The films reviewed here represent those I have liked or loved over the years. It is not a list of my favourite films but all the films reviewed here are worth seeing and worth seeking out. I know many of you won't agree with me on a lot of these but hopefully you will grant me, and the films that appear here, our place in the sun. Thanks for reading.
Thursday 16 September 2021
THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE
A Z-Movie classic. Hard to believe that "The Devil Thumbs A Ride" only clocks in at sixty-two minutes since there are enough characters for at least three movies, not to mention a great plot about a murderer, Lawrence Tierney, (the only real 'name' in the cast), who hitches a ride with somewhat inebriated travelling salesman, Ted North, picking up Nan Leslie and Betty Lawford on the road. Director Felix Feist also wrote the cracking script from a novel by Robert C. DuSoe and there isn't a wasted frame. If the cast weren't particularly well-known, Tierney excepted, the performances are surprisingly good and, best of all, nothing really happens quite the way you expect it to. This is, in fact, a gem that has built up a considerable cult reputation over the years and is infinitely better than many major studio pictures of the period.
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