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Double Winner. The outcome of the Maple Leafs-Red Wings fracas turned on a combination of three factors. Toronto was hamstrung by injuries to key men. And the Leafs let down, sure they were a shoo-in after losing only twice to the Wings in 14 previous games. The Wings...
In so much movie there are bound to be a couple of good things. The gorgeously gory fracas at the finish is one of them, and John Wayne is the other. Nature clearly did not intend this man to be a director. But as Davy Crockett he demonstrates once again...
At 160 minutes, Anatomy is longer than the subject warrants, but the pace seldom slackens-thanks to the competence of Director Otto Preminger. The actors-particularly Stewart and Remick-handle themselves like the glossy professionals they are; but a number of important scenes are grandly swiped by that slick old...
The battle to lead was by no means one-sided. President Eisenhower was in full charge of the budget fracas. And to head off a Democratic school-aid bill that would cost about $11.5 billion over the next four years, the White House was readying its own federal-aid-to...
When Beth Sumner goes to India from the U.S. to stay with her sister, who is married to an American medical missionary, she walks right into an East-West fracas. Beth finds the gate to the mission compound barred by wire and empty oil drums, with Indian pickets waving slogans...