A salutary reminder, based on the 1970 novel by George V. Higgins, that in addition to action movies like 'Bullitt' and 'Murphy's War' Peter Yates also directed chamber pieces like 'One-Way Pendulum' and 'The Dresser'.
The ironic use of the plural in the title suggests the ensemble piece that this is. Mitchum is actually offscreen a lot of the time, but when he's on he dominates the screen by deceptively seeming to do the least. Never in any of his other films has he got so much passion and heartbreak into those weary, hooded eyes.
The ironic use of the plural in the title suggests the ensemble piece that this is. Mitchum is actually offscreen a lot of the time, but when he's on he dominates the screen by deceptively seeming to do the least. Never in any of his other films has he got so much passion and heartbreak into those weary, hooded eyes.