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- The Return of the Whistler **½ (1948, Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane) – Classic Movie Review 13,259
- Steamboat Round the Bend **** (1935, Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 13,258
- In Old Kentucky *** (1935, Will Rogers, Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie, Louise Henry, Charles Sellon) – Classic Movie Review 13,257
- The Thirteenth Hour *** (1947, Richard Dix, Karen Morley, John Kellogg, Jim Bannon, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 13,256
- Guns of Darkness ** (1962, David Niven, Leslie Caron, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu) – Classic Movie Review 13,255
- Walk on Water **** (2004, Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters) – Classic Movie Review 13,254
- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye **½ (1941, Don Ameche, Mary Martin, Oscar Levant) – Classic Movie Review 13,252
- Forbidden Cargo ** (1954, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Morgan, Jack Warner, Greta Gynt, Joyce Grenfell, Theodore Bikel) – Classic Movie Review 13,251
- Voice of the Whistler **½ (1945, Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, Rhys Williams, James Cardwell) – Classic Movie Review 13,250
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Solo for Sparrow **½ (1962, Glyn Houston, Anthony Newlands, Nadja Regin, Michael Coles, Allan Cuthbertson, Michael Caine) – Classic Movie Review 13,173
Glyn Houston stars as the titular Inspector Sparrow investigating a jewel heist and murder most foul in director Gordon Flemyng’s 1962 British B-movie Solo for Sparrow, another enjoyable Edgar Wallace filler thriller, based on his […]
Flat Two *** (1962, John Le Mesurier, Jack Watling, Bernard Archard, Ann Bell) – Classic Movie Review 13,172
The British second feature mystery thriller film Flat Two is a tremendous Edgar Wallace Mystery series episode, with a very nifty, tricksy, quite complex plot, excellent dialogue, good characters and great character actors. Director Alan […]
Playback ** (1962, Margit Saad, Barry Foster, Victor Platt, Nigel Green, Dinsdale Linden) – Classic Movie Review 13,170
The interesting if improbable 1962 British black and white crime thriller film Playback stars Margit Saad, Barry Foster and Nigel Green. It is part of the epic 48-film Edgar Wallace Mystery film series. Director Quentin […]
Desperate Measures ** (1998, Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden) – Classic Movie Review 13,169
The shaky but tense and well handled 1998 American action thriller film Desperate Measures stars Michael Keaton, Andy García, Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Cox, and is directed by Barbet Schroeder. Director Barbet Schroeder’s 1998 […]
The Challenge [It Takes a Thief] ** (1960, Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Peter Reynolds, Barbara Mullen, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 13,168
The 1960 British B-movie noir crime film The Challenge [It Takes a Thief] is a routine thriller, though starring Jayne Mansfield as a ruthless gang leader tempting a businessman (Anthony Quayle) into taking part in […]
This Is Not Berlin [Esto no es Berlín] **** (2019, Xabiani Ponce de León, Mauro Sánchez Navarro, José Antonio Toledano) – Classic Movie Review 13,167
Two misfit late-teen best buddies (Xabiani Ponce de León as Carlos, José Antonio Toledano as Gera) find a bar/ nightclub where anything goes in Mexico City in the 80s and a good/ bad time is […]
Johnny Nobody *** (1961, Nigel Patrick, Aldo Ray, Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,166
‘He came from nowhere and killed a man he’d never seen!’ The 1961 Irish black and white mystery thriller film Johnny Nobody is directed by and stars Nigel Patrick, alongside Aldo Ray, Yvonne Mitchell, William […]