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Gunga Din ***** (1939, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 2439

Director George Stevens’s stirring 1939 movie Gunga Din was RKO Radio Pictures’ biggest movie up till that time. It is a hugely entertaining North West Frontier adventure yarn based loosely on Rudyard Kipling’s poem. Cary […]

Apr, 30

Rio Grande ***** (1950, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jnr, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jnr, Chill Wills, J Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen) – Classic Movie Review 2352

Director John Ford makes the 1950 closing episode in his US Cavalry trilogy third time lucky and essential old Hollywood viewing. John Wayne again stars, this time as a Cavalry officer dealing with the plundering […]

Apr, 03

Fort Apache ***** (1948, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 2349

The opening 1948 film in director John Ford’s deservedly renowned and celebrated US Cavalry trilogy with star John Wayne also stars Henry Fonda as a bitter, arrogant, tough lieutenant colonel (based on General Custer) who […]

Apr, 03

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ***** (1949, John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar,Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jnr, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick) – Classic Movie Review 2348

Director John Ford is working at top level here in 1949 in this thrilling central episode of his US Cavalry trilogy with John Wayne, started with Fort Apache in 1948. Cinematographer Winton C Hoch won […]

Apr, 03

The Informer **** (1935, Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster) – Classic Movie Review 2133

John Ford’s four-Oscar-winning 1935 film The Informer has not worn too well, straining for effect, while Victor McLaglen’s acting is a faded gem. But The Informer is still a considerable achievement and an admired cinema […]

Jan, 30

Prince Valiant **** (1954, Robert Wagner, James Mason, Janet Leigh, Debra Paget) – Classic Movie Review 1301

Three cheers for director Henry Hathaway’s vividly realized, brilliantly colourful 1954 sword-fighting historical adventure extravaganza. It stars a marvellous, on-form cast in Robert Wagner as a fresh-faced Viking Prince Valiant, James Mason as the villainous […]

Jun, 07

The Quiet Man ***** (1952, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 62

Winning his all-time-record fourth (and last) Best Director Oscar, director John Ford is totally in his element in this delightful, boisterous, good-natured 1952 movie. A double Academy Award winner, it is sparkily written Frank S […]

Jul, 18

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