt" "Twelve boxes of cornflakes - all for himself?" ### – Jack /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)

Jul

25

cereal

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller.

“Twelve boxes of cornflakes – all for himself?”

– Jack

#FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:22:51 +0200