Charlotte Blunt Movies
- 1979
Somebody should have told the novice filmmakers in charge of this Canadian work to utilize a less critic-baiting title than Something's Rotten. The story is borrowed from such classic forebears as The Corsican Brothers, Prisoner of Zenda and The Iron Mask. A set of twins, one good and one bad, vie for the throne of a mythical European throne. The film's surprise ending saves it from total mediocrity. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Charlotte Blunt, Geoffrey Bowes, (more)
The Canadian "sleeper" The Silent Partner stars Elliott Gould as a teller, Miles Cullen, who figures out psycho Harry Reikle's (Christopher Plummer) scheme to rob his bank, several days ahead of time. Cullen providently squirrels away 50,000 dollars in a safety-deposit box before Reikle strikes. After the robbery, the papers report the amount of the bank's loss. Reikle realizes that there's 50,000 extra bucks floating around that he hasn't gotten his hands on. The soft-spoken but sadistic Reikle puts the screws on Cullen to fork over the dough -- but Cullen has lost the deposit-box key. Be forewarned: this one gets extremely brutal and bloody at times, with sudden bursts of graphic violence. Also featured is Susannah York as the fluctuating-loyalty heroine, and a very young and hairy John Candy. Future L.A. Confidential scribe Curtis Hanson loosely adapted the Danish novel Think of a Number, by Anders Bodelsen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, (more)
- 1976
In this fictionalized biography, the love affair between Canadian artist Tom Thomson, one of Canada's notorious Group of Seven, and a married woman is examined. When her husband discovers her affair, he tells one of his friends who promptly murders the lovers before the husband can tell him not to. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Celine Lomez, Frank Moore, (more)
