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- Man Detained *** (1961, Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
- Hand in Hand *** (1960, Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Sybil Thorndike, John Gregson, Finlay Currie, Derek Sydney, Miriam Karlin, Kathleen Byron) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
- Attempt to Kill ** (1961, Tony Wright, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 13,326
- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
- Man at the Carlton Tower *** (1961, Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Allan Cuthbertson) – Classic Movie Review 13,324
- Beyond the Door [Chi Sei?] [The Devil Within Her] * (1974, Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, Elizabeth Turner, David Colin Jr) – Classic Movie Review 13,323
- Beyond the Door II [Schock] *** (1979, Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr, Ivan Rassimov) – Classic Movie Review 13,322
- Blood Red ** (1989, Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 13,321
- The Fourth Square *** (1961, Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Miriam Karlin, Jacqueline Jones, Anthony Newlands, Basil Dignam, Harold Kasket) – Classic Movie Review 13,316
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Stranger in the House ** (1967, James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin) – Classic Movie Review 10,056
Writer-director Pierre Rouve’s 1967 neo noir crime drama Stranger in the House is adapted from the novel by Georges Simenon, is produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and stars James Mason as washed-up alcoholic lawyer John […]
The Proud and Profane *** (1956, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 10,029
The, er, fairly entertaining 1956 World War Two Pacific Island romantic drama film The Proud and Profane gets a lift from stars William Holden, Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter. Director George Seaton’s 1956 World War […]
A Rage in Harlem *** (1991, Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 9980
Director Bill Duke’s 1991 neo noir thriller A Rage in Harlem is based on Chester Himes’s novel and stars Forest Whitaker as clumsy but nice Harlem hero Jackson, who meets and falls for sassy and […]
Only the Animals [Seules les bêtes] ***½ (2019, Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy, Damien Bonnard)
Tragedy stalks the French countryside in director Dominik Moll’s 2019 thriller Only the Animals [Seules les bêtes], as Agatha Christie meets Claude Chabrol in an ingenious and engrossing, if highly unlikely yarn. The Christie bit […]
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious ** (1965, Alec Guinness, Mike Connors, Robert Redford) – Classic Movie Review 9945
The 1965 US-German co-production black and white comedy Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious is based on actor Robert Shaw’s novel The Hiding and is produced and directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, the son of the […]
Temptation *** (1946, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas) Classic Movie Review 9918
Director Irving Pichel’s 1946 black and white film noir thriller Temptation stars Merle Oberon as bored housewife Ruby, an 1890s London shady lady who moves to Egypt and swaps her dull archaeologist husband Nigel Armine […]
No Room for the Groom ** (1952, Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don DeFore, Spring Byington) – Classic Movie Review 9849
Director Douglas Sirk’s 1952 No Room for the Groom is a frothy light comedy centring on GI Alvah Morrell (Tony Curtis) eloping to marry Lee Kingshead (Piper Laurie) in Las Vegas before she has had […]