♦Neo-Noir Classics♦ '13 WEST STREET' (1962) Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • 1962 • approved • 1h 20m • June 6, 1962 (USA)
    An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.

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  • @lt7378
    @lt7378 Рік тому +102

    Rod Steiger sure has presence in any movie he is in. What a great actor.

    • @jundunar
      @jundunar Рік тому +6

      You couldn't be more correct. I had the pleasure of meeting him once in Sardi's bar in NYC in the early 1980's and he was a totally nice guy.

    • @dave-giveusfree-evans1068
      @dave-giveusfree-evans1068 Рік тому +3

      The name he uses here is so similar to the one he used in 'The Heat of The Night'

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite Рік тому +2

      A few signature moves he used in "In the Heat of the Night," such as "Bye-bye," and even the name "Koleski" sounds like "Gillespie."

    • @ltd4991
      @ltd4991 Рік тому +3

      @@KutWrite I saw him in "Heat of the Night" decades ago and then watched him in another movie years later. I was shocked it was the same actor because his acting is so versatile. He's an average looking guy, but there's something about his presence in a movie that stands out. I'll have to check out "Bye-bye". Thanks for the suggestion.

    • @chrisyates8115
      @chrisyates8115 Рік тому

      Dr Zchivago

  • @brentinnes5151
    @brentinnes5151 Рік тому +29

    Alan Ladd will be synonymous with one movie..you know it..the best western of all time..Shane...I have watched it over a hundred times! Good triumphs over evil...underdog wins...quiet unassuming guy kicks ass...and the scenery

    • @jimwade1732
      @jimwade1732 Рік тому +5

      If he'd never ever made another movie after that I would have considered him a star!

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 Рік тому +4

      I concur 100%

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg Рік тому +2

      Ladd's career went downhill after he made "Shane" for Paramount in 1951: he went from one mediocre picture to another.

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 Рік тому

      @None-zc5vg Too busy hitting the bottle. I actually thought he looked drunk in one scene of this movie.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg Рік тому

      @@riverraisin1 I suspect that his marriage was strained after his affair with another actress in the early '50s. On top of that, the move into British-made pictures produced some real clunkers.

  • @HerrP58
    @HerrP58 2 роки тому +151

    If anyone reading this hasn't watched the movie "The Pawnbroker," you need to. That is Rod Steiger's best film out of many. Any role he plays, he's brilliant.

    • @Dan-rn5js
      @Dan-rn5js Рік тому +12

      I just watched The Pawnbroker a month ago after hearing it mentioned on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast. His performance was incredible.

    • @algie-t2w
      @algie-t2w Рік тому +18

      Yes, I agree. The Pawnbroker is very impressive. To sustain that level of self-disgust and depression in his character must have taken its toll. I remember his wife saying how after his Oscar win for In The Heat of the Night Mr Steiger lay on his sofa for six months in the deepest of depressions. Show biz is such an illusion.

    • @stevensica89
      @stevensica89 Рік тому +10

      His best performance ever. He and Richard Burton cancelled each other out that year and Lee Marvin won the Best Actor Oscar.

    • @HerrP58
      @HerrP58 Рік тому +6

      @@stevensica89 Yup. Cat Ballou. I did have to look it up. Great actors all.

    • @theclashcalling_
      @theclashcalling_ Рік тому +7

      How about 'Waterloo' or 'In The Heat Of'? Bravura/iconic performances both!

  • @icaltrin
    @icaltrin Рік тому +13

    Thank you so much for this movie! I love these classic stories of justice and right vs wrong. Our world has too much repetitive crap happening, that it's nice to know some people still care about morality. Thanks again!

  • @90FF1
    @90FF1 2 роки тому +39

    Good story. Alan Ladd brought it up to a B+ movie. Thanks.

    • @beverlylawyer2286
      @beverlylawyer2286 2 роки тому +7

      Steiger, brought it up to a A movie

    • @Brucev7
      @Brucev7 Рік тому +1

      @@beverlylawyer2286 He did a good job

    • @billybob9961
      @billybob9961 Рік тому

      Definitely Quality. Compared to any other trash Hollywood puts out today and it is a A+. It’s such a shame Hollywood has lost their focus on putting out quality products come to political to walk to focused on shaping culture brainwashing pushing agendas that’s why either slowly dying withering away one customer at a time. These older movies are terrific

    • @wally1452
      @wally1452 Рік тому +8

      Alan Ladd made every film he was in better.

