(1968)

2024

The Detective (1968)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Perhaps the boldest aspect of this raw look at the seamier side of life as a New York cop is that perennial screen loverboy Frank Sinatra plays a cuckold. Prior to what is always considered the more hard-hitting cop pictures of the 1970s...…

6th December 2024
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Another nod to Conclave. Thought-provoking drama with a contemporary slant set against the grandeur of the Vatican amid geo-political turmoil. At a time of global crisis, dissident Russian archbishop Lakotov (Anthony Quinn) is unexpectedly freed from a labor camp by the Russian premier (Laurence...…

5th December 2024
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Farewell, Friend / Adieu, L’ami (1968)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s This heist picture made Charles Bronson a star, though, like Clint Eastwood a few years previously, he had to go to Europe, in this case France, to find an audience appreciable of his particular skill set. This was such a box office smash...…

6th November 2024
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Will Penny (1968)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Tale of two westerns. On the one hand two undoubtedly fine performances contribute to an excellent realistic somewhat downbeat cowboy yarn. On the other hand a bunch of loonies jumping in every now and then as plot devices upset the wonderful tone.  There...…

27th October 2024
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The Touchables (1968)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Take a giant bubble, yellow Mini, an abundance of mini-skirts, Michael Caine waxwork,  one pop star, four models, a masked wrestler, nuns, table football, a pinball machine, a circular bed, various sunsets, a shotgun and a lass milking a fake cow. And what...…

21st October 2024
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Subterfuge (1968)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Worth seeing alone for super-slinky leather-clad uber-sadistic Donetta (Suzanna Leigh) who delights in torturing the daylights out of any secret agent who crosses her path, in this case Michael Donovan (Gene Barry). She’s got a neat line in handbags, too, the poisonous kind....…

5th October 2024
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The Vengeance of She (1968)

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Sequels boomed in the 1960s mainly thanks to multiple spy spin-offs in the James Bond/Matt Helm/Derek Flint vein but for every From Russia with Love (1963) and In Like Flint (1967) there was a more tepid entry like Return of the Seven (1966). One of the prerequisites of the...…

4th October 2024
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