Psy-Fi

Crime thriller about a broke con man who pitches the idea of a small town bank heist to his well-to-do partner in crime. His partner takes him up on his idea and goes to work putting together a motley crew of dysfunctional criminals to join in and help them pull off the heist. The film ends with a sappy whimper that made me groan in disbelief but up until the last couple of minutes, it was cooking.

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Crime film about a nightclub owner who dies in a fiery car wreck and is burned beyond recognition, leaving his nightclub singer wife to run the club. The deceased man's brother arrives in town, unaware of his brother's death a few days prior, and starts befriending his brother's wife at the request of the local police, who suspect she may be involved in a large narcotics operation. The title of the film gives away a key element of the story, so it ended up like I thought it would, but it was still an entertaining crime film.

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Drjohnrock

I never have seen much with Vera Ralston. A lot of people slam her acting. How was she in this film?

Psy-Fi

I can't recall if I've seen her in any other films, and she didn't deliver a stand-out performance here, but it was adequate. Maybe a 6 out of 10.

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Psy-Fi

Anthony Hopkins delivers a top-notch performance as Adolf Hitler living out his final days in his bunker at the closing days of WWII. This was a movie made for TV, so there wasn't a poster made to promote it. The cast seemed to be British and American for the most part and their accents threw me off at first but the story and performances were good enough that it didn't matter much after a few minutes. The movie was a bit longer than usual but the 150 minute running time ended up seeming just about right.

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Psy-Fi

A married man with a sick child, gets fired from his job as a used car salesman because his boss thinks he's too honest. Another used car dealer quickly offers him a job which ends up testing his honesty to the breaking point.

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B&W crime film about a group of prison convicts who conduct a large-scale prison escape. The story focuses on a group of six of the convicts as they try to elude law enforcement while seeking a hidden stash of money which one of them buried before he was sent to prison.

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Crime film about a member of an organized crime family who comes home from combat in WWII as a changed man. He decides to quit the organization to go into a legitimate business and become a law-abiding member of society and raise a family with his new wife. The head of the organization wishes him well but he soon finds out that there were unseen strings attached to his resignation.

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B&W sci-fi/horror/comedy about a spaceship that lands in a wooded area of a small American town. Martians leave the ship and one of them is accidentally run down by a teenage couple driving down a back road. Disbelief, confusion, and comedy ensue. The special effects were mediocre and crudely done for the most part but the acting and directing was good and the writing was entertaining enough to make me laugh out loud a few times.

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Psy-Fi

B&W crime thriller featuring Frank Sinatra in a starring role. A small town in California gets a surprise visit from the President of the United States and a trio of assassins who are aware of the impending visit and show up in town ahead of the President and his entourage. Good script, good acting, & good directing make this one well worth watching.

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