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Final Appointment ** (1954, John Bentley, Eleanor Summerfield, Hubert Gregg) – Classic Movie Review 11,133

Director Terence Fisher’s spirited but routine 1954 British black and white crime thriller Final Appointment, with newsman John Bentley and his helper Eleanor Summerfield probing the murders of war veterans, makes for an acceptable basic […]

Apr, 24

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man *** (1962, Richard Beymer, Paul Newman, Susan Strasberg, Arthur Kennedy, Jessica Tandy, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet) – Classic Movie Review 10,733

Director Martin Ritt’s 1962 drama Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man stars Richard Beymer as Ernest Hemingway’s young, immature and restless semi-autobiographical hero, here called Nick Adams, who leaves his rural Michigan home to experience […]

Jan, 01

Angels in the Outfield *** (1951, Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,347

Director Clarence Brown’s 1951 black and white sports drama and family fantasy comedy Angels in the Outfield [Angels and the Pirates] is a sweet and strange slice of MGM religious fantasy with Paul Douglas as […]

Sep, 25

Timeslip ** (1955, Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne) – Classic Movie Review 10,304

Director Ken Hughes’s weird 1956 British sci-fi espionage thriller film Timeslip [The Atomic Man] stars Gene Nelson and Faith Domergue as a US newsman and his girlfriend, who stumble across a near-drowned man, who turns […]

Sep, 14

Under Fire ****½ (1983, Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris) – Classic Movie Review 10,303

Director Roger Spottiswoode’s sizzling 1983 Under Fire is an absolutely thrilling, first-rate political action thriller about the Nicaragua conflict in 1979, with Gene Hackman and Nick Nolte at their best as newsmen Alex Grazier and […]

Sep, 14

Chicago Deadline *** (1949, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy, Gavin Muir) – Classic Movie Review 10,103

Director Lewis Allen’s 1949 crime film noir Chicago Deadline is a very decent little newspaper melodrama starring Alan Ladd as Chicago newsman Ed Adams, an ace reporter who probes the story of a woman found […]

Jul, 29

Gambling on the High Seas ** (1940, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 10,074

Director George Amy’s 1940 Warner Bros black and white crime drama Gambling on the High Seas is a short and snappy though not very sharp semi-thriller remaking the 1935 Bette Davis-George Brent vehicle Special Agent. […]

Jul, 22

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