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- Rogue’s Yarn * (1957, Nicole Maurey, Derek Bond) – Classic Movie Review 13,211
- Crow Hollow ** (1952, Donald Houston, Natasha Parry, Patricia Owens) – Classic Movie Review 13,210
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- Carnival Story ** (1954, Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, George Nader, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 13,208
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Posts Tagged "1950s"
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The Man in the Road * (1957, Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 12,061
The 1957 British film The Man in the Road, starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit, is a typical 1950s ‘red menace’ Cold War espionage thriller. Director Lance Comfort’s 1957 British black and white thriller […]
Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] ** (1953, Edward G Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K T Stevens, Porter Hall, Joan Vohs) – Classic Movie Review 11,270
Director Arnold Laven’s efficient and gripping 1953 documentary-style black and white film noir police procedural cop thriller Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] is a neat example of the genre then in vogue, and […]
Pickpocket ***** (1959, Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri) – Classic Movie Review 10,923
Writer-director Robert Bresson’s spare, stark and enigmatic 1959 French film Pickpocket is rightly considered to be one of the great film-maker’s greatest films. The young Uruguayan non-professional actor Martin LaSalle stars as the Pickpocket, with […]
Calling Bulldog Drummond *** (1951, Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty, David Tomlinson, Peggy Evans) – Classic Movie Review 10,879
Ron Randell and Tom Conway tried the Bulldog Drummond character for two films each in 1947-48, followed by Walter Pidgeon in this one-off appearance in director Victor Saville’s 1951 mystery crime thriller Calling Bulldog Drummond, […]
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich ***½ (1970, Tom Courtenay, Espen Skjønberg, Alf Malland, Alfred Burke, James Maxwell, Eric Thompson, Matthew Guinness) – Classic Movie Review 10,719
Writer-producer-director Casper Wrede’s 1970 Norwegian biographical drama One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stars Tom Courtenay, who is remarkable as Ivan Denisovich, the prisoner serving a harsh sentence of 10 years in a […]
The Family Secret *** (1951, John Derek, Lee J Cobb, Jody Lawrance) – Classic Movie Review 10,666
‘One mad raging moment behind the roadhouse… and a lifetime of regret!’ Director Henry Levin’s 1951 American black and white film noir crime film The Family Secret stars John Derek as young lawyer David Clark, […]
Mulholland Falls **** (1996, Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chris Penn, Bruce Dern, John Malkovich, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, Daniel Baldwin, Kyle Chandler, Ed Lauter) – Classic Movie Review 10,522
Mulholland Falls (1996) is a great-looking, fine neo noir crime thriller with a fine cast to make it work. Nick Nolte stars as Max Hoover, with Melanie Griffith, Chris Penn, Bruce Dern, John Malkovich, Chazz […]