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At Sword’s Point [Sons of the Musketeers] *** (1952, Cornel Wilde, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, Dan O’Herlihy Alan Hale Jr) – Classic Movie Review 8830
Sons of the Musketeers, yes, and daughter of the Musketeers too! Who could ignore Maureen O’Hara with her hair and lips painted extra red by the blazing Technicolor as Claire, daughter of Athos? Energetic junior […]
Slightly Scarlet **** (1956, John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl) – Classic Movie Review 8826
‘Out of the shadows of a vice-ridden city comes James M Cain’s most explosive drama!’ Director Allan Dwan’s sharp and stylish 1956 colour film noir crime thriller Slightly Scarlet is a neatly acted and smartly […]
Lady of the Camelias [La storia vera della signora dalle camelie] *** (1981, Isabelle Huppert, Gian Maria Volontè, Bruno Ganz) – Classic Movie Review 8821
Director Mauro Bolognini’s Italian, French and German 1981 co-production Lady of the Camelias [La storia vera della signora dalle camelie] [La Dame aux Camélias] stars the formidable European art movie trio of Isabelle Huppert (in […]
By Love Possessed *** (1961, Lana Turner, Jason Robards Jr, Efrem Zimbalist Jr) – Classic Movie Review 8779
‘ALL OF THEM WERE BY LOVE POSSESSED! The bold best-seller that sent a fever through America now fires the screen!’ Westerns and action movie director John Sturges was an odd choice for this lurid 1961 […]
West of the Pecos *** (1945, Robert Mitchum, Barbara Hale, Richard Martin) – Classic Movie Review 8774
Director Edward Killy’s 1945 Western movie West of the Pecos is another film lifted by its stars Robert Mitchum and Barbara Hale, and its stalwart cast, but also by Killy’s brisk, competent, no-nonsense direction. RKO […]
Doctor Dolittle *** (1998, Eddie Murphy, Peter Boyle, Ossie Davis) – Classic Movie Review 8752
‘What if you could have a conversation? I mean, not with a baseball or a banana – that’s ridiculous – but with your dog?’ Director Betty Thomas’s 1998 family fantasy comedy remake Doctor Dolittle stars […]
Rabbit, Run ** (1970, James Caan, Anjanette Comer, Carrie Snodgress, Arthur Hill, Jack Albertson, Melodie Johnson, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 8,729
John Updike’s tremendous 1960 novel translates poorly to the screen in Jack Smight’s often intriguing, but ultimately unexciting 1970 movie Rabbit, Run. James Caan stars as ‘Rabbit’ Angstrom. American author John Updike’s tremendous 1960 novel […]