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The ‘Human’ Factor * (1975, George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone, Arthur Franz, Rita Tushingham, Frank Avianca, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 11,032

Every 24 hours an American family will be killed!… and only The Human Factor (1975) can stop it… Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1975 UK/ Italy co-production The Human Factor is an undistinguished and nasty-toned revenge action […]

Mar, 18

The Ragman’s Daughter *** (1972, Simon Rouse, Victoria Tennant, Patrick O’Connell, Leslie Sands) – Classic Movie Review 10,842

Director Harold Becker’s 1972 British crime-drama romantic film The Ragman’s Daughter stars Simon Rouse and Victoria Tennant in her screen debut and is adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his short story. Simon Rouse plays a Nottingham ne’er-do-well […]

Jan, 28

Revenge [Inn of the Frightened People] ** (1971, Joan Collins, James Booth, Ray Barrett, Sinéad Cusack, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 9315

Joan Collins tops the bill as Carol Radford, in director Sidney Hayers’s unedifying but efficient country-set 1971 British revenge thriller Revenge [Inn of the Frightened People] about two men visiting the recluse they suspect has […]

Jan, 29

Sweeney! **** (1977, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster, Ian Bannen, Colin Welland, Michael Coles, Joe Melia, Diane Keen) – Classic Movie Review 8,743

Detectives in London’s Metropolitan Police Flying Squad find political dirty deeds are behind a suicide, in the 1977 British movie Sweeney!, a successful spin-off from the John Thaw and Dennis Waterman TV show. Detectives in […]

Jul, 22

Callan **** (1974, Edward Woodward, Eric Porter, Carl Möhner, Catherine Schell, Peter Egan, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 8503

Director Don Sharp’s excellent 1974 British crime action thriller Callan [The Neutralizer] is an imaginatively developed and extended version of the opening programme of Edward Woodward’s popular TV show from 1967, about a lonely, ruthless […]

May, 27

Eyewitness [Sudden Terror] *** (1970, Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George) – Classic Movie Review 8376

Director John Hough’s diverting 1970 British thriller Eyewitness [Sudden Terror] stars Mark Lester as Ziggy, a boy with a vivid imagination who has a hard time getting anyone to listen to him when he says […]

Apr, 17

The Driver **** (1978, Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani) – Classic Movie Review 7,048

Walter Hill’s beautifully crafted, dazzlingly stylised 1978 film noir crime action thriller The Driver stars Ryan O’Neal at his melancholic brooding best as the sharpest getaway man in the robbery business. Writer-director Walter Hill’s second […]

May, 13

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