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The Master of Ballantrae *** (1984, Michael York, Richard Thomas, John Gielgud, Timothy Dalton, Ian Richardson, Finola Hughes, Nickolas Grace, Brian Blessed) – Classic Movie Review 7280

Likeable hero Michael York swashbuckles impressively again in director Douglas Hickox’s spruce, fast-paced, well produced 1984 British-made TV version of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure novel about the plot to put Bonnie Prince Charlie […]

Jul, 11 · in Reviews

The Master of Ballantrae **** (1953, Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell, Felix Aylmer, Yvonne Furneaux, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 7279

Director William Keighley’s rousing British made 1953 Warner Bros movie The Master of Ballantrae stars Errol Flynn, who swashbuckles one more time in a totally rewritten and truncated version of the classic 1889 Robert Louis […]

Jul, 11 · in Reviews

The Black Pirate **** (1926, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 7278

‘THE MOST ROMANTIC ROLE DOUG EVER HAD! A Picture of Extreme Beauty, Full of Action, Thrills and Love’.  In director Albert Parker’s 1926 vintage Douglas Fairbanks Sr silent movie The Black Pirate, the co-writer/ producer […]

Jul, 11

Against All Flags *** (1952, Errol Flynn, Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn, Mildred Natwick, Robert Warwick) – Classic Movie Review 7277

‘He Ravished The Pirate Port Of Madagascar To Steal The Love Of Its Corsair Queen!’ Director George Sherman’s 1952 Against All Flags is one of Errol Flynn’s last pirate movies, with the on-form star still […]

Jul, 10

Morituri [The Saboteur, Code Name Morituri] ** (1965, Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin) – Classic Movie Review 7,276

The double Oscar-nominated 1965 action war thriller film Morituri stars Marlon Brando, reprising his tormented German character as a World War Two spy called Robert Crain helping the British grab a German freighter helmed by […]

Jul, 10

Sayonara *** (1957, Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki, Miiko Taka, Red Buttons, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, Kent Smith, Martha Scott, James Garner) – Classic Movie Review 7275

Director Joshua Logan’s 1957 romantic drama Sayonara won four Oscars and stars Marlon Brando and Red Buttons as US air force Major Lloyd ‘Ace’ Gruver and Airman Joe Kelly, a pair of US Korean war servicemen buddies, […]

Jul, 10

The Tall Stranger *** (1957, Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 7274

Little-known director Thomas Carr’s well-crafted 1957 Western The Tall Stranger stars Joel McCrea as ex-Yankee officer Ned Bannon, who is shot half dead by rustlers, but is saved by an intrepid wagon train of former Confederate settlers on their […]

Jul, 10

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