Gene Barry

  • Michael Caffey – Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)

    1971-1980Michael CaffeyThrillerTVUSA

    IMDB Synopsis
    A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns
    out to have satanic powers. He uses them on the man’s wife to try to possess her
    and help him escape.
    TV version of “3:10 to Yuma” except the arch villain seems to have Svengali-like
    powers, and his gang are Native Americans. Nice cast of actors filmed in real
    locations, but demon-wannabe Gene Barry looks more like a 70’s pimp with his
    bad-ass medallion and leather suit. The movie just doesn’t possess the necessary
    outright deviltry as found in, for example, the TV Satan-western “Black Noon”
    made the same year. Might raise more chuckles than hackles.Read More »

  • Douglas Heyes – Aspen (1977)

    1971-1980Douglas HeyesDramaThrillerUSA

    The trial of an Aspen man accused of the rape and murder of a teenager.Read More »

  • Arthur Ripley – Thunder Road (1958)

    1951-1960Arthur RipleyCrimeCultUSA

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    The preeminent moonshine movie, the 1958 Thunder Road stars Robert Mitchum as a backwoods bootlegger in Tennessee, getting squeezed by both the federal government and organized crime. Mitchum had a big hand in creating this cult favorite (which reportedly played in drive-ins around America for years), writing the script, producing the movie, and even composing and singing the movie’s theme song, which became a radio hit. Directed by longtime cinematographer Arthur Ripley, the film is strong on characters and action, the latter fulfilled by a memorable chase scene at the end. Mitchum was at an artistic peak at this point in his career, and this is really an indispensable movie for his fans.Read More »

  • Jerry Hopper – Naked Alibi (1954)

    1951-1960CrimeFilm NoirJerry HopperUSA

    Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis? Written by Rod CrawfordRead More »

  • Richard Irving – Istanbul Express (1968)

    1961-1970AdventureRichard IrvingTVUSA

    Art expert Gene Barry finds himself involved in international intrigue aboard the Istanbul Express as several agencies vie for a scientist’s papers. Who can he trust?Read More »

  • Edward L. Cahn – Hong Kong Confidential (1958)

    1951-1960DramaEdward L. CahnThrillerUSA


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    Secret agent Casey Reed (Gene Barry) goes undercover as a smarmy lounge singer (replete with cheezy white jacket!) in Hong Kong to find a missing arab prince.

    Quote:
    Director Edward L. Cahn always knew how to make lemonade from a lemon; his B pictures of the late 1950s displayed a raw energy that many of his higher-budgeted films of the 1930s lacked. Hong Kong Confidential is a backlot cheapie starring Gene Barry and second-feature stalwarts Beverly Tyler and Allison Hayes. Barry plays a secret agent, in Hong Kong to rescue an Arabian prince from his kidnappers. The villains, of course, are Soviet spies, easily recognizable by their baggy suits and flabby accents. Also in the cast of Hong Kong Confidential is Ed Kemmer, who’d once starred in that baby-boomer favorite Space Patrol.Read More »

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