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Shaft in Africa *** (1973, Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee) – Classic Movie Review 7624

Director John Guillermin’s 1973 action thriller Shaft in Africa is the third and final original Shaft movie, with Richard Roundtree starring again. It largely maintains the quality and toughness of the first two films, thanks […]

Sep, 29

Diamond City * (1949, David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors, Niall MacGinnis, Andrew Crawford, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 7552

Director David MacDonald’s 1949 adventure film Diamond City is a dull and predictable tale of the good guys versus the bad guys in a South African diamond mine. Diamond City gives the British an interesting […]

Sep, 09

White Hunter Black Heart *** (1990, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell) – Classic Movie Review 6743

In his first star character role, aged 60, Clint Eastwood achieves a bravura sustained impersonation of wayward  legendary movie director John Huston who in 1950 sets out, distracted and obsessive, on a quest to shoot […]

Feb, 27

White Cargo *** (1942, Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Richard Carlson, Frank Morgan, Bramwell Fletcher, Richard Ainley, Reginald Owen, Henry O’Neill) – Classic Movie Review 6299

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1942 MGM film is a daft, but endearingly simple-minded old-style romantic adventure drama movie of love-hate triangle goings-on in the jungle, with Leon Gordon adapting his own play from 1923. Walter Pidgeon stars […]

Nov, 24

Jane and the Lost City ** (1987, Kirsten Hughes, Sam J Jones, Maud Adams, Jasper Carrott, Robin Bailey, Graham Stark, Elsa O’Toole) – Classic Movie Review 6201

Director Terry Marcel’s 1987 British action adventure comedy Jane and the Lost City stars Kirsten Hughes, Sam J Jones (aka Flash Gordon), Maud Adams, Jasper Carrott, Robin Bailey, Graham Stark and Elsa O’Toole. In World War Two, […]

Nov, 06

The Young Lions *** (1958, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Maximilian Schell, Hope Lange, Barbara Rush, May Britt) – Classic Movie Review 6087

Director Edward Dmytryk’s intelligent, thought-provoking 1958 war movie brings to the screen Irwin Shaw’s popular novel about the World War Two fates of two American soldiers – playboy entertainer Michael Whiteacre (Dean Martin), Jewish-American Noah Ackerman […]

Oct, 12

Old Bones of the River **** (1938, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt) – Classic Movie Review 5824

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1938 British vintage comedy is wicked fun with Will Hay and his cronies Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt trying to spread knowledge among African natives. Marriott Edgar, Val Guest and J O C […]

Jul, 29

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