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Whiplash *** (1948, Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden) – Classic Movie Review 12,141

The tough 1948 boxing melodrama Whiplash is beautifully photographed in a starkly dramatic film noir fashion by J Peverell Marley, making it a successful exercise in style. It stars Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott […]

May, 26

Black Tuesday *** (1954, Edward G Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker) – Classic Movie Review 11,373

‘The most ruthless Edward G Robinson of all time’ stars in the tense 1954 film noir crime thriller Black Tuesday. Director Hugo Fregonese’s 1954 American film noir crime thriller Black Tuesday stars Edward G Robinson and […]

Jul, 07

No Mercy ***½ (1986, Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Terry Kinney, Bruce McGill, Ray Sharkey) – Classic Movie Review 4392

Richard Gere stars as tough-guy maverick cop Eddie Jillette, who is out to avenge the death of his partner at the hands of nasty New Orleans gangster Losado (Jeroen Krabbé). But the American Deep South […]

Sep, 21

Creature from the Haunted Sea ** (1961, Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne) – Classic Movie Review 3910

Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland and Robert Towne star in The Roger Corman Puerto Rico Trilogy: Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), in which American crook Renzo Capetto (Carbone) decides to kill inept boat crew members and blame their deaths on […]

Jun, 26

The Damned Don’t Cry **** (1950, Joan Crawford, Kent Smith, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Hugh Sanders, Richard Egan) – Classic Movie Review 3258

‘She’s the Private Lady of a Public Enemy!’ Director Vincent Sherman’s richly enjoyable 1950 flashback-told black and white film noir crime melodrama The Damned Don’t Cry provides a good role for Joan Crawford to do what […]

Jan, 11

The Asphalt Jungle ***** (1950, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Brad Dexter, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 1351

Co-writer/ director John Huston’s compulsively watchable, realistically staged classic 1950 film noir heist movie The Asphalt Jungle is a trail-blazing thriller with the criminal scam it focuses on invigoratingly portrayed as an inside tale from […]

Jun, 22

Gloria *** (1999, Sharon Stone, Jeremy Northam, George C Scott, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Cathy Moriarty, Bonnie Bedelia, Mike Starr) – Classic Film Review 1,202

Sharon Stone is a powerful and attractive star presence as a gangster’s moll on the run, in Sidney Lumet’s rickety 1999 Mob thriller remake Gloria. Director Sidney Lumet’s efficient and tolerable 1999 remake of John […]

May, 17

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