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St Ives (1976)

Director: J Lee Thompson

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Neither Houseman's presence as the criminal mastermind, nor Lucien Ballard's crisp photography can rescue this routine thriller from the implausibilities of script (from a novel by Ross Thomas, writing as Oliver Bleeck) and heavy-handed direction. Bronson seems tired from the start as the ex-crime reporter turned would-be novelist who gets involved in a simple theft that escalates into murder and large-scale robbery. Though the script is larded with post-Watergate cynicism - the caper is the stealing of an American electronics firm's huge bribe to an Arab oil sheik, and all the cops but one are corrupt - the film consistently skirts the issues it raises, however obliquely, preferring instead such time honoured clichés as the cutaway to Bisset looking glamorous/mysterious or Bronson looking muscular/brooding for its resolutions.

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Cast & crew

Director: J Lee Thompson

Producer: Pancho Kohner, Stanley Canter

Cast: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Elisha Cook, Burr De Benning, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Robert Englund, Jeff Goldblum full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 94 mins


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