#Bales2023FilmChallenge June 25: Let's go camping on #NationalCampCountsDay
#JohnSturges' Jeopardy (1953) is a thrilling, reverse home invasion. The haunting photography (by Victor Milner), small, intense cast, short runtime and claustrophobic sets make for a very modern, economic #thriller. And #BarbaraStanwyck is the heroine we wouldn't see much of until decades later ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jeopardy-1953
#bales2023filmchallenge #nationalcampcountsday #johnsturges #thriller #barbarastanwyck #film #cinema #filmastodon #cinemastodon
58 years ago:
The Satan Bug (US)
A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen.
1965-03-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/27709
#TheSatanBug #JohnSturges #GeorgeMaharis #RichardBasehart #AnneFrancis #SciFi #ClassicFilm
#thesatanbug #johnsturges #georgemaharis #richardbasehart #annefrancis #scifi #classicfilm
67 years ago:
Backlash (US)
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who...
1956-03-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/62648
#Backlash #JohnSturges #RichardWidmark #DonnaReed #WilliamCampbell #Western #Film
#backlash #johnsturges #richardwidmark #donnareed #williamcampbell #western #film
74 years ago:
The Walking Hills (US)
A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.
1949-03-05
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/241754
#TheWalkingHills #JohnSturges #RandolphScott #EllaRaines #ArthurKennedy #Columbia #Western #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#thewalkinghills #johnsturges #randolphscott #ellaraines #arthurkennedy #columbia #western #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
75 years ago:
The Sign of the Ram (US)
A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.
1948-03-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/51554
#TheSignoftheRam #JohnSturges #MayWhitty #DianaDouglas #Columbia #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#thesignoftheram #johnsturges #maywhitty #dianadouglas #columbia #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
IL MUSICISTA-LOGGIONISTA: JOHN STURGES https://il-musicista-loggionista.blogspot.com/2022/01/john-sturges.html?spref=tw #JohnSturges #Sturges #USA #Movie #cinema
#johnsturges #Sturges #usa #movie #cinema