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The Informer **** (1929, Lars Hanson, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward, Carl Harbord) – Classic Movie Review 12,412

The 1929 British part-talkie drama film The Informer is based on Liam O’Flaherty’s 1925 novel, and stars notable Swedish film and stage actor Lars Hanson and tragic Hungarian silent star Lya De Putti. The 1929 […]

Jan, 27

Tropic Zone * (1953, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Noah Beery Jr, Estelita Rodriguez, Grant Withers, John Wengraf) – Classic Movie Review 10,548

Rhonda Fleming is reunited with Ronald Reagan for Tropic Zone (1953) at Pine-Thomas Productions for release by Paramount. Writer-director Lewis R Foster’s 1953 Tropic Zone is a weak, forgettable adventure with simian-jawed, expatriate freedom-fighter hero […]

Nov, 16

Gambling House ** (1950, Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 10,403

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1950 gangster film noir Gambling House is a rather strange and awkward mix of crime drama and social drama, and stars Victor Mature as Marc Fury, a foreign (Italian) gambler-cum-crook who faces […]

Oct, 12

Badlands of Dakota *** (1941, Robert Stack, Broderick Crawford, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Hugh Herbert, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr) – Classic Movie Review 10,300

Director Alfred E Green’s well above just run-of-the-range 1941 Universal Pictures black and white Western film Badlands of Dakota stars Robert Stack, Broderick Crawford, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix and Frances Farmer. Stack plays wastrel Jim Holliday, […]

Sep, 13

Wild Rovers *** (1971, William Holden, Ryan O’Neal, Karl Malden, Tom Skerritt, Joe Don Baker, Lynn Carlin, Rachel Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 10,115

Writer-director Blake Edwards’s 1971 Western film Wild Rovers stars old-timer William Holden from The Wild Bunch and Ryan O’Neal fresh from Love Story as two likeable cowboy ruffians, Ross Bodine and Frank Post, cowhands on […]

Jul, 31

Calcutta *** (1946, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez, Lowell Gilmore, Edith King) – Classic Movie Review 10,098

Director John Farrow’s 1946 film Calcutta is a routinely written but steadfast action adventure crime thriller, with Alan Ladd and William Bendix starring as airmen Neale Gordon and Pedro Lake, commercial pilots tracking down their murdered […]

Jul, 28

Death of a Scoundrel *** (1956, George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Coleen Gray, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, John Hoyt, Tom Conway) – Classic Movie Review 10,079

Writer-producer-director Charles Martin’s 1956 film Death of a Scoundrel stars George Sanders as scoundrel Euro-conman Clementi Sabourin (‘our plan is to buy companies that are in financial trouble and then build them up’), who steps […]

Jul, 24

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