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Will Any Gentleman…? (1953, George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Jon Pertwee, Heather Thatcher, James Hayter, William Hartnell, Diana Decker, Joan Sims, Alan Badel, Sidney James, Peter Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 12,037

Director Michael Anderson’s 1953 British comedy film Will Any Gentleman…? stars George Cole as a timid bank clerk called Henry Sterling, in this amusing enough adaptation of the popular 1950 stage farce by Vernon Sylvaine, who […]

Mar, 31

The Collector **** (1965, Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne) – Classic Movie Review 8681

Director William Wyler’s 1965 The Collector stars Terence Stamp as a dangerously withdrawn, deranged bank clerk and butterfly collector called Freddie Clegg, who decides to collect human specimens, and abducts a young woman art student […]

Jul, 07

Home at Seven [Murder on Monday] *** (1952, Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Meriel Forbes) – Classic Movie Review 8121

Director Ralph Richardson’s 1952 Home at Seven [retitled Murder on Monday in the US] is a fairly compelling amnesia mystery with a theft and a murder occurring during the 24 hours a bank clerk, David […]

Feb, 12

Experiment in Terror [Grip of Fear] **** (1962, Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Ross Martin, Stefanie Powers) – Classic Movie Review 6859

Director Blake Edwards is best known for his farcical comedies and especially the Pink Panther movies, but here in 1962 he makes a first-rate job of this excellent San Francisco location-shot suspense thriller about a […]

Mar, 26

The Mask **** (1994, Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert) – Classic Movie Review 2311

Director Charles Russell’s 1994 comedy gave Jim Carrey his then best chance to shine to date as mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who puts on a mysterious ancient mask and goes from zero to hero […]

Mar, 25

Birthday Girl ** (2001, Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz, Vincent Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 1436

Good but underwhelming, co-writer/director Jez Butterworth’s 2001 British comedy thriller ends up entertaining but surprisingly disposable and a bit disappointing. Nicole Kidman comes to Britain to show off her versatility as a Russian Internet-mail-order bride who […]

Jul, 16

The Lavender Hill Mob ***** (1951, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass) – Classic Movie Review 121

This marvellous, splendidly quirky, constantly amusing Ealing Studios classic comedy, the only one of their famous comedies ever to win an Oscar, is deliciously realised in exuberant high style by director Charles Crichton. It was […]

Aug, 03

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