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AND GOD SAID TO CAIN

July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 42nd St PeteLeave a Comment on AND GOD SAID TO CAIN

 NOT WHAT YOU’D EXPECT FROM A SPAGHETTI WESTERN Antonio Margheriti was one of the masters of Italian Gothic Cinema. This […]

Movies, Reviews 42nd Street, Also Sambrell, Antonio Margheriti, Blood Money, Fred Williamson, Grindhouse, Klaus Kinski, Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo, Mario Brega, Robert Hundar, Take A Hard Ride

LATE NIGHT NOIR

November 11, 2023November 27, 2023 42nd St PeteLeave a Comment on LATE NIGHT NOIR

I had started this series back in Grindhouse Purgatory. As a guy who was out all hours back in the […]

Commentary, Movies 42nd Street, Beyond Mombassa, Christopher Lee, Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Earl Holliman, Grindhouse, Grindhouse Purgatory, Lee Van Cleef, Leo Genn

Sid Haig: One On One

October 23, 2023November 27, 2023 42nd St PeteLeave a Comment on Sid Haig: One On One

I had discovered Sid Haig during my Drive In/Grindhouse days. The Big Bird Cage, Savage Sisters, Busting Coffee, and his frequent TV appearances during the 70’s. Then he just vanished off the map….

Interviews, Movies Lee Van Cleef, Pam Grier, Rob Zombie, Roger Corman, Sid Haig

The Stranger and the Gunfighter

October 15, 2023November 27, 2023 42nd St PeteLeave a Comment on The Stranger and the Gunfighter

It was 1974, two years before our Bicentennial and the great pot famine of 1976. Yes, security was so tight back then that you couldn’t beg, borrow or find a joint in the NYC area. Gee, what happened? But I digress….

Movies Antonio Margheriti, kung fu, Lee Van Cleef, Lieh Lo

Late Night Noir

October 15, 2023November 27, 2023 42nd St PeteLeave a Comment on Late Night Noir

Late Night Noir I had started this series back in Grindhouse Purgatory. As a guy who was out all hours […]

Movies Brian Donlevy, Christopher Lee, Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Earl Holliman, Lee Van Cleef, Leo Genn, noir

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