JOHN WAYNE CRASHES LONDON FOR THE COP FLICK 'BRANNIGAN'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysTaf0rcTIWtZxIkT2WNDGoknrzdPSXVsHr0zWcsDlSRIToRIFtTS7YwiZRIf7F9u8th59o0PcQVOV1tmoPlAxmeLTenJO_fwzQonk0hDOTVo6eap6nQrG8kgpLjzgEJ-someybgZArqZMNC69KClOkQ4n6TlNrwaThyMBRLAvT2t6MR1ZiqXu3mE-w/s954/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-16%20at%206.09.44%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysTaf0rcTIWtZxIkT2WNDGoknrzdPSXVsHr0zWcsDlSRIToRIFtTS7YwiZRIf7F9u8th59o0PcQVOV1tmoPlAxmeLTenJO_fwzQonk0hDOTVo6eap6nQrG8kgpLjzgEJ-someybgZArqZMNC69KClOkQ4n6TlNrwaThyMBRLAvT2t6MR1ZiqXu3mE-w/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-16%20at%206.09.44%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Wayne in BRANNIGAN Year: 1975 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After supposedly passing up DIRTY HARRY, John Wayne made two tough cop films (tough films about tough cops) and this is the last as the first is <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2013/03/mcq-john-wayne.html">McQ</a>, a Seattle detective who stays put while <i>this</i> Chicago lawman is sent to England to pick up a hometown gangster, his constant rival... <br> <br> <span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f18e85997ba47bc"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">Though more along the lines of BULLITT than either of the two HARRY flicks, BRANNIGAN isn't as much a police procedural, instead mostly centering on the <i>stranger in a strange land</i> premise, but without following the usual fish-outta-water tropes since he gets adjusted to this new country's rules... like no handguns... by simply not following them... and he's never really effected by the colorful foreign surroundings visible from riding shotgun in an unmarked vehicle driven by pretty female sidekick Judy Geeson...</span></span><br> </p><p></p>

action, barry dennen, cop, del henney, douglas hickox, england, james booth, john vernon, john wayne, judy geeson, kathryn leigh scott, mel ferrer, richard attenborough, seventies, thriller, twilight time

JOHN WAYNE CRASHES LONDON FOR THE COP FLICK 'BRANNIGAN'

John Wayne in BRANNIGAN Year: 1975 Rating: **** After supposedly passing up DIRTY HARRY, John Wayne made two tough cop films (tough films a...

JAMES BOOTH AND HELEN GILL FROM 'THE SWEENEY: POPPY'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-68eI2XIUaTB-G3F9AIcFBF27MxhLpj_3eYLAWMeWMlh9iGYdabiaOgkvBtARVB1r1s53Dn0zWJYV7r9clTfzoFbFwr48rUIFdkoKv_vhoknvpcdZ0ckU1sN1I3QUePOkhEf3aHYQ2-2rBu8lXEKqeBs6WUK7YAgkXBBD917EIOWjLGYmJxkP3i6Gg/s2005/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-30%20at%201.32.47%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2005" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-68eI2XIUaTB-G3F9AIcFBF27MxhLpj_3eYLAWMeWMlh9iGYdabiaOgkvBtARVB1r1s53Dn0zWJYV7r9clTfzoFbFwr48rUIFdkoKv_vhoknvpcdZ0ckU1sN1I3QUePOkhEf3aHYQ2-2rBu8lXEKqeBs6WUK7YAgkXBBD917EIOWjLGYmJxkP3i6Gg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-30%20at%201.32.47%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Helen Gill in Poppy Year: 1975 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Britain's THE SWEENEY is both a regular cop series and a revolving villain anthology wherein Scotland Yard's Flying Squad can sometimes merely provide peripheral exposition...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Like in the stellar, and very fan-favorite episode POPPY, centered on classy bad guys sparked by a local London bank robber returned from Paris to bring the money back... </p><p><span></span></p>

action, british, cop, crime, dennis waterman, heist, helen gill, james booth, john rhys-davies, john thaw, series, sweeney

JAMES BOOTH AND HELEN GILL FROM 'THE SWEENEY: POPPY'

Helen Gill in Poppy Year: 1975 Rating: ****1/2 Britain's THE SWEENEY is both a regular cop series and a revolving villain anthology wher...

