{"id":2466,"date":"2007-03-08T12:41:32","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T19:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2022-09-25T18:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T01:57:14","slug":"lineup-the-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2466","title":{"rendered":"Lineup, The (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Sounds like the usual M.O.: tourists &#8212; reputable travelers &#8212; being used as innocent smugglers.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nPolice detectives investigate a heroin-smuggling scheme in San Francisco.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Car Chase<\/li>\n<li>Criminal Investigation<\/li>\n<li>Don Siegel Films<\/li>\n<li>Drug Dealers<\/li>\n<li>Eli Wallach Films<\/li>\n<li>Police<\/li>\n<li>Richard Jaeckel Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDon Siegel&#8217;s little-seen crime drama remains a taut, gritty thriller which deserves wider viewing. After a rather creaky beginning (in which the nature of the crime &#8212; surreptitious smuggling of heroin in unsuspecting passengers&#8217; luggage &#8212; is established), things quickly become exciting, as we watch two psychopathic &#8220;middlemen&#8221; (Eli Wallach and Robert Keith) slyly rounding up their bounty at any cost. More often than not, this involves killing the passenger, if or when he discovers that something is awry &#8212; a task done with cold-hearted smoothness by Wallach, while creepy Keith waits nearby ready to document the poor sucker&#8217;s &#8220;final words&#8221; in his notebook. Siegel handles his multiple action scenes with finesse, and makes good use of on-location shooting in San Francisco; indeed, many locales no longer exist, thus making this an invaluable time-capsule glimpse of The City in the late 1950s. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eli Wallach as &#8220;Dancer&#8221;, the psychopathic middleman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach-1536x847.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Wallach.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robert Keith as Dancer&#8217;s less violent &#8212; but equally tenacious &#8212; partner<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Keith-Wallach.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Richard Jaeckel as the duo&#8217;s cocky young getaway driver<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-1536x851.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Jaeckel2.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creatively shot murder sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder-1024x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Murder.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent use of San Francisco locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-SF-Locales.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A truly exciting final car chase<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase-1536x838.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Lineup-Car-Chase.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but fans of Siegel&#8217;s work will undoubtedly want to seek it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0051866\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigsawlounge.co.uk\/film\/content\/view\/509\/1\/\">Neil Young&#8217;s Film Lounge Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/80494.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sounds like the usual M.O.: tourists &#8212; reputable travelers &#8212; being used as innocent smugglers.&#8221; Synopsis: Police detectives investigate a heroin-smuggling scheme in San Francisco. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Car Chase Criminal Investigation Don Siegel Films Drug Dealers Eli Wallach Films Police Richard Jaeckel Films Review: Don Siegel&#8217;s little-seen crime drama remains a taut, gritty thriller which deserves wider viewing. After a rather creaky beginning (in which the nature of the crime &#8212; surreptitious smuggling of heroin in unsuspecting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2466\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2466"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87654,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466\/revisions\/87654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}