Veteran character actor and Bruce Glover’s 1930s set movies are genre classics. CHINATOWN. HARD TIMES. BIG BAD MAMA II. Glover began acting at an early age and has enhanced both big budget extravaganzas and minuscule cult favorites. In this exclusive look back, Bruce is joined by producer/host Rob Word to discuss several of his favorites that were set during the depression.
CHINATOWN (1974) has been heralded as the finest example of Film Noir in color. It would have been just as fascinating in black and white. Glover is Jack Nicholson’s detective partner in the Roman Polanski film, which was nominated for 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. It was a winner for Best Screenplay written by Robert Towne.
HARD TIMES (1975) was writer-director Walter Hill’s first film as a director, and it packs a wallop. Charles Bronson is a roving bare-knuckled street fighter who becomes involved with shady con man James Coburn and physician Strother Martin. Glover is tracking Coburn to collect borrowed money. The film, set in New Orleans, captures the local atmosphere and co-stars Bronson’s wife, Jill Ireland.
BIG BAD MAMA II (1987) is a sequel to Roger Corman’s smash 1930s rural gangster film that top lined Angie Dickinson and was directed by Bruce Wynorski. Angie’s back, and she’s got Bruce to deal with.
Bruce's talented son is actor/director Crispin Glover. Of course, Bruce made westerns, too, and we will be airing his conversation about working on them in an upcoming AWOW episode.
Lots of fun in this look back at the diversity of Glover’s period-set films. This conversation was recorded April 12, 2023.
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