William Holden & Edmond O'Brien in "The Turning Point" (1952) - feat. Ed Begley

[@ovedj333]

William Holden in particular is so watchable! A great, great actor.

[@donmateo3728]

here here!

[@mako88sb]

Yes. First movie I can recall seeing him in was The Bridges at Toko-Ri. I was pretty young at that time, almost 50 years ago, so it would be quite awhile before I saw it again and find out it was William Holden starring in it. Of course, by then, I had seen some of his other movies and always found him to be an excellent actor.

[@garyjarvis2730]

Great movie. William Holden always adds a touch of class to any movie. Thanks for sharing.

[@ant7936]

What a brilliant film, with several of my favourite stars, who were _class actors_ too. Outstanding! Thanks.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Glad you make it. Welcome.

[@catdog2706]

Excellent excellent movie terrific actors we would never find this today that's why I enjoy these films they can't be and thank you for posting

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Welcome. Thank you for your support.

[@Mark-vd4gg]

A great classic with moral resonance! Thank you so much for taking the trouble to put this up.

[@linneab8317]

This is a movie that has strong acting and a timeless theme. Thanks for uploading.

[@StanleypeterDickinson]

Timeless Themes Memes?

[@stevevilinsky7464]

Powerful cast,excellent print ,best one I’ve seen in a while.

[@lizlocher3612]

"You guys get the idea that the diploma you get when you graduate Journalism School makes you a special person! Don't believe it!" GREAT LINE!!!

[@paulpavlicsek1452]

Not exactly a subtle hint

[@williamnelson9332]

That's with any job forsure

[@antoniosalieri573]

So true

[@jorgemontefusco650]

Should make todays “journalists” repeat this daily.

[@jorgemontefusco650]

Looking at Holden and knowing he died a miserable death.

[@jorgemontefusco650]

Never saw a movie with Edmund O’Brien that wasn’t terrific.

[@revvyhevvy]

Thanks, that was an excellent movie!

[@bizzybee852]

This was a great movie! And it was one I had never seen. Thanks for posting!

[@ioriedwards7554]

what a great film.Full of pathos and emotion. Holden the debonair hero and Bigley the baddie as usual. Really worth seeing

[@charlesrobert6211]

His comment that the city has become invested in crime is an understatement.

[@imochiexe5056]

A teachable moment this film. Thank you for sharing with us. 🎉😊

[@TimmysFavs]

Thanks for posting this outstanding movie. Terrific acting, very convincing from all concerned.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Thank You,for showing this film.

[@RatelleRules]

One of the great Actors of all time. Bill Holden. Just made it look easy.

[@geoffreybudge3027]

I remember watching Connie’s landing in Honolulu in the 50s . Dad was in the tower and the view was great .❤❤❤

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Fond memories. I was in Honolulu for the first time in 1958. Thanks for the visit!

[@herculesrockefeller8969]

Thanks for posting this one! Alexis Smith looked just like Alexis Smith, I’ve never been a big fan of hers. But I always like Holden, and Ed Begley. Also a n uncredited cameo by the flinty-voiced Whit Bissell as the records clerk.

[@tonyfranks9551]

An intelligent movie...no CG...just a great story and acting...not like today.

[@dikbozo]

2 of my fave actors from this period and add in ed Begley and you have a real treat of tough talking hard boiled noir that goes well with a side of bacon and some toast.

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

Thank you 👍Good movie , good cast .

[@serratograffiti]

Class A studio production.

[@williamnelson9332]

This is going on all over america now

[@amraceway]

With one major exception, those fleecing the average citizen are the corporate oligarchs who operate within the laws passed to favour themselves.

[@miapdx503]

For a very long time

America is a continent. You mean the U.S.A.

[@pressureworks]

Interesting to see what Septon was doing after his successful escape from Stalag 17.

[@ZENmud]

JJ had the Barrack 4 wire cutters framed and hung on his office wall.

[@Baskerville22]

Some great support actors - Ray Teal, Ted de Corsia, Neville Brand, Ed Begley. Also, Whit Bissell & Carolyn Jones ( both uncredited )

[@jawz20001]

And Russell Johnson as Herman (uncredited) the Professor from Gilligan's Island

[@livingdeadgirla]

I liked it. Thank you 🌻

[@brunodesamber5714]

A. Very. Good. Top. Classic. One. 🎞 whit. A. Fenomenaal. Cast. 🎥 just. Exelent. Watch. This. Movie 🎬 💯💫💢💥🎉🎉🎉 thanks. D. P. 👍👌

[@Sorcli]

Thanks for uploading, pity the quality wasn't higher

[@paulstark6818]

A brilliant movie ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@magicray5088]

great movie but the bad guys haven't changed all that much.... Too many good people having to lose everything to get one bad guy... I can only think of our politics of today, How so many have gone through the ringer to tell you all about him and he is still on the ticket... very little justice to the rich business man.

[@ThePiratemachine]

One man or woman makes a sacrifice for the good of all the others.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Welcome.

[@pressureworks]

47:46 Carolyn Jones. Her back story, as seen in The Adams Family never mentioned her associations with gangsters.

[@Alan-yn9fk]

Watch "King Creole", Her performance is outstanding.

[@AJ-rv1cg]

Great movie. If William Holden ever looked at me like that id melt like snow. Ha.

[@jorgemontefusco650]

Holden gave millions of women damp drawers.

[@checkeredflagfilms]

very timely theme about a magalomaniac threatening the rule of law.

[@namvet1968]

Spot on.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

YES, like NOW.

[@712niji]

Merci

[@JohnDoe-wo1jd]

so i'm looking through the opening credits . i think ho-hum, find another flick. then i see Makeup Supervision...Wally Westmore ! wow ! Now i know i gotta watch this movie !

