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Great movies no one has ever seen... some recommendations

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Just a few oddball movie recommendations for anyone looking for a change of pace. These are all Hollywood films; there are many more foreign films that must wait for another day.
1. The Luck of Ginger Coffee - starring Robert Shaw. Compelling drama about an Irish immigrant and his familiy trying to find work after moving to Montreal.
2. The Quare Fellow - starring Patrick McGoohan as a prison guard. Nice bookend to the Prisoner series in which he's a prisoner.
3. Adam at 6:00 am - Michael Douglas in an early, great role as a disenfranchised young man working in a logging camp.
4. Farewell my Lovely - Robert Mitchum is the perfect Phillip Marlowe. Every character in this movie is real and memorable and every scene plays like poetry.
5. That Gang of Mine - 1940's pastiche that has something for everyone including a brief appearance by the three stooges (!) along with lots of great - and unusual - song and dance numbers. Almost impossible to describe but highly entertaining.
More to come...

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Great movies - late 18:18:22 12/30/06 (0)
Hi,
Oscar... Stallone...comedy, the weird thing is it's funny. Good cast
Rhustlers Rhapsody.. goofy spoof of Westerns. Please pass the root ( I bought the dvd)
Bringing up baby.. Cary Grant and Hepburn and a leopard (or something like that).
Viva Max... no way am I saying a word about this one, starts slow, give it a chance
Babylon 5... very hard to get into, as addictive as crack once you are in... Some of my all time favorite dialogue
Piece of Cake... old Brit mini-series I have on dvd. Very good take on a Spit squad from before the start of the war to the peak of the Battle of Britain. I watch it every year. The book is even better, but so intense I was unable to finish it.
Bob Hope/Bing Crosby Road movies... really dumb, you either love 'em or you don't.
A Walk in the CLouds... this movie was made just a few years ago, but it has the look and feel of a good post-WW2 flick. If you like old fashioned movies, you might like this. I love it.
Re: Great movies no one has ever seen... some recommendations - Duilawyer 07:56:47 12/30/06 (0)
Dandy in Aspic, Man on a Swing, The last of Sheila

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