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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

45 Minutes from Hollywood *** (1926, Glenn Tryon, Theda Bara, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) Classic Movie Review 10,051

Director Fred Guiol’s 1926 two-reel silent film 45 Minutes from Hollywood stars Glenn Tryon as Orville but it is remembered as the second time Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appear in the same film – […]

Jul, 17

Three Fugitives *** (1989, Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff) – Classic Movie Review 10,042

The swift moving odd-couple (well odd-triple) 1989 slapstick comedy Three Fugitives is slickly directed by Francis Veber, who also writes the screenplay and bases it on his 1986 French farce film Les Fugitifs (with Gérard […]

Jul, 15

$ [Dollars] [The Heist] **** (1971, Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe) – Classic Movie Review 9251

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s 1971 comedy crime drama film $ [Dollars] [The Heist] stars Warren Beatty as bank employee Joe Collins, who robs safe deposit boxes with the help of hooker Dawn Divine (Goldie Hawn). Brooks’s […]

Jan, 11

Dark Alibi *** (1946, Sidney Toler, Benson Fong, Mantan Moreland, Teala Loring, Ben Carter) – Classic Movie Review 9066

Safe-crackings, faked fingerprints, framed jailbirds, shoot-outs and cell block riots are all relished here by esteemed B-movie director Phil Karlson, who gives this 1946 Charlie Chan entry Dark Alibi welcome pace and tension. Sidney Toler […]

Nov, 12

Drive a Crooked Road *** (1954, Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy, Jack Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 8914

Director Richard Quine’s gritty 1954 black and white film noir crime drama thriller Drive a Crooked Road offers the 33-year-old Mickey Rooney a useful star role and he grabs it to give a fine performance […]

Sep, 18

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again ** (1979, Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson) – Classic Movie Review 8469

Director Vincent McEveety’s 1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again stars Don Knotts and Tim Conway, who reprise their roles as the daffy, knockabout inept outlaw villains Theodore Ogelvie and Amos Tucker from the The […]

May, 15

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