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Home at Seven [Murder on Monday] *** (1952, Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Meriel Forbes) – Classic Movie Review 8121

Director Ralph Richardson’s 1952 Home at Seven [retitled Murder on Monday in the US] is a fairly compelling amnesia mystery with a theft and a murder occurring during the 24 hours a bank clerk, David […]

Feb, 12

Singapore *** (1947, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 7270

Director John Brahm’s 1947 action, adventure, crime romantic thriller Singapore stars Ava Gardner as gorgeous old flame Linda, now married to stuffy rich planter Michael Van Layden (Roland Culver), who comes back into the life of carefree pearl […]

Jul, 09

Madonna of the Seven Moons **** (1945, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc, Peter Glenville, John Stuart, Jean Kent, Dulcie Gray) – Classic Movie Review 6,965

Can we have your attention, please, for ‘The year’s strangest, most absorbing drama!’, the 1945 Gainsborough melodrama film Madonna of the Seven Moons, starring Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger and Patricia Roc. Director Arthur Crabtree’s engagingly florid 1944 British movie […]

Apr, 25

Slightly Dangerous *** (1943, Lana Turner, Robert Young, Dame May Whitty, Walter Brennan, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray, Florence Bates) – Classic Movie Review 6706

Director Wesley Ruggles’s 1943 MGM movie stars Lana Turner as Peggy Evans, a bored 21-year-old soda counter waitress who leaves her hick American town for New York, where she gets a make-over and masquerades as industrialist […]

Feb, 18

Desperately Seeking Susan **** (1985, Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Steven Wright) – Classic Movie Review 5968

Director Susan Seidelman’s 1985 hit neo screwball comedy Desperately Seeking Susan is a delicious, offbeat romantic comedy adventure starring Rosanna Arquette as the fed-up housewife Roberta Glass who investigates a puzzling series of personal ads […]

Aug, 25

Hysteria ** (1965, Robert Webber, Anthony Newlands, Jennifer Jayne, Maurice Denham, Lelia Goldoni) – Classic Movie Review 5,653

‘TERRIFYING SUSPENSE… it will shock you out of your seat!’ The 1965 film Hysteria is the third and last of director Freddie Francis’s enjoyable Psycho-esque Hammer Horror psychological mystery thriller trilogy.  ‘TERRIFYING SUSPENSE… it will […]

Jun, 22

The Majestic *** (2001, Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Matt Damon, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden) – Classic Movie Review 4913

Director Frank Darabont’s honourable 2001 drama stars Jim Carrey as Peter Appleton, an ambitious movie screenwriter in early 1950s America, who falls victim to the communist witch-hunts. He crashes his car, loses his memory and […]

Jan, 21

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