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Interpol [Pickup Alley] ** (1957, Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonar Colleano, Marne Maitland, Eric Pohlmann, Sydney Tafler, Sidney James, Lionel Murton, Danny Green, Yana) – Classic Movie Review 8013
Director John Gilling’s rather pedestrian and plodding 1957 British black and white action thriller Interpol [Pickup Alley] has few surprises and little atmosphere, but it is distinguished by the dominating presence of Trevor Howard, who […]
The Upturned Glass *** (1947, James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason, Ann Stephens, Henry Oscar) – Classic Movie Review 7989
The slick 1947 British film noir thriller The Upturned Glass stars James Mason as a neurosurgeon intent on avenging the murder of his lover. Director Lawrence Huntington’s 1947 The Upturned Glass is a slickly handled […]
Payroll [I Promised to Pay] **** (1961, Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas, Kenneth Griffith, Tom Bell) – Classic Movie Review 7,787
Michael Craig and Billie Whitelaw star in the 1961 British noir crime thriller film Payroll about a group of four criminals who plan a wages robbery on a payroll van that ends in disaster. Director Sidney […]
West 11 *** (1963, Alfred Lynch, Eric Portman, Kathleen Harrison, Diana Dors, Kathleen Breck, Freda Jackson, Finlay Currie, Harold Lang) – Classic Movie Review 7766
Director Michael Winner orchestrates the atmospheric, downbeat 1963 British action crime thriller West 11 with some degree of style, helped by Otto Heller’s gritty, noir-style London location black and white photography and Keith Waterhouse and […]
The Long Memory *** (1953, John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars, Eva Bergh) – Classic Movie Review 7751
Director Robert Hamer’s 1953 British black-and-white film noir thriller The Long Memory is a rather tame and routine crime drama that, as a story, is not always too convincing and probably will not live too […]
The Intruder ** (1953, Jack Hawkins, George Cole, Dennis Price, Michael Medwin, Hugh Williams, Susan Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 7314
Director Guy Hamilton’s desperately dated 1953 post-Second World War British noir angst drama The Intruder stars Jack Hawkins as wartime officer Colonel Wolf Merton, now a stockbroker, who catches one of his brave wartime tank […]
Bedelia *** (1946, Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Barry K Barnes, Anne Crawford, Jill Esmond) – Classic Movie Review 7077
Director Lance Comfort’s 1946 British thriller Bedelia stars Margaret Lockwood, who leads a novelettish, splendidly trashy murder mystery that was a big success of the day, perhaps surprising so given its lack of real quality. […]