Ben Mankiewicz

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Season 08 | Episode 04

Ben Mankiewicz

Film Critic / Host

From the Talking Pictures podcast, host and film critic Ben Mankiewicz discusses a few of his favorite legal films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The President’s Analyst (1967)

Mank (2020)

Citizen Kane (1941)

There Was A Crooked Man… (1970)

Sleuth (1972)

Flight (2012)

*A Few Good Men (1992)

The Firm (1993)

Quiz Show (1994)

*The Verdict (1982)

Hud (1963)

Nobody’s Fool (1994)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

Absence Of Malice (1981)

The Untouchables (1987)

Moonstruck (1987)

*Anatomy Of A Murder (1958)

Witness For The Prosecution (1957)

*Michael Clayton (2007)

Out Of Sight (1998)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Judge (2014)

Malice (1993)

Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)

Iron Man (2008)

*Paths Of Glory (1957)

The Stuntman (1980)

Jarhead (2005)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Bridge Over The River Kwai (1957)

*Breaker Morant (1980)

*12 Angry Men (1957)

Do The Right Thing (1989)

Fail-Safe (1964)

The Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)

A Face In The Crowd (1957)

Desk Set (1957)

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Von Ryan’s Express (1965)

*Primal Fear (1996)

Runaway Jury (2003)

Erin Brockovich (2000)

…And Justice For All (1979)

City Of Hope (1991)

*My Cousin Vinny (1992)

Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

She Came To Me (2023)

 

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Robin Quivers

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