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Dirty Work ** (1934, Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare, Lilian Bond, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 11,176

Director Tom Walls’s flimsy and cobwebby 1934 British black and white crime comedy Dirty Work is a gossamer fine Ben Travers farce with a plot that you could virtually see through if you held it […]

May, 06

The Notorious Landlady ***½ (1962, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 5,112

Loveable Jack Lemmon squeezes in a juicy comedy performance in Richard Quine’s amusing and stylish 1962 screwball comedy-cum-mystery The Notorious Landlady. Lemmon partners with Kim Novak, who designed her own gowns. Bill Gridley (Jack Lemmon) […]

Mar, 06

The Falcon’s Alibi ** (1946, Tom Conway, Jane Greer, Elisha Cook Jr, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett, Emory Parnell, Al Bridge) – Classic Movie Review 3219

Michael Arlen’s débonair detective The Falcon (Tom Conway) is called in by the secretary of wealthy Gloria Peabody (Esther Howard) to protect her employer’s jewels – and he’s the number one suspect when they go missing and […]

Jan, 02

Heist **** (2001, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone) – Classic Movie Review 1123

Writer-director David Mamet’s 2001 thriller stars Gene Hackman, who may be 70 here, but he shows he’s still a great action hero as Joe Moore, a crook forced into pulling off one last gold heist […]

Apr, 20

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