Re: Detective Story
- From: "Hurricane7" <hurricaneknot7@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:42:10 -0500
ok maybe I am out of sync here but isn't William Bendix the same person that
played in The Life of Riley...sometime during the late 50's or early 60's?
Patricia
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"Dave in Toronto" <dmatthews03@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Howard Duck wrote:
>> This Sidney Kingsley play was made into a movie in 1951 directed by
>> William Wyler. It was recently released on DVD, and I finally got a
>> copy of it. I remembered the film from when it first played, and it
>> has stuck with me over the years. The attitudes and values reflected
>> in the story would not be understood today, but they make for a heavy
>> melodrama of the period. It still brings me to tears. Kirk Douglas,
>> Eleanor Parker, and William Bendix, as well as the rest of the cast,
>> give excellent performances, one and all.
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> I remember it as being powerful stuff when I saw it on first release.
> Be interesting to see it again and see how it has stood up to the time
> test.
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> Always been fond of William Bendix I recently saw him in "The Glass
> Key" another great performance.
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> Dave in Toronto
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