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Tag: Cloris Leachman

‘Someone I Touched’ (1975): High drama leads to affairs, sex and STDs

…a.k.a.: First, You Drip.

April 7, 2021September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Dillinger’ (1973): A rowdy, cynical, American tall tale

Bloody, funny, shoe leather-hard American tall tale.

March 7, 2020September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Night Terror’ (1977): Valerie Harper stars in tense suspenser

Remember Rhoda, Mary’s best friend and upstairs neighbor on The Mary Tyler Moore Show? Did you know that she, along with her costars, took a suspenseful detour into thriller-movie territory, to spice things up?

March 13, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

‘Dying Room Only’ (1973): Vacation ends badly in solid suspenser

Available through Warner Brothers’ Archive Collection (a real rarity, considering how few MTVs from this era have made it onto disc), ABC’s 1973 telemovie, Dying Room Only, directed by Philip Leacock, written by the master, Richard Matheson, and starring Cloris Leachman, Ned Beatty, Ross Martin, and Dabney Coleman, is a model of efficient, effective suspense.

February 14, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

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