The general view is that Tony Roberts, the ascerbic, Manhattan-flavored actor who passed today at age 85, is best known for his supporting roles in six early Woody Allen films — Play It Again, Sam, Annie Hall, Radio Days, Stardust Memories, Hannah and Her Sisters, A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy.
But Roberts’ finest performances were as Detective Bob Blair in Sidney Lumet‘s Serpico (’73) and as Deputy Mayor Warren LaSalle in Joseph Sargent‘s The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (’74).
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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