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Рік тому

      @90FF1.
      Is that 'B' for bollocks?

  • @nancycatania7763
    @nancycatania7763 Рік тому +25

    What a GREAT movie! Acting was outstanding! Thanks for posting.

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @FishFeelPain
    @FishFeelPain Рік тому +12

    Dynamic between Ladd and Steiger is terrific--TY

  • @larrywhited3070
    @larrywhited3070 11 місяців тому +2

    Excellent character development and study. Each individual is fully believable. Top notch acting by everyone.

  • @lotharkolb855
    @lotharkolb855 Рік тому +15

    Amazingly good for a so called B-movie.

  • @BlueHaze7024
    @BlueHaze7024 Рік тому +32

    This unknown (to me) movie pulled me in and kept me watching to the end; a rarity these days. I was looking for Alan Ladd and it took me a moment to recognize him as he had aged greatly from his heyday 20 years prior. Thanks for posting.

    • @HerrP58
      @HerrP58 Рік тому +2

      Right. From his younger western days.

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite Рік тому +3

      Yes, lower energy, too, compared to his pairing with Veronica Lake.

    • @GohAhweh
      @GohAhweh Рік тому +1

      Such a cool film🌴

    • @jmccracken1963
      @jmccracken1963 Рік тому +3

      Booze certainly had taken its toll on him by the time we get to "13 West Street."
      Still, he did a great job in a number of "revenge films" in the last decade of his movie career, including "Hell on Frisco Bay" (1955), "The Badlanders" (1958), "The Man in the Net" (1959), and "One Foot in Hell" (1960), along with "13 West Street" (1962). He also was the narrator of the opening sequence of "A Cry In The Night" (1956) - and he had just enough left in the tank to do a good job as Nevada Smith in "The Carpetbaggers" (1964), right before his untimely death at the age of 50.
      Philip Leacock, who directed this film, had directed "Take A Giant Step" in 1959 - and, in 1962, would also direct "The War Lover," with Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, and Shirley Anne Field.
      And, after "13 West Street," Jeanne Cooper would also play Vi Griffin (Leo Gordon;s wife) in the excellent 1962 movie "The Intruder," directed by Roger Corman. (No, it ISN'T a horror film - but it IS well worth 84 minutes of your time to watch it.)

    • @brentinnes5151
      @brentinnes5151 Рік тому

      yeah, unfortunately Alan Ladd chronic alcoholic..that will age you

  • @SteveTheFazeman
    @SteveTheFazeman Рік тому +3

    Truly enjoyed this movie. Dolores Dorn was so pretty.

  • @dtaylor939
    @dtaylor939 7 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for posting this lovely film Rob

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  7 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @gregsilver8312
    @gregsilver8312 2 роки тому +31

    The "payback" scene was so satisfying I rewatched it

  • @alvaropelayo8084
    @alvaropelayo8084 Рік тому +11

    I have always loved Alan Ladd, God bless him

  • @Crezelltree4261
    @Crezelltree4261 5 місяців тому +2

    Aquatarkus was the tour de force of this set.A complete prog masterpiece.

  • @djamelbouch3670
    @djamelbouch3670 Рік тому +10

    I like Alan Ladd especially in the legendary western movie Shane

  • @yevonnehorn6196
    @yevonnehorn6196 Рік тому +6

    I love watching Alan Ladd movies. He has to always defend himself. He gets the job done 👍!😊!

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Рік тому +1

      @yevonnehorn6196.
      He gets the job done because it's scripted that way, but only in his films. In reality, anyone can knock the shit out of him.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg Рік тому +1

      ​@@redblade8160They wouldn't have much trouble today, in 2024, since he's spent the last 60 years in a mausoleum.

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Рік тому +1

      @@None-zc5vg
      Let's see him act his way out of his mausoleum!

  • @stevebutler812
    @stevebutler812 11 місяців тому +3

    Best movie on PTSD I’ve ever seen. It changes you

  • @camelia9802
    @camelia9802 Рік тому +6

    Excellent acting 👍 Thanks for uploading.

  • @xmillion1704
    @xmillion1704 Рік тому +8

    Some excellent cane strikes there in the final scenes!

