James Hadley Chase

The Grissom Gang Movies

Posted by at April 6, 2024

The Grissom Gang (1971)
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.

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The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction eBooks & eLearning

Posted by roxul at July 8, 2022

Philip Tew, "The 1940s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction "
English | ISBN: 1350143014 | 2022 | 368 pages | PDF | 2 MB

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Rough Magic [Miss Shumway jette un sort] 1995 Movies

Posted by galmuchet at April 25, 2017

Director Clare Peploe (wife of Bernardo Bertolucci) adapted this blend of noir mystery and magical realism from the story Miss Shumway Waves a Wand by James Hadley Chase. Bridget Fonda stars as Myra Shumway, an apprentice to a magician (Kenneth Mars) in 1952 Los Angeles. Myra is unhappily engaged to Cliff Wyatt (D.W. Moffett), a sleazy, Howard Hughes-like uranium heir who wants to run for president…

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Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Movies

Posted by at Sept. 3, 2022

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986)
An absurdly brutal and minimalist examination of the desperate search for financial backing by two small-time filmmakers, 'Rise and Fall' is knowingly self-referential, sad, and appropriately enough, a film shot on a miniscule budget in 16mm. Based on a novel by James Hadley Chase, with script by Jean-Luc Godard.

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Passez une bonne nuit (1990) Repost Movies

Posted by galmuchet at March 28, 2017

La star Barbara Jenkins, après deux ans d'absence, fait sa rentrée en honorant de sa présence la vente aux enchères de ses costumes à Cannes, au bénéfice de la lutte contre le sida. Elle porte ce soir-là un pendentif d'émeraudes évalué à cinq millions de dollars et assuré par "International Fidelity", l'employeur de Tom Lepski. Ce dernier assure une protection "très rapprochée" de la star et devra déjouer le plan machiavélique de Bradley pour s'approprier le joyau.

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