To mark the release of The Frightened City, out now, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
A cool British noir set in 1960s gangland London, The Frightened City follows the story of a low-level criminal (Sean Connery) who gets embroiled in a dangerous racketeering syndicate when he accepts a job from local mobster Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks). A year before he was thrust into stardom as James Bond in “Dr. No”, Sean Connery gave a spell-binding performance as the brooding, muscular Irish enforcer Paddy Damion with a streak of rakish charm, with electrifying support from Yvonne Romain as the beautiful gangster’s moll Anya and from Herbert Lom as criminal mastermind Waldo Zhernikov.
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A cool British noir set in 1960s gangland London, The Frightened City follows the story of a low-level criminal (Sean Connery) who gets embroiled in a dangerous racketeering syndicate when he accepts a job from local mobster Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks). A year before he was thrust into stardom as James Bond in “Dr. No”, Sean Connery gave a spell-binding performance as the brooding, muscular Irish enforcer Paddy Damion with a streak of rakish charm, with electrifying support from Yvonne Romain as the beautiful gangster’s moll Anya and from Herbert Lom as criminal mastermind Waldo Zhernikov.
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Open to UK residents only The competition will close 26th April 2021 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be...
- 4/16/2021
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Well, it’s been a week now and I still haven’t got over it. Even the most chaotic Presidential Election in living memory hasn’t managed to distract me from the pressing melancholy – as absurd as it feels to say it out loud…we are no longer living on the same planet as Sean Connery.
It’s not that he was suddenly struck down in the prime of life (90 years of age is a good haul for anyone), it’s just that Connery, along with the rarified likes of Michael Caine and Clint Eastwood, carried an air of genuine immortality. He even played an immortal in Highlander and the fact that he was wearing a coat made of peacock feathers at the time, didn’t make it feel any less plausible.
Perhaps, like his aforementioned peers, it’s the fact that his vitality never withered away like so many...
It’s not that he was suddenly struck down in the prime of life (90 years of age is a good haul for anyone), it’s just that Connery, along with the rarified likes of Michael Caine and Clint Eastwood, carried an air of genuine immortality. He even played an immortal in Highlander and the fact that he was wearing a coat made of peacock feathers at the time, didn’t make it feel any less plausible.
Perhaps, like his aforementioned peers, it’s the fact that his vitality never withered away like so many...
- 11/9/2020
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Hollywoodland Channel brings classic movie fans their favorite vintage films. It’s a great channel for those of us who love films in general, but also those who love film history. One of the films airing today is 1961′s “The Frightened City,” starring Herbert Lom, John Gregson, Sean Connery, Alfred Marks and Yvonne Romain. Here’s more about the film: “In London’s East End, a violent gang wrecks a small pub after the landlord refuses to pay his protection money. When Police Inspector Sayers arrives on the scene the landlord denies everything and puts the damage down to a few rowdy customers. Nightclub owner Harry Foulcher is one of the mobsters [ Read More ]
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- 10/4/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
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