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The League of Frightened Men ** (1937, Walter Connolly, Lionel Stander, Eduardo Ciannelli, Irene Hervey, Victor Kilian, Nana Bryant) – Classic Movie Review 11,213

The 1937 film The League of Frightened Men stars smooth Walter Connolly, who makes a good job of playing Rex Stout’s grouchy housebound detective hero Nero Wolfe (taking over from Edward Arnold in the second […]

May, 16

Montana Moon ** (1930, Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Ricardo Cortez) – Classic Movie Review 11,159

The 26-year-old Joan Crawford, expensively gowned by Adrian, stars as wayward and sophisticated rancher’s daughter Joan ‘Montana’ Prescott, who is tamed by Texas course cowboy Larry Kerrigan (Johnny Mack Brown), in director Malcolm St Clair’s […]

May, 02

It Happened in Brooklyn *** (1947, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, Gloria Grahame) – Classic Movie Review 11,098

‘IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN THAT FASCINATING WONDERLAND OF THE FAR EAST… BROOKLYN! ‘ Director Richard Whorf’s slight but amiable 1947 black and white MGM musical It Happened in Brooklyn stars the near-irresistible line-up of […]

Apr, 14

Street Smart *** (1987, Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Morgan Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 11,087

Christopher Reeve’s deal with Golan-Globus Productions for Superman IV included the chance to do director Jerry Schatzberg’s little-seen but watchable 1987 thriller Street Smart about a New York magazine reporter newsman called Jonathan Fisher who promises […]

Apr, 10

Alphabet City *** (1984, Vincent Spano, Michael Winslow, Kate Vernon, Jami Gertz, Zohra Lampert) – Classic Movie Review 10,824

‘At 19, they gave him the streets. Tonight, they’re going to take them back.’ Director Amos Poe’s interesting, tough-toned 1984 crime thriller Alphabet City stars Vincent Spano, then a rising star player apparently going places, […]

Jan, 24

Quick Change *** (1990, Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 10,782

Quick Change (1990) is a clever and amusing crime caper comedy, in which Grimm (Bill Murray) makes himself up as a circus clown for a bank heist but then gets stuck in New York with […]

Jan, 12

The Lords of Flatbush **** (1974, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Perry King) – Classic Movie Review 10,726

Writers-directors Stephen F Verona and Martin Davidson’s 1974  comedy drama The Lords of Flatbush stars Perry King, Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone, as ‘Chico’ Tyrell, Butchey Weinstein and Stanley Rosiello. Young, gifted and unknown Stallone, […]

Dec, 30

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