    • @michaelbanak1441
      @michaelbanak1441 Рік тому +1

      I imagined that, in the movie theater showings, the audience cheered-on the whipping the boy took.

  • @gregthompson3274
    @gregthompson3274 Рік тому +61

    Steiger and Ladd, nothing B-grade about 2 fine actors

  • @mickgatz214
    @mickgatz214 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the U/L Rob W 👍
    from Australia

  • @WilldoAldone
    @WilldoAldone 2 роки тому +8

    I liked this movie.Thank you for posting it

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  2 роки тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @joselopezmoya9786
    @joselopezmoya9786 Рік тому +6

    ALAN LADD AND ROD STEIGER, TWO PRETTY SOLID ACTORS.

    • @forearthbelow
      @forearthbelow Рік тому

      Soooooo, Steiger - an Oscar winner - is a pretty solid actor. OK, got it....

  • @jerryferko8309
    @jerryferko8309 Рік тому +2

    VERY GOOD MOVIE .....THANKS ROB W

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому

      Glad you liked it!

  • @t_barraca
    @t_barraca 11 місяців тому +2

    Great movie! Thanks for sharing.

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  11 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @shelleymcafee8197
    @shelleymcafee8197 Рік тому +4

    Great movie, very-well done!
    Thank-You for uploading!!!
    (In real-life, Chuck wouldn’t stop there.)

  • @sherivandenbusch4120
    @sherivandenbusch4120 Рік тому +3

    Always loved Alan Ladd, great actor.

  • @jamespetersen3933
    @jamespetersen3933 Рік тому +5

    Wow, Can't believe I missed that 5 months ago.. Thanks for the show😊

  • @westcoastgirl
    @westcoastgirl 2 роки тому +67

    This movie is not B rated to me . The story , dialogs , actors … it is very good .

  • @CinemaTubeStar
    @CinemaTubeStar Рік тому +2

    Exciting film. Thanks for uploading.

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching

  • @tigerone2353
    @tigerone2353 Рік тому +15

    Rod Stieger : powerhouse actor

  • @paulstark6818
    @paulstark6818 Рік тому +8

    A powerful story it was so well told and acted good lesson for youths to follow ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @TuvRaz
    @TuvRaz 11 місяців тому +1

    Extremely well directed with attention to small details

  • @pressureworks
    @pressureworks Рік тому +6

    Wow !! Rod Steiger looking like Les Nessman !!!

  • @keithdonovan5236
    @keithdonovan5236 Рік тому +1

    Such a good film. Bravo Rob W for this find.

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому

      Glad you liked it!

  • @daleanderson1727
    @daleanderson1727 7 місяців тому +2

    thanks for sharing this.

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  7 місяців тому

      My pleasure

  • @alexiofernandes2728
    @alexiofernandes2728 Рік тому +7

    Fine movie! Likable finishing!

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching!

  • @richardshiggins704
    @richardshiggins704 Рік тому +1

    Excellent movie with convincing performances .

  • @abhijitmukherjee720
    @abhijitmukherjee720 Рік тому +1

    Exceptionally Brilliant Story ❤

  • @virgorising7388
    @virgorising7388 Рік тому +8

    What?! Ted Knight as the principal of Cortez High School. I never realized he had a long career in movies.

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 6 місяців тому

      Whaaaat? That was Ted Knight as in Caddyshack?

  • @chriscoughlan5221
    @chriscoughlan5221 Рік тому +8

    absolutely brilliant!!

  • @PersonaIncognito
    @PersonaIncognito Рік тому +6

    I'm only half an hour into it, but find it quite watchable.

  • @Shamimsie797
    @Shamimsie797 Рік тому +2

    this was a brilliant film, i'm glad i decided to watch it, Michael Callan was a good looking young man

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому +1

      Glad you liked it!

    • @Shamimsie797
      @Shamimsie797 Рік тому

      @@robtw88 thank u for uploading this film, the picture and sound was very clear

  • @Brucev7
    @Brucev7 Рік тому +7

    Good Film. Battling Rich Punks
    He Is Risen!

  • @beatlegirls25
    @beatlegirls25 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for posting!

  • @CeadMileFailte-w3z
    @CeadMileFailte-w3z Рік тому +27

    This movie was awesome! Classic movies rule! No political agenda, no DEI, just good stories and great acting. Sad all new movies today suck.

