Squeeze

Scotland Yards Jim Naboth (Stacy Keach) battled the bottle instead of Londons seedy underworld and lost. But he finds one chance to get out of lifes gutter when the mob kidnaps his ex-wife in a ruthless -million ransom scheme. Director Michael Apted tightens The Squeeze into a penetrating study of people under stress and a walloping bloody, sexy detective caper in the mold of great British gangland thrillers like Get Carter and The Long Good Friday. He packs it with on-edge performances, starting with Keach (TVs Mike Hammer) as the hard-drinking cop whos no match for both booze and sadistic hoods but is determined to free his ex. Co-starring are Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal), David Hemmings (Blow-Up), Stephen Boyd (Ben Hurs chariot-racing villain) and, as the desperate kidnap victim who uses her sexuality as a weapon against her captors, lovely Carol White.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 10 Maj, 2011