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...THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE (CBS 9-11 p.m.). The War Lover, Columbia's 1962 rendering of John Mersey's chilling novel about a World War II B-17 bomber pilot who lives to kill, filmed on location in England and starring Steve McQueen...
...gave Yale the ball on the Harvard 31. On the first play Dowling rolled out to his left and headed down the sideline picking his way through tacklers a la Gene Ryzewicz. They finally caught him at the ten; two plays later he passed four yards to Jim McQueen for the first score...
...Cincinnati Kid is Steve McQueen, cast as a cool, professional poker player with his eye on the long chance. Under a circle of light in a smoke-clogged New Orleans hotel room, The Kid sweats it out with a full house while The Man (Edward G. Robinson) ups the stakes on what may or may not be a straight flush. The pot runs to thousands, but this game means more than money. The Man is Lancey Howard, undisputed king of stud poker for more than 30 years, and he knows that the crusty young challenger across the baize means...
...card duel between the two hot-handed pros generates all the expected tension, and Director Norman Jewison exploits it fully. The grim-to-garish background seems authentic. The jargon sounds right. And McQueen v. Robinson put on a bristling good show whenever they interrupt their marathon long enough for a few words of subtly guarded small talk-about health, luck, woman trouble, anything that might make an opponent's mind wander...
...Hustler. Director Jewison can put his cards on the table, let his camera cut suspensefully to the players' intent faces, but a pool shark sinking a tricky shot into a side pocket undoubtedly offers more range. Kid also has a less compelling subplot. Away from the table, McQueen gambles on a blonde (Tuesday Weld) and on the integrity of his dealer pal, Karl Maiden. Pressure comes from a conventionally vicious Southern gentleman (Rip Torn), whose pleasures include a Negro mistress, a pistol range adjacent to his parlor, and fixed card games. As Maiden's wife, Ann-Margret spells...