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Although little loved by fans of Ross Thompson's novel, St. Ives is an entertaining thriller with largely unrealised aspirations to being seen as a throwback to Warners' 1940s detective movies. Charles Bronson's the heavy gambler, retired crime writer and would-be novelist of the title, hired by John Houseman's gentleman crook to act as go-between to recover a series of stolen incriminating volumes only to stumble across dead bodies in tumble dryers and burglars who've taken the shortcut to the sidewalk via the window. It's not an action film, an elevator shaft fight and a climactic shootout that enables Jacqueline Bisset to show off her familiarity with handguns notwithstanding. Instead it's a slightly quirky number full of neat little touches, be it Houseman watching The Big Parade and Birth of a Nation because, as his analyst Maximilian Schell explains, "Films really are dreams, especially old movies, and Abner loves them. They're good dreams for Abner. They're splendid, splendid therapy," Elisha Cook (no longer billed as Jr.) turning up as a hotel clerk who can even sleep through a shootout in the lobby or an amusing scene where a drop-off in the toilets in Union Station turns into a quirky discussion of restroom idiosyncrasies. With some surprising faces popping up in the cast (Daniel J. Travanti, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund among them), it's an enjoyable 90 minutes that aims to be nothing more than a good night out at the pictures, and in this case that's enough.
Warners' DVD boasts an impressive widescreen transfer, original trailer and brief 4-minute behind-the-scenes short.
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I am a big Charles Bronson fan. I've enjoyed all his movies. St. Ives was one that I did not have in my collection and needed to get. I also, enjoy Slueth type movies as well.
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Charles Bronson Raymond St Ives bumps into quite a bit of trouble including a pirce on his head. Being Bornson though gets through it doing all his own stunt work. Watch out for a young Robert Englund and Jeff Goldblum.
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St.Ives is definately not the best Bronson film that I have seen. The story and script are weak. The film's strong performances come from Bronson, Houseman & Bisset.A great character actor like Maxmilian Schell is wasted by Director J.Lee Thompson. J.Lee & Bronson have come up with much better stuff. Lalo Schifrin's typical 70's score is a highlight of this otherwise dull and listless flic.
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It's King of Kings Charles Bronson time again. When my son recently put on the tape of 'St. Ives' and I heard the great score by Lalo Schifrin during the opening credits, I just had to run into the living room. I remember this score from 'St. Ives' being used by the ABC sports channel on many an occassion in the late 70's/Early 80's.
Another Bronson film theme that used to be used very often on TV and in other places was the great score from 'Breakheart Pass'. Both these films' themes are to die for.
This is one cool film reminiscent of the great mystery films of the 1940's. It's well acted, well directed, well scored and very entertaining.
Watch it and you will see what I mean.
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