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Laughter in the Dark *** (1969, Nicol Williamson, Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Drouot) – Classic Movie Review 8558
Vladimir Nabokov’s novel of suspense and cruelty makes an intriguing entry in the British film noir stakes for director Tony Richardson in his 1969 thriller Laughter in the Dark. Writer Edward Bond turns the original’s […]
Every Little Crook and Nanny *** (1972, Lynn Redgrave, Victor Mature, Paul Sand) – Classic Movie Review 8518
The 1972 film Every Little Crook and Nanny is a surprisingly entertaining comedy about a mafioso (Victor Mature) losing his 12-year-old son (Phillip Graves) to his nanny (Lynn Redgrave) as she masterminds the kidnapping of […]
Moss Rose *** (1947, Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature, Ethel Barrymore, Vincent Price, Margo Woode, Rhys Williams, George Zucco, Patricia Medina) – Classic Movie Review 8510
Director Gregory Ratoff’s 1947 Moss Rose stars Victor Mature in a smooth, old-style murder melodrama, set in Hollywood’s usual idea of old foggy London, in which he plays Michael Drego, who is suspected of killing a […]
Ghost Story *** (1981, Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, John Houseman, Craig Wasson, Patricia Neal, Alice Krige) – Classic Movie Review 8493
Director John Irvin’s 1981 chiller Ghost Story tells an atmospheric horror tale that unfortunately does not add up to a sum of its individual fascinating parts: Peter Straub’s intriguing bestseller novel and a quartet of […]
Stallion Road ** (1947, Ronald Reagan, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott) – Classic Movie Review 8375
Directors James V Kern and Raoul Walsh (uncredited)’s 1947 black and white love triangle movie Stallion Road is a very mundane and average Forties horse saga, in which a vet (veterinarian) called Larry Hanrahan (Ronald […]
The Stalking Moon **** (1968, Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster) – Classic Movie Review 8372
Director Robert Mulligan’s 1968 Western The Stalking Moon stars Gregory Peck as US Army scout Sam Varner, who retires to a secluded mountain home with Sarah Carver (Eva Marie Saint) and her half-Indian son (Noland […]
Friendly Persuasion **** (1956, Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Marjorie Main) – Classic Movie Review 8275
Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire (as the family’s parents) head the worthy cast of director William Wyler’s friendly 1956 movie tale of the Quaker Birdwell family’s hardships in Southern Indiana in 1862 during the American […]