Movies starring John Vernon

Point Blank (1967)

92 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

Expressionist and Neo-noir are two of the terms used frighteningly often in reviews of "Point Blank", I almost feel that they are thrown in because they sound like fancy words someone who understands movies would use. Now I'm...

Dirty Harry (1971)

102 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

Can you imagine Frank Sinatra or Marlon Brandon saying "Do you feel lucky punk", how about Steve Mc Queen or Paul Newman as they were all considered for the roll of Harry Callahan in "Dirty Harry". The role ended up going to ...

One More Train to Rob (1971)

108 mins     Western      

There would have been a time, back in the 80s when if I had seen "One More Train to Rob" I would have watched it but only because it starred George Peppard, yes I was a fan of "The A-Team". That was a long time ago and whilst...

Brannigan (1975)

111 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

By the 1970s cinema was changing, westerns were for the most over and cop thrillers were the order of the day. Clint Eastwood had shown the way with "Dirty Harry" and so we got John Wayne following suit, first with "McQ" and ...

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

135 mins     Western      

It would be fair to say that the 70s saw the demise of the western, but in amongst the ropey remains of a once great genre now reduced to less than mediocre outings were a few examples of why the western was such a dominant f...

Animal House (1978)

109 mins     Comedy      

There have been many pretenders to the crown, many a movie which has tried to emulate its success, but more than 30 years after it was released "National Lampoon's Animal House" or just "Animal House" as it is also called sti...

Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

100 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

12 years after we had the fun of "The Love Bug" we got the final sequel in the original series of Herbie movies with "Herbie Goes Bananas" although there was the 1997 TV movie and then the Lindsay Lohan lead "Herbie Fully Loa...

The Woman Who Sinned (1991)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

I guess for those who are a fan of actress Susan Lucci "The Woman Who Sinned" might be enjoyable as in every scene she looks good with perfect hair and a ridiculously extensive wardrobe. But beyond the appeal of the cast whic...

The Forget-Me-Not Murders (1994)

95 mins     Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie      

I didn't realise this till I was half way though it but "The Forget-Me-Not Murders" is actually part of a series of movies starring Richard Crenna as detective Frank Janek. The good news is that if like me you have never watc...