The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
If you love Edward G. Robinson, I can’t really recommend The Old Man Who Cried Wolf. It’s a pretty upsetting movie about the treatment of elderly citizens, and your heart will break whenever he starts to cry or gets mistreated. If you don’t love Edward G. Robinson, why would you think of renting it?
Eddie G. starts the movie visiting with his friend (real-life best pal Sam Jaffe) in his shop. A thug enters the shop, demands the money Sam owes him, and beats him to death. Eddie G. is knocked unconscious, and when he comes to, he’s surrounded by the police and false witnesses who claim Sam had a heart attack while waiting on a customer. No one believes he saw what he saw, not even his own son, Martin Balsam, and daughter-in-law, Diane Baker. Diane’s character is pretty awful in this movie. She’s hardly supportive of her sweet father-in-law, and when she’s not asking everyone if they want coffee (seriously, she’s obsessed with coffee preparation), she’s manipulating Martin into sending his father to an old folks’ home. How could she?
The plot and the terrible treatment of the titular old man aside, this tv movie is pretty cheap. It’s a typical depressing thriller with a low budget that managed to attract big stars.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. When Eddie leaves the mental hospital, the camera shows his point of view and swerves around for about five minutes, and that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on YouTube and thanks "Ira Noyes" for posting!
More Martin Balsam movies here!
More Edward G. Robinson movies here!
Eddie G. starts the movie visiting with his friend (real-life best pal Sam Jaffe) in his shop. A thug enters the shop, demands the money Sam owes him, and beats him to death. Eddie G. is knocked unconscious, and when he comes to, he’s surrounded by the police and false witnesses who claim Sam had a heart attack while waiting on a customer. No one believes he saw what he saw, not even his own son, Martin Balsam, and daughter-in-law, Diane Baker. Diane’s character is pretty awful in this movie. She’s hardly supportive of her sweet father-in-law, and when she’s not asking everyone if they want coffee (seriously, she’s obsessed with coffee preparation), she’s manipulating Martin into sending his father to an old folks’ home. How could she?
The plot and the terrible treatment of the titular old man aside, this tv movie is pretty cheap. It’s a typical depressing thriller with a low budget that managed to attract big stars.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. When Eddie leaves the mental hospital, the camera shows his point of view and swerves around for about five minutes, and that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on YouTube and thanks "Ira Noyes" for posting!
More Martin Balsam movies here!
More Edward G. Robinson movies here!