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The Return of the Frog ** (1938, Gordon Harker, Una O’Connor, Rene Ray, Hartley Power) – Classic Movie Review 12,315

Director Maurice Elvey’s amusing 1938 British crime thriller film The Return of the Frog stars Gordon Harker, who returns from 1937’s The Frog, along with Una O’Connor, Rene Ray and Hartley Power. Gordon Harker, previously […]

Sep, 20

A Night to Remember **** (1942, Loretta Young, Brian Aherne) – Classic Movie Review 12,158

The 1942 comic murder mystery film A Night to Remember is full of zest, zip and zing. Loretta Young and Brian Aherne star as a New York thriller-writing couple who discover a body at their […]

Jun, 05

The Informers ** (1963, Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 12,138

Director Ken Annakin’s 1963 British black and white crime thriller The Informers [Underworld Informers] [The Snout] is based on Douglas Warner’s novel Death of a Snout, and stars Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Harry Andrews, Colin […]

May, 25

Portrait of Alison *** (1955, Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 10,255

Director Guy Green’s 1955 black and white British mystery crime film Portrait of Alison [Postmark for Danger] is an amazingly convoluted and satisfyingly entertaining whodunit thriller, based on Francis Durbridge’s popular Fifties TV serial, about […]

Sep, 01

The Man Upstairs *** (1958, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison) – Classic Movie Review 8823

Director Don Chaffey’s 1958 black and white British thriller The Man Upstairs stars Richard Attenborough in the downbeat but involving story of apartment block tenant Peter Watson, The Man Upstairs who is having a nervous […]

Aug, 12

Woman on the Run **** (1950, Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith, Ross Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 7,736

Ann Sheridan and Dennis O’Keefe star in the strong and solid 1950 film noir thriller Woman on the Run, nicely filmed in black and white by cinematographer Hal Mohr on exciting San Francisco locations. Co-writer/ […]

Nov, 01

Crime of Passion *** (1957, Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Royal Dano, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross) – Classic Movie Review 7615

Director Gerd Oswald’s 1957 film noir crime drama Crime of Passion stars Barbara Stanwyck as cop’s wife Kathy Ferguson Doyle, a sassy San Francisco newspaper advice columnist, who gives up her job and pulls out […]

Sep, 22

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