Grade: C-
Synopsis: Celebrated war correspondent Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith) chronicles the exploits of the American Army’s Company C, 18th Infantry and befriends its Captain (Robert Mitchum) during World War II.
Story of G.I. Joe was a war film ahead of its time. Made during the war, it lacks the propaganda and flag waiving of so many of its contemporaries, instead showing gritty, dirty, struggle to survive that was the day-to-day life of the American infantry soldier. MORE »
Posted 520 days ago in Movie Reviews and Robert Mitchum. No responses
Grade: C+
Synopsis: A career officer (Robert Mitchum) in the American military finds himself ordered to defend another officer (Keenan Wynn), who’s clearly insane, in the politically charged case of the murder of a British soldier in India.
Man in the Middle is an engaging courtroom drama carried by a solid cast and highlighted by some sharp cinematography. MORE »
Posted 563 days ago in Movie Reviews and Robert Mitchum. No responses
Grade: B-
Synopsis: A drifter (Robert Mitchum) and a nightclub singer (Jane Russell) find themselves mixed up with a crime boss shortly after arriving in the Portuguese colony of Macao.
Macao shouldn’t be this good. According to the IMDb, producer Howard Hughes fired director Josef von Sternberg about a third of the way through production and replaced him with Nicholas Ray. About this time, lead Robert Mitchum himself reportedly wrote several scenes so that the script would make more sense. Topping it off, Gloria Grahame, who plays the local crime lord’s moll, was in the process of divorcing Ray and purposely overacted in order to get back at Hughes for forcing her to do the movie. MORE »
Posted 595 days ago in Movie Reviews and Robert Mitchum. No responses
Grade: C-
Synopsis: After World War II, three former GIs (Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, and Bill Williams) have trouble re-acclimating themselves to civilian life.
Till the End of Time is an interesting film for it’s era, as it’s a rare, early depiction of the troubles faced by soldiers after the war. In so many Hollywood productions, the returning soldier was treated like a conquering hero and behaved as such. Here, the GI’s are still, for the most part, treated like heroes, but they struggle to find their place in a world that’s moved on without them, and one that’s full of people oblivious to their current mental state. MORE »
Posted 595 days ago in Movie Reviews and Robert Mitchum. No responses
Grade: C+
Synopsis: A hulking ex-con hires detective Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to track down his lost love Velma in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel.
Farewell, My Lovely is a well-done adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s classic novel that falls just short of the mark.
Robert Mitchum pulls off the cynicism and laconic charm of Chandler’s protagonist, Philip Marlowe, with ease, but at nearly 60 years, he’s easily fifteen to twenty years too old for the part. It’s especially a problem given that Charlotte Rampling, playing a vampy would-be love interest, is almost half his age. Indeed, Mitchum sometimes walks a fine line between looking world-weary and just plain weary. MORE »
Posted 599 days ago in Movie Reviews and Robert Mitchum. No responses
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