  • @cns7139
    @cns7139 2 роки тому +8

    Definitely B Movie, but interesting! Thanks for posting.

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  2 роки тому +5

      Thanks for watching

  • @ellecee453
    @ellecee453 2 роки тому +19

    Billy's aunt is played by Jeanne Cooper, who was Katherine Chancellor for many years on The Young and the Restless.

    • @michaelmitchell5098
      @michaelmitchell5098 Рік тому +2

      Excellent eyes!!!👍

    • @lt7378
      @lt7378 Рік тому +1

      I wondered if that was her! Thanks.

    • @tomchris60
      @tomchris60 9 місяців тому

      She was also Corbin Bernsen's mom.

  • @ronaldw2453
    @ronaldw2453 Рік тому +7

    Good movie, I enjoyed it.

  • @tpe54
    @tpe54 2 роки тому +5

    The detective played a movie producer in "The Big Knife".
    He has a distinctive accent and way of speaking.
    thanks, enjoyed it

    • @davidfusani
      @davidfusani 2 роки тому +5

      It's Rod Steiger, Academy Award winner for In the Heat of the Night playing a Southern Police chief opposite Sidney Portier. On the Waterfront as Brando's brother...I could have been a contender...as the Pawn Broker, survivor of a concentration camp. He was one of America's greatest actors.

    • @Whitegorillaboy
      @Whitegorillaboy Рік тому +1

      That "detective" -- Rod Steiger -- played a psychotic serial- murdering theater director in "No Way To Treat A Lady" opposite George Segal (who did get nominated for an Oscar that year).

    • @thisbandreallystix
      @thisbandreallystix Рік тому

      ​@@WhitegorillaboyIt must have been 1966, then.

  • @akulinamackenzie4492
    @akulinamackenzie4492 2 роки тому +12

    💕👍 great cast.....🌹

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  2 роки тому +6

      It really is!

  • @Sgtjay68
    @Sgtjay68 Рік тому +3

    I'll watch anything with Rod Steiger in it.

  • @suzie4211
    @suzie4211 Рік тому +4

    This was great.! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Getting addicted to your channel. Cheers.!👍

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому +2

      Glad you enjoy it!

  • @lilblackduc7312
    @lilblackduc7312 Рік тому +6

    I agree with the other comments, this is a great movie!

  • @LBG-cf8gu
    @LBG-cf8gu Рік тому +2

    nice to see he got some payback
    great flick. thx

  • @panheadcraig
    @panheadcraig 9 місяців тому +2

    My middle name is Alan after Alan Ladd, I was born in 1962. My dad just told me after all these years I had no idea. I was happy to hear that, I've always liked Alan Ladd .

  • @kathikay8942
    @kathikay8942 2 роки тому +19

    Good one ! Thanks for sharing. Sometimes, I enjoy a good B movie more than the typical seen 100 times top rated films

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  2 роки тому +5

      Totally agree!

    • @lilblackduc7312
      @lilblackduc7312 Рік тому +2

      @@robtw88 Ted Knight almost slipped by me in this film. He was "Baldwin" in the principal's office...

  • @dougcase7545
    @dougcase7545 2 роки тому +22

    That's Bernie Hamilton at 42:36. He was the police captain in "Starsky and Hutch" on TV in the 70's.

    • @BeachsideHank
      @BeachsideHank 2 роки тому +1

      His character name in the IMDB credits is "Negro".

    • @FiveBlackFootedFerrets
      @FiveBlackFootedFerrets 2 роки тому +1

      @@BeachsideHank WOW!

    • @michaelmitchell5098
      @michaelmitchell5098 Рік тому

      Hmmmmm....

    • @roundtwo3321
      @roundtwo3321 Рік тому +1

      @@BeachsideHank Yikes!!

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 6 місяців тому

      @@BeachsideHankTo be fair though, a lot of minor characters in movies don’t have names in the credits like “Guy with sunglasses” for example.
      Negro was just a description.

  • @windycitykitty
    @windycitykitty Рік тому +2

    wow, no moral filter on this one, loved it!

  • @dougcase7545
    @dougcase7545 2 роки тому +9

    This film reminds me of the 1973 made-for-TV movie "Outrage" with Robert Culp.

