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The Mad Game *** (1933, Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Ralph Morgan, J Carrol Naish, John Miljan, Howard Lally, Matt McHugh, Kathleen Burke) – Classic Movie Review 12,779

Spencer Tracy is excellent as a bootlegging gangster, in the busy 1933 mob movie The Mad Game. Director Irving Cummings’s 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film The Mad Game stars Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor, […]

Jan, 04

The Sad Sack * (1957, Jerry Lewis, Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lorre, Liliane Montevecchi, David Wayne, Joe Mantell, Gene Evans) – Classic Movie Review 11,590

Director George Marshall’s 1957 Paramount Pictures comedy film The Sad Sack stars Jerry Lewis and is based on the Harvey Comics character of the same title, created by George Baker. Lewis pops up again as […]

Sep, 20

The Vanishing *** (1993, Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock) – Classic Movie Review 8992

For his 1993 remake The Vanishing, director George Sluizer Hollywoodises his 1988 Dutch psychological horror thriller The Vanishing [Spoorloos] and adds an extra female character (a spunky girlfriend for the hero) and a different ending. […]

Oct, 17

That Darn Cat! *** (1965, Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Frank Gorshin, Neville Brand, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, William Demarest) – Classic Movie Review 8576

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1965 Disney live action family crime comedy movie That Darn Cat! stars Hayley Mills as Patti, whose pet Siamese pussy cat uncovers a kidnapping when he follows the buyer of a salmon […]

Jun, 10

The Happening *** (1967, Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Faye Dunaway) – Classic Movie Review 8546

Director Elliot Silverstein’s 1967 dark comedy The Happening takes us back to the Sixties when there were happenings and hippies banded together to abduct businessmen. The Happening is soppy but cheerful stuff, at least until […]

Jun, 04

Ma *** (2019, Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans) – Movie Review

Octavia Spencer stars in Ma (2019) as a lonely woman called Sue Ann, aka Ma of course, who befriends a group of typically dumb American film teenagers looking for a good time and lets them […]

Jun, 01

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again ** (1979, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson) – Classic Movie Review 8469

Director Vincent McEveety’s 1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again stars Don Knotts and Tim Conway, who reprise their roles as the daffy, knockabout inept outlaw villains Theodore Ogelvie and Amos Tucker from the The […]

May, 15

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