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- 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
- Black Memory *** (1947, Michael Atkinson, Michael Medwin, Myra O’Connell, Jane Arden, Frank Hawkins) – Classic Movie Review 13,320
- The Velvet Touch **** (1948, Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Sydney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Leon Ames, Frank McHugh, Walter Kingsford) – Classic Movie Review 13,319
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Southpaw *** (2015, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence, 10 Cent, Naomie Harris, Miguel Gomez, Beau Knapp) – Movie Review
Jake Gyllenhaal lost 30lb to play his role in last year’s outstanding Nightcrawler, and now he’s added 45lb of muscle to play boxer Billy Hope in director Antoine Fuqua’s boxing movie. Jake spent six hours a […]
Rocky ***** (1976, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers) – Classic Movie Review 2,389
Director John G Avildsen’s 1976 prize-winning champion boxing movie Rocky is a great old-style, feel-good film, directed with a lot of punch by the Oscar-winning film-maker. A triple Oscar-winner, it was the highest-grossing movie of 1976. Best […]
The Set-Up ***** (1949, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford) – Classic Movie Review 2,388
Robert Wise’s great 1949 fight game movie The Set-Up stars Robert Ryan in a knockout performance as a has-been fighter who won’t take a dive. Director Robert Wise’s great 1949 fight game movie The Set-Up […]
Body and Soul ***** (1947, John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 2386
Director Robert Rossen’s vintage, hard-hitting classic 1947 boxing movie is a knockout. It is hailed as the first great film about boxing and can be viewed as a moral tale about the destructive evil temptation […]
Champion **** (1949, Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Lola Albright) – Classic Movie Review 2365
Director Mark Robson’s ultra-gripping classic 1949 boxing drama about ruthless rising to fame in the fight game provided Kirk Douglas with his first out of three Best Actor Oscar nominations. Although in the event the […]
Rocco and His Brothers [Rocco e i suoi fratelli] ***** (1960, Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou) – Classic Movie Review 1588
The magnificent 1960 Italian classic film Rocco and His Brothers [Rocco e i suoi fratelli] is a triumph for director Luchino Visconti, with electrifying performances from Alain Delon as Rocco and Renato Salvatori as his […]
The Main Event *** (1979, Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal) – Classic Film Review 1235
Director Howard Zieff’s 1979 screwball comedy reunites the sparkling stars of 1972’s What’s Up Doc? – but alas they can’t quite come up with the same kind of magic. Barbra Streisand stars as Hillary Kramer, […]