  • @paolosmaldone8347
    @paolosmaldone8347 Рік тому +4

    "Are you lerning fast(to shoot)"Offcourse!After dozen of western movies!Great Alan Ladd!

  • @denisemadigan1038
    @denisemadigan1038 Рік тому +5

    I love the movie!💕

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому

      Glad you liked it!

  • @billsherrard8452
    @billsherrard8452 Рік тому +20

    Interesting note:
    Ladd was 49 when this film was made. He was found dead at age 50 in his bed by his butler. Ladd died of alcohol and drug coctail overdose in an attempt to get to sleep.

    • @loveandpeace4235
      @loveandpeace4235 Рік тому

      Wow...I didn't know that I was an Allen ladd fan myself..

    • @jackwalder2602
      @jackwalder2602 Рік тому +1

      I also didn't know how Ladd died, and I'm also a big Ladd fan.

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Рік тому

      @billsherrard8452
      Did he manage to get to sleep?

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Рік тому

      @@jackwalder2602
      You must be very simple-minded, then! All you need to do is a simple search on Google!

    • @karenhill3970
      @karenhill3970 Рік тому

      Yes I read that too so sad .. accidentally ​@@jackwalder2602..of I read too his boy was devastated ....David Ladd. Cheryl Ladds .. later husband ...if Charlies ' Angels " fame ....😮‍💨

  • @eze417
    @eze417 8 місяців тому +1

    That one had a few surprises. Good movie.

  • @roundtwo3321
    @roundtwo3321 Рік тому +7

    15:27 Snazzy hospital robe with shoulder pads.
    20:05 That is Ted Baxter from the Mary Tyler Moore Show. That voice. 😂

    • @HerrP58
      @HerrP58 Рік тому +1

      Whenever an actor doesn't look familiar, their voice often gives them away.

  • @shekharsharma1490
    @shekharsharma1490 Рік тому +3

    Great Movie !!!!!

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching!

  • @darylcumming7119
    @darylcumming7119 Рік тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @TheTradosaurus
    @TheTradosaurus Рік тому +7

    Alan Ladd died two years after this movie was made. In 1964. He was only 50 but looked 65.
    You could see he was already suffering from alcoholism

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Рік тому

      @TheTradosaurus.
      He would only make the film on the condition that it had an alcohol bar in the home.

  • @joep8787
    @joep8787 Рік тому +10

    Alan Ladd looked older than his 48 years. Dolores Dorn was 20 years younger but the age difference is more pronounced by the ravages of alcoholism on Ladd's face. David Janssen or Cliff Robertson would have been better choices. For me Rod Steiger did some of his best work here. He underplayed his role, which was rare for him. He did his best work when he underplayed his part. I always thought Steiger was robbed of the Oscar he really deserved for "The Pawnbroker" instead of "In The Heat Of The Night". Dolores Dorn was really good in this film. Alfred Hitchcock could have done good things with her. He was obsessed with blondes.

    • @tomchris60
      @tomchris60 9 місяців тому +1

      It is indeed sad to see Alan Ladd prematurely aged by alcoholism. But I believe it actually adds to his character's trauma of being emasculated by a gang of youths.
      It's a shame, but I thought Alan looked better in 1964's The Carpetbaggers, his final film role and posthumously big at the box office.

  • @operadog2000
    @operadog2000 Рік тому +1

    Very good movie. THANKS

  • @jayrosen6663
    @jayrosen6663 Рік тому +1

    This Gun For Hire, had Alan Ladd, at his best!!!

  • @whenthepicturesgotbigger
    @whenthepicturesgotbigger Рік тому +3

    This is a great film; you can really see the influence on Death Wish! I will have to find a way to talk about it on my own channel :)

  • @louisbadillo2734
    @louisbadillo2734 Рік тому +2

    Was a great actor Rod Steiger , I have seen him in action . Our Al Capone he did the story .

  • @timothydigiuseppe1753
    @timothydigiuseppe1753 Рік тому +7

    For me, Ladd's target practice in this film recalled "Shane" (1953 - Dir.: George Stevens). In the approximately ten (10) years between that film and this one, Ladd aged appreciably.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg Рік тому +6

      It's said that Ladd had been hitting the bottle and his appearance here would support that

  • @arieswaters
    @arieswaters Рік тому

    Good movie 26 minutes in and I'm hooked. I'm so glad she didn't continue lying about what happened

  • @jimmcdonough5497
    @jimmcdonough5497 Рік тому +4

    Quality stuff

  • @marksinger3067
    @marksinger3067 11 місяців тому

    Across the Bridge is another Rod Steiger flick that is superb..

