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The Perfect Woman *** (1949, Patricia Roc, Nigel Patrick, Stanley Holloway, Miles Malleson, Irene Handl, David Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 12,213

‘Designed for tired businessmen!’ THE PERFECT WOMAN (1949) is a robot! Director Bernard Knowles’s 1949 British comedy film The Perfect Woman stars Patricia Roc as Penelope Belman, the niece of scientist Professor Belman (Miles Malleson), […]

Jun, 30

Sword in the Desert ** (1949, Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler) – Classic Movie Review 11,243

Director George Sherman’s 1949 controversial American black and white historical war action drama Sword in the Desert is notable for being the first American film to deal with the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, for […]

May, 26

Soldier of Orange [Soldaat van Oranje] **** (1977, Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 11,167

Paul Verhoeven’s engrossing and often very stirring 1979 Netherlands World War Two epic drama Soldier of Orange [Soldaat van Oranje] [Survival Run] tells the tale of four university students growing up fast during the Nazi […]

May, 05

Aerial Gunner *** (1943, Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jimmy Lydon, Amelita Ward) – Classic Movie Review 11,033

‘THRILLS… ACTION… Somewhere in the Pacific.’ Director William H Pine’s 1943 wartime romantic drama Aerial Gunner features forgotten star Richard Arlen, who reworks his own part in the 1927 Wings (the first Oscar Best Picture) […]

Mar, 19

Caught **** (1949, James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 10,685

Director Max Ophüls’s 1949 black and white film noir romantic drama Caught stars James Mason, Robert Ryan and Barbara Bel Geddes. Leonora Eames (Bel Geddes) marries neurotic Smith Ohlrig (Ryan) for his money, only to […]

Dec, 19

City Across the River *** (1949, Stephen McNally, Thelma Ritter, Luis Van Rooten) – Classic Movie Review 10,589

Director Maxwell Shane’s 1949 black and white film noir thriller City Across the River tells of postwar life in the slums of Brooklyn, where the young hoodlums of a local gang called The Amboy Dukes […]

Nov, 27

Cannery Row *** (1982, Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley) – Classic Movie Review 10,491

Writer-director David S Ward’s 1982 drama Cannery Row stars Nick Nolte and Debra Winger as baseball player turned marine biologist Doc and feisty floozy Suzy DeSoto. The movie is set in the 1940s, in Cannery […]

Nov, 02

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