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Rod Serling's The After Hours, still my all-time favourite episode of The Twilight Zone. Has that wonderful subtle sense of slowly increasing unease. Great performance by Anne Francis. I've seen it many times and I like it more each time.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-twilight-zone-after-hours.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1960stelevision #80stelevision #RodSerling #TwilightZone #AnneFrancis
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Voyagers! (1982) is a kids' sci-fi time travel series that plays fast and loose with history and is nothing more than a light-hearted adventure series. But it's lively and highly enjoyable.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/08/voyagers-1982.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #80stv #1980stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1980stelevision #80stelevision #timetravel
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M Squad was a 1957-60 NBC US TV cop series starring Lee Marvin. Action-packed, hard-edged, with a film noir vibe. It dives right into the seamy side of life. Marvin oozes charisma. He's like a pressure cooker about to blow. Superb TV.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/02/m-squad-season-one-1957.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #50stv #1950stv #classictv #classic television #LeeMarvin #copshow #copshows
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Johnny Staccato (1959) a stylish gritty jazz-fuelled film noir-inflected PI TV series with John Cassavetes as a piano player/private eye. Similar to Peter Gunn but better - more neurotic, edgy and noirish.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2019/07/johnny-staccato-1959-revisited.html
#Noirvember #filmnoir #culttv #JohnCassavetes #PeterGunn #50stv #1950stv #retrotv #privateeyes #classictelevision #vintagetv #classictv
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Hi-Jack, an episode of the 1950-51 Dick Tracy TV series. I'm a bit of a Dick Tracy fan and the series did star Ralph Byrd, the definitive screen Dick Tracy. Alas the plot is too conventional and it all looks a bit stodgy. A curiosity more than anything else.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/09/dick-tracy-tv-series-1950-51.html
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Rod Serling's The Sixteen-Millimetre Shrine, one of my favourite Twilight Zone episodes (1959). A faded movie star (played superbly by Ida Lupino) lives in the past, the past when she was a star.
A wonderful bitter-sweet story. With a terrific twist ending which was copied by a certain well-known film director some years later.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-twilight-zone-sixteen-millimetre.html
#RodSerling #TwilightZone #IdaLupino #retrotv #culttv #vintagetv #scifitv #scifi #sciencefiction #50stv #horrortv
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Last #PerryMason piece - #RayCollins as Lt. Tragg. Also, I was watching Touch of Evil on TV a few days back, and Collins showed up in a small role!
