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The Lusty Men **** (1952, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 3403

Robert Mitchum stars as old-hand rodeo rider Jeff McCloud in director Nicholas Ray’s flavoursome, rather special, character- and atmosphere-driven 1952 Western drama. It is one of Ray’s lesser-known but best movies. Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur […]

Feb, 24

Macao **** (1952, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 1679

‘Everybody’s lonely, worried, and sorry. Everybody’s looking for something.’ – Jane Russell. Director Josef Von Sternberg ties his steamy, sultry 1952 film noir up in a tidy knot. This underrated, very likeable thriller boasts two scintillating performances […]

Sep, 16

They Live by Night ***** (1948, Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, Howard DaSilva, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 1585

This beautiful, supremely sensitive, highly emotional 1948 poetic film noir about doomed lovers on the run is cult co-writer/director Nicholas Ray’s superb first movie. The prototype for the whole couple on the run genre, it is way […]

Aug, 23

In a Lonely Place ***** (1950, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 758

Director Nicholas Ray’s classic 1950 film noir thriller is still essential viewing, with a scalding performance by Humphrey Bogart that’s a highlight of his illustrious career. Bogart relishes one of his most complex, intricate and […]

Jan, 27

Rebel Without a Cause ***** (1955, James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo) – Classic Movie Review 658

With his brooding, reticent-seeming, inarticulate persona, James Dean became an overnight screen legend as the personification of the restless American teenage youth of the mid-50s. After four bit parts in movies, he was spotted by […]

Jan, 09

Johnny Guitar ****½ (1954, Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady) – Classic Film Review 378

Joan Crawford stars in Johnny Guitar as the strong-willed, gun-toting saloon queen called Vienna in her first Western since 1928’s The Law of the Range. Nicholas Ray’s 1954 camp, kitsch Western is irresistibly strange, indeed quite outlandish, and […]

Nov, 07

King of Kings **** (1961, Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Ryan, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Harry Guardino, Frank Thring, Rip Torn, Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam, Ron Randell) – Classic Movie Review 348

Though much derided at the time, mostly by people who hadn’t seen it, producer Samuel Bronston and director Nicholas Ray’s 1961 Biblical epic movie about life of Christ is everything it should be: straightforward, devout […]

Nov, 02

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