  • @michaelbanak1441
    @michaelbanak1441 Рік тому

    Steiger and Ladd lifted this B-Movie nicely. Nifty noir that kept Kept me edgy.

  • @arieswaters
    @arieswaters Рік тому +1

    Now that's a movie!

  • @shelleymcafee8197
    @shelleymcafee8197 Рік тому +2

    Very good, so-far!☺️
    Just wanted to make the observation that it’s unusual to see a Detective Sargeant dressed as Koleski(?) does.
    …Bow-tie, black-jacket, white shirt and greased hair - he looks like He’s just coming-from a Dinner-Party.😉

  • @davidcarlson2152
    @davidcarlson2152 Рік тому +2

    Revenge is a dish best served cold.

  • @rescuepetsrule6842
    @rescuepetsrule6842 Рік тому +6

    I wish we could go back in time to when a man like Alan Ladd was so cool, he wore sneakers with a suit & tie (1:19:01). I wonder what the average movie-goer back then thought of Ladd's vendetta- did they also hate the rise in juvenile crimes and worry? Either way, I'm glad Ladd did what he did with the boy at the end.

  • @YuChiGongG
    @YuChiGongG Рік тому +1

    Those young guys remind me of the Menendez Brothers. Same types.

  • @HerrP58
    @HerrP58 2 роки тому +8

    Henry Beckman, the detective's colleague, played a great role in the TV show "Here Come the Brides." He played a salty sailor mostly for laughs.

    • @Whitegorillaboy
      @Whitegorillaboy Рік тому +1

      And a regular weekly paycheck for likely a 39-episode season (they were lengthy back then).

    • @HerrP58
      @HerrP58 Рік тому

      @@Whitegorillaboy Correct. More episodes and likely longer too.

  • @waterbourne9282
    @waterbourne9282 Рік тому +1

    Nice job Walt, nice job.

  • @StivNagen
    @StivNagen 2 роки тому +21

    Pretty funny seeing Ted Knight as the high school principal.

    • @HerrP58
      @HerrP58 2 роки тому +1

      Oh, I didn't catch that!

    • @capacola262743
      @capacola262743 2 роки тому +3

      there's a lot of badness in the world, danny.

    • @cecelo6651
      @cecelo6651 Рік тому +1

      i wouldn’t have caught it by looks at first, but his voice and posture was unmistakable!

    • @HerrP58
      @HerrP58 Рік тому +1

      @@cecelo6651Now I'll have to watch it again!! His voice is definitely distinctive.

    • @tomripsin730
      @tomripsin730 Рік тому +3

      "It all started in a 5000 watt radio station in Fresno California..." 😊

  • @PeterSmith-go9ef
    @PeterSmith-go9ef Рік тому +2

    I agree Steiger is one of the Greats.

  • @walkergillette3918
    @walkergillette3918 2 роки тому +2

    never knew Alan Ladd had GIGANTIC ears

  • @edwinsalau150
    @edwinsalau150 Рік тому +2

    Great acting! The ending a Shittum bit the dust! He went for a midnight swim!

  • @None-zc5vg
    @None-zc5vg Рік тому +13

    Ladd's voice sounded slurred in this picture: he's said to have been a hard drinker by the early '60s and he looks older (to me) than his late '40s. He "accidentally" shot himself in 1962 and recovered only to fatally overdose on drugs in 1964.

    • @HerrP58
      @HerrP58 Рік тому +2

      Didn't know that. How sad.

    • @Mexicochann
      @Mexicochann Рік тому

      How sad!! 😢

    • @elisabethschwartz160
      @elisabethschwartz160 Рік тому +3

      Wow! I didn't know that! Great actor!

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg Рік тому +2

      I remember seeing Ladd's death reported on an inside page of a cheap British paper. In a few months ( from October '23), that'll have been 60 years ago. Time really flies.

  • @richardhoff1626
    @richardhoff1626 2 роки тому +35

    Not B Actors, that's for sure.

    • @dougcase7545
      @dougcase7545 2 роки тому +6

      Good acting all around. I always like seeing Rod Steiger, he always delivers a good performance.

