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The Gang’s All Here *** (1939, Jack Buchanan, Googie Withers, Edward Everett Horton, Syd Walker, Otto Kruger, Jack La Rue, Walter Rilla) – Classic Movie Review 12,686

Jack Buchanan, Googie Withers and Edward Everett Horton star in the amusing, energetic 1939 British black-and-white slapstick comedy-mystery film The Gang’s All Here. Director Thornton Freeland’s entertaining, energetic 1939 British black-and-white slapstick comedy-mystery film The […]

Oct, 26

Raw Deal *** (1986, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Robert Davi, Ed Lauter, Darren McGavin, Steven Hill) – Classic Movie Review 12,261

Director John Irvin’s 1986 thick-ear actioner film Raw Deal stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, alongside Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Robert Davi, Ed Lauter, Darren McGavin, Steven Hill and Joe Regalbuto. Big Arnie’s all-action thriller may […]

Jul, 31

One Way Street *** (1950, James Mason, Märta Torén, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 11,237

The solid and satisfying 1950 film noir crime drama One Way Street stars James Mason as Dr Frank Matson, who runs off to Mexico with his mob boss patient (Dan Duryea)’s stash of cash and […]

May, 24

The Sting II *** (1983, Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed) – Classic Movie Review 10,888

Director Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 1983 The Sting II is the belated, virtually ignored sequel to the 1973 blockbuster The Sting, a whole decade after the first, with the same writer David S Ward but alas […]

Feb, 06

Strictly Sinatra ** (2001, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 9,492

Ian Hart from Liverpool manages a decent Scots accent and a nifty vocal impression of Frank Sinatra, as Toni Cocozza, a Scottish-Italian club crooner obsessed with Ol’ Blue Eyes, in writer-director Peter Capaldi’s 2001 British drama […]

Mar, 10

Love and Bullets ** (1979, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 9142

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s 1978 film Love and Bullets is a workmanlike Charles Bronson thriller in which Bronson’s character, the Phoenix, Arizona, cop Charlie Congers, is assigned to rescue Jackie Pruit (played as usual by Bronson’s […]

Dec, 09

Strictly Sinatra ** (2001, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 8,877

Ian Hart from Liverpool manages a decent Scots accent and a nifty vocal impression of Frank Sinatra, as Toni Cocozza, a Scottish-Italian club crooner obsessed with Ol’ Blue Eyes, in writer-director Peter Capaldi’s 2001 romantic […]

Sep, 03

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