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Devil’s Bait ** (1959, Geoffrey Keen, Jane Hylton, Gordon Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 12,829

The odd, rather interesting little 1959 British B-movie drama film Devil’s Bait stars Geoffrey Keen, Jane Hylton and Gordon Jackson. Director Peter Graham Scott’s odd, rather interesting little 1959 film Devil’s Bait stars Geoffrey Keen, […]

Mar, 23

A Prince [Un Prince] *** (2023, Mathieu Amalric, Antoine Pirotte, Françoise Lebrun, Maxime Savouray, Chiman Dangi) – Classic Movie Review 12,830

Ah the joys of the French countryside! Director Pierre Creton’s 2023 French drama film A Prince [Un Prince] is a very strange story, very strangely told, most hippy dippy, most arty, very French. The synopsis makes […]

Mar, 20

Father Brown, Detective *** (1934, Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas, Gertrude Michael, Robert Loraine) – Classic Movie Review 12,828

The pleasing 1934 American mystery thriller film Father Brown, Detective is a good little go at G K Chesterton’s 1910 story The Blue Cross. It stars Walter Connolly as the crime-solving cleric and Paul Lukas […]

Mar, 16

The Farmer’s Wife ** (1941, Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne, Patricia Roc, Michael Wilding) – Classic Movie Review 12,827

The 1941 comedy drama movie The Farmer’s Wife proves an acceptable if uninspired film run-through of Eden Phillpotts’ theatre blockbuster about a grumpy widowed farmer called Sam Sweetland (Basil Sydney) who seeks a new wife.  […]

Mar, 13

Battle Taxi ** (1955, Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 12,826

Director Herbert L Strock’s 1955 war film Battle Taxi stars Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, and Marshall Thompson. It sets out to show how important helicopter rescue team work is in the Korean War. Captain Russ […]

Mar, 12

On the Other Hand, Death *** (2008, Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Daryl Shuttleworth, Nelson Wong, Margot Kidder) – Classic Movie Review 12,825

The 2008 mystery film On the Other Hand, Death is the welcome third released film of a Richard Stevenson novel starring Chad Allen as gay private eye Donald Strachey, who tries to protect an older […]

Mar, 11

Third Man Out *** (2005, Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Jack Wetherall, Woody Jeffreys, Sean Young) – Classic Movie Review 12,823

Chad Allen stars as a gay detective who always gets his man, in the excellent 2005 mystery film Third Man Out, the first of four films featuring Richard Stevenson’s private eye Donald Strachey. A gay […]

Mar, 10

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