Category: Ray Milland
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Meet the Press: Bullies, Brutes and News Hounds of Noir
Kirk Douglas, Robert Arthur, ‘Ace in the Hole’ (1951). By Paul Parcellin Gossip, Lurid Facts, Scandal Keep the Tabloid Presses Rolling This article contains spoilers, so you may want to see these films before reading any further. When we see a disheveled, groggy Richard Conte breaking into his own office in the middle of the…
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‘The Big Clock’: Time Runs Short for Crime Mag Editor
Charles Laughton and Ray Milland in ‘The Big Clock.’ At first glance, “The Big Clock” is merely a workplace crime drama set in a New York magazine publishing firm, a cold-blooded enterprise that gives new meaning to the phrase, “This job is killing me.” But beneath its surface, the film is satire, lampooning corporate…