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| St. Ives | 
 enlarge | Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 36549
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 94
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1419807536
UPC: 012569695351
EAN: 9781419807534
ASIN: B0007VZ98K
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
Release Date: May 31, 2005
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Product Description
Ex-crime reporter Raymond St. Ives has elegant taste a yen for gambling and an unfinished novel in his typewriter. When he crosses paths with sinister Oliver Procane he gets something else: a price on his head. St. Ives is a hard-boiled update of classic mystery thrillers particularly The Maltese Falcon. Charles Bronson is smoothly right as the clever title character at odds with petty crooks and high-rollers among them Maximilian Schell as a whining lackey and Jacqueline Bisset as a modern femme fatale. But the show is stolen by John Houseman as the devilish Procane a worthy successor to Sydney Greenstreet. Elisha Cook Daniel J. Travanti Jeff Goldblum and Robert Englund are also featured in this sleek funny caper.Running Time: 94 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 012569695351
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 Great 70's fare... August 25, 2008
If your a fan of Bronson and 70's movies in general then pick up a copy of this very un-Bronson movie and immerse yourself in simpler times.
 DECENT, NOT GREAT August 18, 2008
The best thing going for this movie is the sizzling mid-70's sound track. The story is not bad, but not riveting either. The acting isn't bad, and it has that retro vibe that is interesting as a period piece (loved the cameo by Jeff Goldblum as a young thug), but Death Wish was more entertaining, and for crime drama, I've seen Starsky and Hutch, or Kojak episodes that were better. 3.5 stars.
"He's clean. He's mean. He's a go-between." February 17, 2008
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.
Bronson January 22, 2007
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.
St Ives February 2, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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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