Nothin’ Can Be a Real Cool Hand: Cool Hand Luke (1967)

[…] But also because Luke stands out: he says smart-alec things to the prison floorwalkers and sticks up for new inmates when they get hazed by Dragline ( George Kennedy), the alpha inmate.  Luke stands by his own moral convictions and sense of justice, even when the smart thing to do is just be quiet, or […]

Tony Curtis Could Act: The Boston Strangler (1968)

[…] John Bottomly (Henry Fonda) to head a “Strangler Bureau” to finally catch the strangler and bring him to justice.  Bottomly works closely with Detective Phil DiNatale ( George Kennedy), and, as more women fall victim to the strangler, Bottomly resorts to less conventional methods, hiring renown psychic Peter Hurkos (George Voskovec) to point them in […]