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The Clay Pigeon **** (1949, Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine, Richard Loo, Frank Fenton, Martha Hyer, Frank Wilcox) – Classic Movie Review 4309

Director Richard Fleischer’s neat and short (63 minutes) 1949 black and white film noir movie The Clay Pigeon is one of those vintage Forties thrillers with the familiar but usually effective set-up of an amnesiac […]

Sep, 05

Overboard **** (1987, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Hector Elizondo) – Classic Movie Review 4057

At the risk of going overboard, director Garry Marshall’s sparkling 1987 comedy is one of Goldie Hawn’s funniest movies. The star lights up the screen with her comic charisma as an arrogant rich bitch who […]

Jul, 20

The Scarf *** (1951, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Emlyn Williams, James Barton, Lloyd Gough, Basil Ruysdael) – Classic Movie Review 3764

Writer-director Ewald André Dupont’s weird and wonderful screenplay pits John Howard Barrington (played by John Ireland) and his sidekick, Cash and Carry Connie Carter (played by Mercedes McCambridge), a scarf-wearing waitress not averse to belting out […]

May, 23

Libel **½ (1959, Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 3,690

Anthony Asquith’s polished but stuffy 1959 British courtroom drama thriller film Libel retells an old story that has not aged too well. But it has an alluring cast – Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul […]

May, 10

I Love You Again **** (1940, William Powell, Myra Loy) – Classic Movie Review 3687

The alluring star partnership of William Powell and Myra Loy re-teams yet again – and to great advantage – in director W S Van Dyke II’s charming and funny 1940 romantic comedy. Powell plays a one-time […]

May, 10

Somewhere in the Night ***½ (1946, John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte) – Classic Movie Review 3320

Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1946 crime thriller has a familiar set-up and fairly predictable plot development, though it is often an involving, gripping movie. And Mankiewicz manages to pull it out of the rut and turn it […]

Feb, 04

The Crooked Way *** (1949, John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew) – Classic Movie Review 3319

Director Robert Florey’s 1949 film noir melodrama stars John Payne as a decorated amnesiac World War Two war veteran called Eddie Rice, who sustains a head wound in combat and is treated at a San Francisco […]

Feb, 03

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