Edmond O’Brien

The Barefoot Contessa

July 25, 2001 // 0 Comments

Joseph Mankiewicz’s ’The Barefoot Contessa’ represents something of an ill-fitting hybrid. The lighting-fast quips and juicy bon mots are signature Mankiewicz and 1950’s American cinema, yet the pacing and storytelling manner are very much of [...]

Seven Days In May

May 24, 2000 // 0 Comments

Sandwiched between the paranoia classic ’The Manchurian Candidate’ and the Faustian shocker ’Seconds, ’ John Frankenheimer’s gripping political thriller ’Seven Days In May’ debuts on DVD with a spiffy looking transfer and a thoroughly [...]

D.O.A.

March 15, 2000 // 0 Comments

Image Entertainment has resurrected one of the landmark entries of the film noir genre, Rudolph Mate’s ingenious 1950 thriller ’D.O.A., ’ with a respectful, movie-only DVD presentation. Veteran character actor Edmond O’Brien plays Frank Bigelow, [...]

The content of these pages is copyright © 1997-2022 by “DVD Review” and may not be copied or reprinted without the written consent of the publisher. Logos, pictures and names are used by permission and are property of the according parties.