Ep #66 - Anthony Perkins in the 60s

Cinema60

Partially due to his desire to not get typecast after his most famous role, as well an urge to escape the pressure put on him by the studios to not be so ‘out’ about his homosexuality, Perkins ran away from Hollywood and ended up having one of the strangest careers of any major star in the 60s. Fortunately, his self-imposed exile in France resulted in a bunch of movies that are exactly the kind of thing that the hosts of this podcast are always looking for: lost treasures that every cinephile should know about but not enough do. Pretty much all of these film are worth seeking out, but tune in and find out about at least a couple that rank as all-timers for the Cinema60 crew.

The following films are discussed:
• Tall Story (1960)
Directed by Joshua Logan
Starring Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, Ray Walston

• Psycho (1960)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

• Goodbye Again (1961)
Aimez-vous Brahms?
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins

• Phaedra (1962)
Directed by Jules Dassin
Starring Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone

• Five Miles To Midnight (1962)
Le Couteau dans la plaie
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Starring Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young

• Two Are Guilty (1963)
Le glaive et la balance
Directed by André Cayatte
Starring Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renato Salvatori

• Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
Une ravissante idiote
Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Starring Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins, Grégoire Aslan

• The Fool Killer (1965)
Violent Journey
Directed by Servando González
Starring Anthony Perkins, Edward Albert, Henry Hull

• The Champagne Murders (1967)
Le scandale
Directed by Claude Chabrol
Starring Anthony Perkins, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux

• Pretty Poison (1968)
Directed by Noel Black
Starring Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland
Also mentioned:

• The Trial (1962)
Le procès
Directed by Orson Welles
Starring Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider

• Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Paris brûle-t-il?
Directed by René Clément
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron