Tag: Peter van Eyck

• The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)

  May 25, 2020

  1960s, British Cinema, Political, Thriller

  Richard Burton is perfectly dour and weary in the title role of the John Le Carre adaptation, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965). Shot in black and white by cinematographer Oswald Morris and directed by Martin Ritt (who made Hud and Hombre), the film is set during the Cold War and follows… Read.

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  The Wages Of Fear (1953)

  March 3, 2020

  1950s, Action, Drama, French Cinema, Italian Cinema, Thriller

  Tangerine Dream’s score for William Friedkin’s Sorcerer stuck in my head during. The original, The Wages Of Fear (1953; Le salaire de la peur), from my memory, generally keeps the music to the beginning and end, letting silence add a lot to the infamously gripping sequences of two trucks and four drivers transporting dangerous nitroglycerine… Read.