Monday: Young Cassidy (1965)
John is a young man living in Dublin. He needs to work but his ideologies prevent him from keeping a job. He wants to fight the English to make Ireland free from English rule. John joins a army of local men to fight the English. Needing ideas for battle strategy he tries to steal books. The young woman who works at the shop, Nora, catches him. He doesn't put up a fight and gives the books back. Later she has the books sent to him. The fight is unsuccessful. John takes up writing. He gets closer to Nora. She encourages him. He turns to writing plays. His plays do ok in the beginning. They are controversial. Still his success comes later. I thought this movie was ok. Nora is played by Maggie Smith. I think this the youngest I've seen her.
Tuesday: Von Ryan's Express (1965)
During WWII a pilot named Col. Ryan crashes in Italy. He is taken as a prisoner of war. The camp he goes to has mostly British soldiers. They have tried escaping with no success. Ryan is now the highest ranking officer. He is not liked, but he is able to make things happen for the soldiers. Soon after he arrives they are loaded onto a train to Germany. Ryan comes up with a plan to take over the train and make their escape. He and the other soldiers are successful, but they face many challenges before they are free. This is a good movie.
Wednesday: The Killing (1956)
Johnny and a group of five men make a plan to rob a race track. During the race there should be almost two million dollars in the safe room. Two of the men work at the race track. Another is a cop. They know the layout of the building and how everything works. Johnny hires two outside men to cause distractions. This allows him to slip in and take the money and get out unnoticed. But someone else is onto their plan and it all goes wrong before they can split the money. I liked this movie. It was a little jumpy though. It kept moving forward and backward in time. For each member of the team it showed them preparing for their part in the robbery, doing their part, and then it would jump back in time to the next member preparing.
John is a young man living in Dublin. He needs to work but his ideologies prevent him from keeping a job. He wants to fight the English to make Ireland free from English rule. John joins a army of local men to fight the English. Needing ideas for battle strategy he tries to steal books. The young woman who works at the shop, Nora, catches him. He doesn't put up a fight and gives the books back. Later she has the books sent to him. The fight is unsuccessful. John takes up writing. He gets closer to Nora. She encourages him. He turns to writing plays. His plays do ok in the beginning. They are controversial. Still his success comes later. I thought this movie was ok. Nora is played by Maggie Smith. I think this the youngest I've seen her.
Tuesday: Von Ryan's Express (1965)
During WWII a pilot named Col. Ryan crashes in Italy. He is taken as a prisoner of war. The camp he goes to has mostly British soldiers. They have tried escaping with no success. Ryan is now the highest ranking officer. He is not liked, but he is able to make things happen for the soldiers. Soon after he arrives they are loaded onto a train to Germany. Ryan comes up with a plan to take over the train and make their escape. He and the other soldiers are successful, but they face many challenges before they are free. This is a good movie.
Wednesday: The Killing (1956)
Johnny and a group of five men make a plan to rob a race track. During the race there should be almost two million dollars in the safe room. Two of the men work at the race track. Another is a cop. They know the layout of the building and how everything works. Johnny hires two outside men to cause distractions. This allows him to slip in and take the money and get out unnoticed. But someone else is onto their plan and it all goes wrong before they can split the money. I liked this movie. It was a little jumpy though. It kept moving forward and backward in time. For each member of the team it showed them preparing for their part in the robbery, doing their part, and then it would jump back in time to the next member preparing.
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