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Adjani and Depardieu are simply excellent in their roles.
Although Robert Young (playing an easy-going, methodical and very likable cop) and Robert Mitchum (who actually does have the occasional throwaway witty remark) are the nominal stars of the film, it's Oscar nominees Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame - as well as Paul Kelly, in the small but pivotal role of Grahame's pathetic husband - who give the film's most memorable characterizations; Ryan proved so convincing as a homicidal racist that he was eventually typecast for a while, excelling in equally villainous roles in such films as ACT OF VIOLENCE (1948), CAUGHT (1948), THE RACKET (1951), CLASH BY NIGHT (1952), THE NAKED SPUR (1953) and BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955).
W. C. Fields and his frequent screen partner Alsion Skipworth appear in the second half of the film and shine in their roles as a small-town sheriff and innkeeper.
Poor American schlub Pinky Green (Richard Jordan, playing another bad guy but this time an adorable one) gets out of a British jail and tries to go straight, but his maintenance man job in a bank is too attractive for his never-reformed criminal friends, headed up by a really nasty Ivan (David Niven in one of his last roles).
The thwarted wife is almost convincing - 7 years marriage and she and Rickman's character should be more settled with each other, whether their roles are to be incompatible or not - they must have patterns by now.
Peter Falk was brilliant as Morris and the supporting group of family members and friends were perfectly cast in their roles.
Out came a performance (on camera and voice-over utilization as well) that shows worthy of big-budget studio roles in the very near future.
I really expected to see a lot of these stars in other television productions, but short of Mariska Hagartay who played Fisher Stephens crazy girlfriend, I've not seen many of them except in occasional cameo roles.
al, many of whom get the best roles of their careers and run with it.
The character's eagerness to feed Milland and look after him more closely resembles the good German hausfrau Dietrich was off the set than her mannered vamp roles.
Otherwise the movie was dead on, I think they should have incorporated more of the other rates in the CG and their roles in search & rescue instead of just Aviation based rates.
He has played in lots of tough-guy roles, epic-sword films, and romances.
The two lead roles did an excellent job acting.
It was not until after this that Robert Ryan began playing much darker roles.
This is one of only two where people also in the movies reprise their roles, and both have Anne-Moss, who is the only of them appearing in this.
Not only was Shore's interaction with the family hilarious, it also had Carla Gugino and Tiffani- Amber Theissen (she'll always have the Amber in my book) in two ravishing and early roles.
But, he was born for some roles: Ted Preston, Esquire from Bill and Ted, and his role in this film.
They were believable and played their roles well.
There are many key roles in former newspaperman Martin Mooney's ambivalent screenplay which hits out at all political alliances and quite ruthlessly denigrates Reform candidates.
His films are mostly rarely watched these days, except for those that were atypical for most of his career - meaning that the roles that frequently reappear on television are THEY WERE EXPENDABLE, THE LADY IN THE LAKE, JUNE BRIDE, NIGHT MUST FALL, THE SAXON CHARM, RIDE THE PINK HORSE, RAGE IN HEAVEN, THE EARL OF CHICAGO (in short the films he fought to get the roles in because they were not the usual comic fluff he usually appeared in).
Grammer proves he can play roles other than Frasier as he outwits and outfoxes the Navy in order to get his own sub.
In the '60's/'70's, David Jason was renowned for his many supporting roles in television comedies such as 'Do Not Adjust Your Set!', 'Hark At Barker' and the 'Doctor' series.
The main actors who appear are absolutely sensational and very convincing in their different roles.
Jeremy Iron's Antonio, is as always with his tortured-self roles, riveting.
Evocatively directed and slickly photographed psychological mystery thriller with an exceptional lead performance by a sombre Donald Sutherland, and potent support roles from Donald Pleasence and David Hemming.
Robert Cummings and Pricilla Lane were excellent in the lead roles.
Random Hearts is a very well directed, well scripted and perfectly cast actors for the primary roles.
The main roles seem more appropriate for Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.
Eric Roberts laconic, nice investigator, his voiceover narration, the twisting plot, Dan Hedaya and Denis Lipscomb given good roles, the settings, the paintings in the artist studio scenes, the end credit sequence and the wonderfully haunting theme music that perfectly encapsulates the mood of the whole film.
The acting was quite exquisite and I hope we'll be seeing both Portman and Sarandon in familiar roles down the road...
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