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Once in juvenile prison, Leland goes to classes taught by Pearl Madison, ably portrayed by Don Cheadle (who is incapable of anything but quality, even when in bad movies).
The script (written by Fulci, Gianfranco Clerici and Roberto Gianviti) keeps red herrings to a minimum and will keep you interested and the story is ably supported by excellent location work, cinematography (by Sergio D'Offizi) and musical score (by Riz Ortolani).
Director Philip D'Antoni, the producer of "Bullet" and "The French Connection," ably creates a potent, gritty, starkly amoral no-nonsense tone, maintains a steady pace throughout and stages the action scenes with considerable rip-roaring vigor.
Breillat ably demonstrates the instinctive, lizard-brain methods of a female auteur in extracting from two "cattle" (as Hitchcock called actors) a love-scene of searing intimacy.
KW is ably played by the excellent Michael Sheen, here repeating his previous stage role with great success.
Writer/director Mario Costa ably crafts a sordidly compelling portrait of a severely sick and twisted piece of sniveling low-life work: the plot unfolds at a steady pace, the tone is appropriately gritty and serious, and the exciting action scenes are staged with real skill and brio (the shoot-outs in rock quarries are especially gripping and thrilling).
He is ably aided by Jean Arden, Priscella Lawson, and the rest of the cast in general with two performers standing out.
Director Bernard McEveety, working from an offbeat and inspired script by William Welch and L.Q. Jones ("Devil Times Five" director Sean MacGregor came up with the bizarre story), relates the compellingly oddball plot at a slow, yet steady pace and ably creates a creepy, edgy, mysterious ooga-booga atmosphere.
Beautifully photographed and ably acted, generally, but the writing is very slipshod.
The plot very ably shows the hypocrisy of the female libido.
Nathan Lane as Timon gets most of the best jokes, but he is ably supported by Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa.
Of course he was ably supported by a wonderful cast of good actors - Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, James Murdoch, Rocky Shahan, Robert Cabal.
The film was ably directed by action-film specialist Raoul Walsh.
Ably supported by their writing partner Jeremy Dyson, they have peopled the series with the most memorable characters of recent years.
Brenda Blethyn gives a layered and warming performance as the recently widowed and financially straitened Grace, ably assisted by a solid supporting cast.
Sure THIS character was ably played by Emma Roberts but did NOT resemble the Nancy Drew I recall from the books.
Despite many critics' complaints regarding Raines' acting ability, I thought she was just fine, more than ably holding her own in scenes with Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith, Arthur Kennedy, Chris Sarandon and Eli Wallach.
Great story too and ably directed by Clint himself.
Martin and Lewis (ably played by Northam and Hayes), shallow folk with little real talent who through happenstance fortuitously hit the show business equivalent of the lottery, cannot handle relationships, their success, or each other.
Ably directed with real style and fierce economy by William A. Wellman, with a gritty script by Harvey Thew, crisp black and white cinematography by Devereaux Jennings, a vivid and flavorsome evocation of the period, startling outbursts of raw violence (watch out for the infamous grapefruit scene!), a tight 84 minute running time, and an uncompromisingly dark and depressing ending, this extremely hard-edged film still packs one hell of a potent punch even today.
Wright Penn fits the bill ably.
Director Sam Wanamaker ably maintains a brisk pace throughout, stages the frequent thrilling action scenes with considerable brio, and effectively creates a charming magical atmosphere.
John Hodiak (very handsome) is her enemy (at first), while Walter Slezak, Hume Cronin, William Bendix and the others ably support.
This young cast is ably supported by Clive Russel - always good value and Lynda Bellingham - the oxo mum playing a prostitute with a heart of gold.
Acting wise the lead actor is brilliant, his mother too in a small role ably depicted the longing for his son, and the actress (love interest for our hero) is good too, and she looks beautiful throughout.
They are ably supported by veterans such as Stanley De Santis and Bob Balaban.
Few series have more ably depicted the complicated communication between two people from different backgrounds who are trying to forge a relationship.
Hatton is ably assisted by his sidekick, Rusty (Alan Hale), who acts as deputy and backs up Hatton in all his fights, while he is sheriff and before.
His mother, ably played by Cher, portrays a biker babe who loves her son but little else.
Robert Conrad and Lloyd Gough ably play the tough guy thugs who want Charley to sell his soul for money.
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