    • @jessewolf7649
      @jessewolf7649 2 роки тому +1

      @@dougcase7545 watch The Pawnbroker if u haven’t seen it

    • @Whitegorillaboy
      @Whitegorillaboy Рік тому +2

      Steiger? "A" list all the way. Alan Ladd is another story. He made some "A" movies and won a Best Actor Oscar, but he generally played the same guy: A short man who played leads.

    • @billybob9961
      @billybob9961 Рік тому +5

      Back when a average movie had Quality acting all the way around. It’s a shame what has happened to Hollywood how they have abandon Quality replaced it with woke affirmative-action political BS. They have lost focusing on putting out a good products for their customers.

    • @almanook3005
      @almanook3005 Рік тому +1

      @@Whitegorillaboy Alan Ladd was never nominated for an Oscar. He should have been for "Shane" but 1953 was crowded with great male performances. Another not nominated was Richard Widmark, for Pickup on South Street. Ladd was very good in this film. Oh yes, Michael Callan was in the original cast of West Side Story on Broadway. He played the leader of a gang. He was an excellent dancer, as well.

  • @freednb
    @freednb Рік тому +1

    Love the intro soundtrack!

  • @davidweston9115
    @davidweston9115 11 місяців тому +1

    Ted Knight at 20:05 unusually young, unusually beautiful, with that wonderful perfect voice; in this instance he isn't overdoing it like he did on the show with the homely working lady who throws her hat in the street. He should have been a Radio Announcer.

  • @wally1452
    @wally1452 Рік тому +3

    To one of the commenters, I'd take this movie anytime over the ones in last 30 years that were crap, but got many awards. Ladd should have gotten at least a couple Academy awards but he was not the run of the mill party goer and backside kisser so many other actors were. Paul Newman never got the Oscar until the top dogs in the s... industry he was in were maybe shamed into it after he was about done. Newman and Ladd had integrity; Hollywood, as govt, sports, have little to none.
    Thank goodness we may still see these fine actors we like.

  • @abbashussein6161
    @abbashussein6161 2 роки тому +8

    Interesting but slow moving why these two top class actors did this film ALAN LADD did a classic SHANE and STIEGER went on to make DR ZHIVAGO

    • @robtw88
      @robtw88  2 роки тому +2

      Sadly, this was Ladd's last starring role before his untimely death at age 50.

    • @None-zc5vg
      @None-zc5vg 2 роки тому

      Ladd was washed-up: he knew it and certainly looked it.

  • @Savadorason1
    @Savadorason1 Рік тому +6

    -Some of the actors in this were in another good movie about the same time as this. 'The Young Savages' can ge seen here on YT. Starring Burt Lancaster as a prosecutor. Today we forget that there was a time where underprivileged white teens also were thugs, gang members & committing crimes, not only the minorities as we may like to think or are too young to have seen back then. Or weren't born yet. T.Y.S. is a stark, reality of the then, real urban problems of slums & juvenile crime.

  • @dougcase7545
    @dougcase7545 2 роки тому +11

    That's a realistic touch at 28:32 when the Sergeant puts his pistol in a cabinet when he enters his office. Didn't lock it up, though, unless it does so automatically.

    • @robertwilliams533
      @robertwilliams533 2 роки тому +1

      It was a much different time and place. You can't judge a 1950's film by 2023 standards. Want to complain about mishandling of weapons in movies? Start with any Quentin Tarantino film and work your way up to Alec Baldwin. Kill Bill and its sequel. Now there's real responsibility in film making. 🤣

    • @dougcase7545
      @dougcase7545 2 роки тому +1

      @@robertwilliams533 The film was made in 1962, not the 50's.

    • @robertwilliams533
      @robertwilliams533 2 роки тому +2

      @@dougcase7545 I was 8 at the time and there wasnt much difference between 1958 and 1962. Socially, morally or otherwise. Attitudes about guns remained unchanged for decades after the 1950's. Trigger locks werent even being g discussed until the late 1990's.

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 6 місяців тому

      I noticed that too!

  • @johnnowakowski4062
    @johnnowakowski4062 Рік тому +1

    Superlative!

  • @rupertbear6883
    @rupertbear6883 Рік тому +1

    a jaguar 120 xk. used to be a racing driver on our street had one...good choice boss.