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Dead Man’s Eyes *** (1944, Lon Chaney Jr, Jean Parker, Paul Kelly, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Hale, Acquanetta) – Classic Movie Review 3,756

Reginald Le Borg’s nice and twisty 1944 thriller film Dead Man’s Eyes is the third Inner Sanctum series entry starring Lon Chaney Jr.  Director Reginald Le Borg’s nice and twisty 1944 thriller film Dead Man’s […]

May, 24

Loin de Manhattan *** (1982, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Howard Vernon, Laura Betti) – Classic Movie Review 3636

Writer-director Jean-Claude Biette’s 1982 French comedy drama Loin de Manhattan is intriguing and densely scripted, with playful performances and teasing results. It stars Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Howard Vernon, and Laura Betti. In Biette’s complex screenplay, […]

May, 01

The Cry of the Owl [Le cri du hibou] **** (1987, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Virginie Thévenet, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Agnès Denèfle) – Classic Movie Review 3549

Director Claude Chabrol’s suspenseful 1987 version of the Patricia Highsmith book is the usual civilised pleasure from him. It is properly dour, dark and brooding in the Highsmith tradition, with an ironic sense of black humour, faithful to the […]

Apr, 10

Mohawk * (1956, Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand, Ted de Corsia) – Classic Movie Review 3496

Director Kurt Neumann’s 1956 Western adventure is a soppy, risible, penny-pinching little movie with more accent on love tangles than on gun-slinging action. It pushes its luck by re-using extensive archive footage from the outstanding John […]

Mar, 24

The Falcon in Mexico ** (1944, Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha Vickers) – Classic Movie Review 3214

‘Horror-Mask Key Clue As Master-Killer Slays Four!’ Michael Arlen’s débonair detective The Falcon, aka suave amateur sleuth Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), goes with an artist’s daughter called Barbara Wade (Martha Vickers) to Mexico to investigate […]

Jan, 02

The Vault of Horror ** (1973, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Daniel Massey, Anna Massey, Curt Jurgens, Dawn Addams, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Michael Craig) – Classic Movie Review 3116

Director Roy Ward Baker’s 1973 chiller brings five more horror tales of the unexpected that make up Amicus’s sixth portmanteau movie. A follow-up to 1972’s Tales from the Crypt, it is written by Amicus producer Milton […]

Nov, 30

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer [Bachelor Knight] **** (1947, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Ray Collins, Rudy Vallee, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 3084

Director Irving Reis’s and writer Sidney Sheldon ‘s witty 1947 screwball comedy, known as Bachelor Knight in the UK, stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. Loy plays a judge, Judge Margaret Turner, who […]

Nov, 24

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