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Song of Freedom *** (1936, Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy) – Classic Movie Review 11,286

Majestic bass Paul Robeson warbles his way through this fascinating, heartwarming, if long dated, tale of Johnny Zinga, a London dock worker who is turned by his encounter with an impresario into an opera star […]

Jun, 08

To the Public Danger *** (1948, Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, Frederick Piper) – Classic Movie Review 11,188

Director Terence Fisher’s neatly scripted, well handled, decently acted 1948 British black and white drama second feature film To the Public Danger is produced by John Croydon, and stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, […]

May, 09

The Quare Fellow ***½ (1962, Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms, Walter Macken) – Classic Movie Review 10,918

Underrated actor Patrick McGoohan grabs his opportunity as Thomas Crimmin, a new young Dublin prison warder questioning his views on capital punishment at the imminent hanging of a condemned man, in writer-director Arthur Dreifuss’s 1963 […]

Feb, 15

Seven Days Leave ** (1930, Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, Daisy Belmore) – Classic Movie Review 10,176

The young Gary Cooper’s career was boosted when he starred in producer and director Richard Wallace’s 1930 all-talking drama film Seven Days Leave, the early-sound version of J M Barrie’s 1917 play The Old Lady […]

Aug, 13

No Surrender **** (1985, Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage, James Ellis, Ray McAnally, Tom Georgeson, Bernard Hill, Joanne Whalley) – Classic Movie Review 9848

Director Peter K Smith’s 1985 film No Surrender is a tough, dark-shaded comedy from writer Alan Bleasdale, who is after a metaphor for the Irish troubles in his tale of a murky Liverpool nightclub where […]

May, 31

Shipyard Sally *** (1939, Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard, Morton Selten, Norma Varden) – Classic Movie Review 8430

Director Monty Banks’s lively 1939 British musical comedy Shipyard Sally stars Gracie Fields as failed music-hall singer Sally Fitzgerald, who takes charge of the saloon her father Major Fitzgerald (Sydney Howard) has bought near the John […]

May, 03

Never Let Go **½ (1960, Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith, Carol White, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 7788

‘A New Peter Sellers – Tough and Ruthless!’ as a London villain in John Guillermin’s 1960 crime drama Never Let Go. Director John Guillermin’s 1960 British black and white crime drama thriller film Never Let […]

Nov, 15

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