STANLEY BAKER AND MICHAEL CAINE BATTLING THROUGH 'ZULU'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkJViiH0hqInRvcHU2oau_ng4DAdAO2HH0IK51lV1--0YCHOCyslQqeR2zREupA6nRHNaS9YKWAANYHehI4Zrf9wIDI809ze5oQ92A5xmNIIjqnJbLXEa6gILo21kmNKSvBwDLXNyCpQl1TF2MiTQrU8t4TUa9swYD_HIWeg8aEYJuf29pBXiTnPf7A/s1688/Screen%20Shot%202021-03-17%20at%205.52.26%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkJViiH0hqInRvcHU2oau_ng4DAdAO2HH0IK51lV1--0YCHOCyslQqeR2zREupA6nRHNaS9YKWAANYHehI4Zrf9wIDI809ze5oQ92A5xmNIIjqnJbLXEa6gILo21kmNKSvBwDLXNyCpQl1TF2MiTQrU8t4TUa9swYD_HIWeg8aEYJuf29pBXiTnPf7A/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202021-03-17%20at%205.52.26%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Stanley Baker & Michael Caine in ZULU Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A cross between LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and THE ODD COUPLE, Cy Endfield's cast-of-thousands ZULU was directed by an American and features a crop of great British actors about their own history — yet the first of several problems is it feels more mainstream American than edgy/offbeat British... </p><p></p><p>Especially some of the performances, seeming more catered to Oscar nominations (particularly Jack Hawkins as a ridiculously passive yet hammy priest) than moving the story forward: about a South African outpost called <span>Rorke's Drift after a massive Little Big Horn style defeat of the British by Zulu warriors...</span></p><p><span><span></span></span></p>

action, adventure, british, cy endfield, epic, history, james booth, michael caine, nigel green, sixties, stanley baker, war

STANLEY BAKER AND MICHAEL CAINE BATTLING THROUGH 'ZULU'

Stanley Baker & Michael Caine in ZULU Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2 A cross between LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and THE ODD COUPLE, Cy Endfield's...

BEFORE TAKING A 'BULLITT' DIRECTOR PETER YATES SHOT 'ROBBERY'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfKhLZcyw1UwwlvQ6LxzJzINHjUypaWMJja8yUtCcTZ3IEjgtgOaqP8iI596RUi9zYS9cqbO-o_1hVwcsymLCmY12Ig1v5M7eDMXvfZMQmlKioytmTB0k2t5YvfRAejvD0BvikgHmaiD2Ls5nYTtRQXq0EkVlIbENoOoUhgGxSKl4AxsCwCGvWY7jbI9n/s2566/Screen%20Shot%202025-02-01%20at%208.50.16%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfKhLZcyw1UwwlvQ6LxzJzINHjUypaWMJja8yUtCcTZ3IEjgtgOaqP8iI596RUi9zYS9cqbO-o_1hVwcsymLCmY12Ig1v5M7eDMXvfZMQmlKioytmTB0k2t5YvfRAejvD0BvikgHmaiD2Ls5nYTtRQXq0EkVlIbENoOoUhgGxSKl4AxsCwCGvWY7jbI9n/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-02-01%20at%208.50.16%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English director Peter Yates his big game-changing opportunity to make BULLITT stateside, after Steve McQueen had witnessed the rudimentary car chase sequence from ROBBERY, overall a sparse, deliberately cold/heartless British Neo-Noir Heist-Thriller... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And it's not <i>just</i> this initial chase that Yates carried over to the Steve McQueen legendary classic, but also the strategically metronomic moments leading up...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, barry foster, british neo noir, british new wave, frank finlay, glynn edwards, heist, james booth, joanna pettet, peter yates, sixties, stanley baker, william marlowe

BEFORE TAKING A 'BULLITT' DIRECTOR PETER YATES SHOT 'ROBBERY'

Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2 Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English d...