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The Night Caller [Peur sur la Ville] *** (1975, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli, Lea Massari, Rosy Varte) – Classic Movie Review 11,562

France’s top Seventies action star Jean-Paul Belmondo gives an engaging turn as Commissaire Jean Letellier, a cop on the trail of an infamous gangster, bank robbers and a phone-call serial killer of young women, in director […]

Sep, 08

Cash on Demand **** (1961, Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 10,836

Hammer Films’ most satisfying 1961 British black and white film noir crime thriller Cash On Demand boasts a very fine performance from their big star Peter Cushing as an efficiency-obsessed bank manager made to help […]

Jan, 27

Hold-Up *** (1985, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall, Guy Marchand) – Classic Movie Review 10,786

Director Alexandre Arcady’s 1985 film Hold-Up stars Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose sprightly playing holds up, but not his success at the box-office, for this entertaining French-Canadian heist thriller, based on Jay Cronley’s novel, in which he […]

Jan, 13

Quick Change *** (1990, Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 10,782

Quick Change (1990) is a clever and amusing crime caper comedy, in which Grimm (Bill Murray) makes himself up as a circus clown for a bank heist but then gets stuck in New York with […]

Jan, 12

The Real McCoy * (1993, Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 10,743

Director Russell Mulcahy’s 1993 film The Real McCoy stars Kim Basinger as Karen McCoy, an expert cat-burgling ex-con trying to go straight, who gets out of prison but is dragged back into a life of […]

Jan, 03

Bellman and True *** (1987, Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope, Kieran O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 10,644

Security Sergeant: ‘It’s official – it’s a fuck-up.’ Director Richard Loncraine’s 1987 British crime thriller Bellman and True showcases a smashing performance by a totally credible Bernard Hill as Hiller, a computer-alarms system expert burglar […]

Dec, 10

Wild Rovers *** (1971, William Holden, Ryan O’Neal, Karl Malden, Tom Skerritt, Joe Don Baker, Lynn Carlin, Rachel Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 10,115

Writer-director Blake Edwards’s 1971 Western film Wild Rovers stars old-timer William Holden from The Wild Bunch and Ryan O’Neal fresh from Love Story as two likeable cowboy ruffians, Ross Bodine and Frank Post, cowhands on […]

Jul, 31

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