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The Corsican Brothers *** (1941, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, J Carrol Naish, H B Warner, Henry Wilcoxon) – Classic Movie Review 12,016

Director Gregory Ratoff’s 1941 swashbuckler film The Corsican Brothers stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr in a dual role as the title twins, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, J Carrol Naish, H B Warner and Henry Wilcoxon. The […]

Mar, 17

Equinox *** (1992, Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Marisa Tomei, Lori Singer) – Classic Movie Review 11,564

Writer-director Alan Rudolph’s 1992 independent crime drama film Equinox focuses on two identical twin brothers, Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace (both played by Matthew Modine), one a shy garage mechanic, the other a small-time hoodlum working as driver […]

Sep, 10

The Duke Wore Jeans ** (1958, Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin, Alan Wheatley, Eric Pohlmann, Noel Hood) – Classic Movie Review 11,220

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1958 black and white musical comedy The Duke Wore Jeans is produced by Peter Rogers, is written by Norman Hudis, and stars Tommy Steele and June Laverick. The Carry On writer-producer-director team […]

May, 18

England Made Me *** (1973, Peter Finch, Michael York, Hildegard Neil) – Classic Movie Review 9268

Director Peter Duffell’s 1972 England Made Me is a useful and intelligent, if slightly chilly version of Graham Greene’s fine early novel transposed to Seventies fashionable Nazi Germany from its original setting in Sweden. Michael […]

Jan, 16

Little Miss Broadway *** (1938, Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, Phyllis Brooks ) – Classic Movie Review 9198

The teaming of Shirley Temple and Jimmy Durante is the main attraction and high point of director Irving Cummings’s pleasant 1938 musical Little Miss Broadway, though George Murphy and Edna May Oliver are good value […]

Dec, 29

The Other **** (1972, Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky) – Classic Movie Review 8780

The Other (1972) is a very fine, carefully handled mystery horror movie from director Robert Mulligan. Chris Udvarnoky and Martin Udvarnoky play 12-year-old twin brothers (good Niles Perry, bad Holland Perry) living on a  farm […]

Jul, 31

The Great Outdoors ** (1988, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening) – Classic Movie Review 8179

‘The wildlife is wild, but his brother-in-law is unbearable.’ Director Howard Deutch’s amiable but slack 1988 comedy The Great Outdoors at least starts with the benefit of a strong, game star cast of Dan Aykroyd, […]

Feb, 28

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