Damn Good Movie Memories

Episode 428 - Two-Minute Warning (1976)

A gunman is on the loose at a championship football game and targeting as many spectators as possible.  Starring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, David Janssen, Gena Rowlands and Walter Pidgeon.

Episode 427 - Fever Pitch (2005)

A lifelong Boston Red Sox fan (Jimmy Fallon) needs to choose between the team he loves and his new girlfriend (Drew Barrymore).  Directed by the Farrelly Brothers.

Episode 426 - Mildred Pierce (1945)

Joan Crawford won her only Academy Award for her performance in this classic film noir about a single mother who starts her own business after her husband leaves her, which brings her financial success but further complications to her personal life.  Co-starring Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden and Ann Blyth.  Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Episode 425 - The Evil That Men Do (1984)

Charles Bronson stars as a mercenary hired to eliminate a sadistic British doctor residing in South America as a torturer of political adversaries.  Co-starring Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher and José Ferrer.  Directed by J. Lee Thompson.

Episode 424 - Horse Feathers (1932)

The fourth film starring the Marx Brothers, best known for one of their most famous bits playing in a college football game.

Episode 423 - Last Action Hero (1993)

A young fan of action films is given a magic ticket to be literally inside the latest film starring his favorite action star (Arnold Schwarzenegger).  Co-starring Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, Bridgette Wilson, Frank McRae, Anthony Quinn and F. Murray Abraham.

This is a cross-over episode with our friends from the Growin' Up Rock Podcast!  Check out their upcoming episode (Sunday, Nov. 3) where we discuss the Last Action Hero soundtrack track-by-track!

Episode 422 - Dream a Little Dream (1989)

With the 1980s wrapping up, it time to squeeze in yet another body-swap movie!  This time it's Corey Feldman and Jason Robards experimenting with a metaphysical dream world.  Co-starring Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger, Harry Dean Stanton and Piper Laurie.

Episode 421 - Rollercoaster (1977)

Part of the 1970s disaster-film craze, Timothy Bottoms plays a domestic terrorist targeting various amusement park roller coasters across the United States.  Co-starring George Segal, Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.

Episode 420 - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Based on true events, two bumbling thieves (Al Pacino & John Cazale) attempt to rob a bank, which quickly becomes a comedy of errors leading to a media and spectator frenzy outside the bank.  Co-starring Charles Durning and Chris Sarandon.  Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Episode 419 - The Outfit (1973)

A paroled bank robber (Robert Duvall) seeks revenge on the mob who killed his brother. With help from his partner (Joe Don Baker), they decide to rob all of the mob-run fences as retribution.  Co-starring Karen Black and Robert Ryan.