gridoon2024 Review of St. Ives

St. Ives (1976)

Forgotten Bronson film is actually one of his better ones

[6/10 · 10 May 2021]

A rather unusual entry in Charles Bronson's filmography: a homage to 1940s film noirs in the "Big Sleep" tradition. He does not play a private eye but an ex-crime reporter / wannabe writer who apparently knows everybody in L. A. - and, of course, can still fight like a professional! Stylistically, the film most closely resembles an episode of a 1970s TV series, but it does have an intricate plot (with at least one very good clue - the bag), a more personable than usual Bronson who shows an unexpected sense of humor (I loved his bluff in the scene where he gets information from a hotel clerk), and an amazing-looking Jacqueline Bisset who can also fire a gun with deadly accuracy (this must be one of her most underrated roles). As a matter of fact, the whole movie is underrated. **1/2 out of 4.