[@williamnelson9332]

Good movie❤

[@ronaldnacey1416]

Neville Brand was the actor who kills William Holden. In real life Brand was a much decorated WWII veteran.

[@stevengrotte2987]

YES, US ARMY.

[@pressureworks]

1:20:52 one of Septon's fellow inmates from Stalag 17. The dirty crumb.

[@tiredlawdog]

I was just thinking, the next movie these two was to be in was, The Wild Bunch 1969. I remembered Holden didn't get out of that one alive either. Both of these were fantastic movies. I was crushed to see Tom Tully as a dirty cop.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@TheMrmojo23]

He’s acting the way and playing the same character he was in sunset blvd

[@kathylynch9732]

Well, I didn't expect that ending.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for watching.

[@idontlikeit.7822]

Good movie!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Glad you like it. Thanks for watching.

[@alicebarton27]

Notice how all actors smoked in those days.Some died from lung cancer.

[@teresawest5602]

Some not all, don't get your point, not all smokers die young, like most people want to imply, my grandpa was nearly 90, he smoked for over 50 years, he suffered from Alzheimer's which was much much more devastating to see😢 funny you didn't mention how everyone in older movies drank to excess maybe that contributed to their early deaths, I believe they call it liver damage. Did you ever research their deaths and causes. My mother in law died of cancer and didn't smoke, people need to seriously stop categorizing and generalizing diseases under one cause, mostly it was not the case, just saying

[@mike-h5h8p]

Good movie.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Glad you like it. Welcome.

[@ThePiratemachine]

Intelligent actors, intelligent film. No histrionics. Makes a joke of today's films.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Roger that. Thanks for the visit!

[@Leo-DaGreek]

I don’t know!! Fellas 💰💰💰💰🍷A LITTLE RFK action!!

[@thelastaustralian7583]

"Do you want me to go now " ? "Yes"...Kiss,Kiss,Kiss.. And the scene goes Black! What happened next ? .....LOL

[@monroetruss4737]

Damn, this sounds a lot like the media today. Not a bad movie when you overlook the emotional emoting, and rigidness. Life is serious, but the dialog too point blank with edges as sharp as a Picasso painting, but what works in visual arts doesn't always work in dialog. I was born in 1952 and this film is too dramatic. I know my memories have lost all their color and most are now in black and white, but I don't remember everybody being a suspect.

[@ThePiratemachine]

It's very realistic.

[@treeartist9705]

Alexis Smith looked just like Elizabeth Ross.

[@Tim091]

Twenty minutes in and I have no idea what is going on! So many men in similar suits we don't know who is who! There is still no explanation of who the guy who arrived on a plane at the beginning is other than he is heading up some crime task force. Who is the woman? Why do they all speak in such "smart aleck" language instead of having normal conversations?!! I give up!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@aquillafleetwood4209]

I was born in 1952....

[@Alan-yn9fk]

Good movie, well paced and keeps your attention. My only issue is Edmond O'Brien. As a blue collar worker or a thug he was fine. As a law enforcement agent and/or a ladies man? Uh uh.

[@ThePiratemachine]

Good in "The Killers"

[@ZENmud]

He was pretty peppy as an Accountant with "luminous poisoning"..

[@ZENmud]

And outstanding as "Winston Smith" 🎉🎉

[@louismarucci9056]

Snappy repartee😃

[@gordonmorris6359]

Gidget's dad (Don Porter) had quite a shady past! haha

[@cosettecopperfield8397]

Don't know about his personal life, but was he not the boss in the TV show, Private Secretary, starring Ann Sothern? That was my favorite show. I must have been about seven years old.

[@gordonmorris6359]

@@cosettecopperfield8397 I meant the character Porter played, not the actor himself, joking because my generation saw him often playing bad guy types before becoming Gidget's good guy dad.

[@cosettecopperfield8397]

@@gordonmorris6359 Thank you for the clarification.

[@gordonmorris6359]

@@cosettecopperfield8397 Similar notable transformations happened with other character actors we grew up watching, like Vincent Price, Leslie Nielsen, Jack Elam, Burt Reynolds, to name a few, they never played comical roles until the late '60s and '70s, and it was a real surprise at the time, but great, unlike when a comical actor tries to switch to playing evil villain roles, that's always WEIRD, like Robin Williams playing a psychotic serial killer!

[@cosettecopperfield8397]

@@gordonmorris6359 Robin Williams really surprised me in that role. He was remarkable. How would anyone have known how good he was as an actor if he had not done that movie. I assume you are referring to the flic with Al Pacino as the cop gone to Alaska to catch that freak. Leslie Nielson picked up a whole lot of fans that he would not otherwise had caught if he had not done Airplane and the other nutty pictures. I really appreciated him as a comic player. In what movie was Vincent Price playing comedy in the later years?

[@themainstreetremedy6146]

Sad that Holden and Lee Marvin ruined their careers by being alcoholics.

[@merewynyard5813]

Their masculinity is very appealing to me❤

[@joelonzello4189]

They both left a good body of work. What have you accomplished ?

[@dianap2]

Enjoy the old films, much better than todays. Miss the stars of yesterday. Thanks for making it possible to enjoy them again.

[@ThePiratemachine]

@@joelonzello4189 Well said. They both left performances that give insight to others because of their interpretations and talent.

[@MaryDenk-t4l]

It’s sad when anybody ruins their lives with alcohol. As well as the lives of the people around them!!!!

[@doreekaplan2589]

Holden had such an ignominous death.

[@ThePiratemachine]

And left some insightful performances. A good actor.