George C. Scott

George C. Scott

From Den of Cin by Devin Lucas & James Dufresne

February 12, 2026 · 3h 18m · Season 7 · Episode 77

About this episode

Devin & James explore the career of George C. Scott, highlighting his notable performances in various films.

Devin & James are back in the Den for a career retrospective of one of Hollywood's greatest curmudgeons: GEORGE C. SCOTT!! We've been promising this one for years, and it's finally here. We've selected a handful of our personal favorite Scott performances, starting with Paul Schrader's notorious sleazeball thriller HARDCORE. Next, we ride the streets of 1970s Los Angeles with the criminally under-seen THE NEW CENTURIONS. Then we check ourselves into THE HOSPITAL for a particularly (im)potent Scott performance, and follow that with the existential cool of THE LAST RUN. Next, we take a trip to 1968 San Francisco in the disjointed romance of PETUNIA. Finally, we get spooky as hell with the greatest cold-case ghost story of all time, THE CHANGELING. Along the way, we take shorter looks at many other Scott essentials, such as DR. STRANGELOVE, PATTON, THE HUSTLER, ANATOMY OF A MURDER, RAGE, EXORCIST III, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER, ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, and even a few others. Grab a stiff drink, settle in, and enjoy cinema's greatest angry man in all his salty glory.

People in this episode

Hosts: Devin Lucas, James Dufresne

Topics covered

  • George C. Scott
  • film retrospective
  • Hollywood
  • actor performances
  • classic cinema

Keywords

  • George C. Scott
  • HARDCORE
  • THE NEW CENTURIONS
  • THE HOSPITAL
  • THE CHANGELING
  • film analysis
  • actor retrospective

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: HARDCORE, THE NEW CENTURIONS, THE HOSPITAL, THE LAST RUN, PETUNIA, THE CHANGELING, DR. STRANGELOVE, PATTON, THE HUSTLER, ANATOMY OF A MURDER

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