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Resurrected *** (1989, David Thewlis, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Michael Pollitt, Rudi Davies, William Hoyland, Evan Stewart, Christopher Fulford) – Classic Movie Review 11,714

Debut director Paul Greengrass’s 1989 British drama Resurrected is written by Martin Allen and stars David Thewlis as Kevin Deakin, a British private soldier pronounced dead during the Falklands War, who reappears some weeks later, […]

Nov, 09

The Last Outpost *** (1935, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Gertrude Michael) – Classic Movie Review 11,276

Directors Charles Barton and Louis J Gasnier’s 1935 Paramount Pictures black and white romantic action adventure film The Last Outpost stars Cary Grant, Claude Rains and Gertrude Michael. This forgotten film is one of Grant’s […]

Jun, 06

A Soldier’s Tale ** (1989, Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Judge Reinhold, Paul Wyett) – Classic Movie Review 11,168

‘For one brief weekend, their love was all that mattered.’ Director Larry Parr’s conscientious, well-acted, low-key, touching little 1989 World War Two romantic drama A Soldier’s Tale is based on the novel by M K […]

May, 05

Conduct Unbecoming ** (1975, Michael York, Stacy Keach, Trevor Howard, Christopher Plummer, Richard Attenborough, Susannah York, James Faulkner, Helen Cherry) – Classic Movie Review 10,969

Director Michael Anderson’s 1975 British courtroom drama Conduct Unbecoming stars Michael York, Stacy Keach, Trevor Howard, Christopher Plummer, Richard Attenborough, Susannah York, James Faulkner, James Donald, Michael Culver and Helen Cherry. A British officer, Second […]

Feb, 27

Aces High ** (1976, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Richard Johnson, Ray Milland, David Wood) – Classic Movie Review 10,065

Director Jack Gold’s worthy 1976 reworked film version of the old R C Sherriff play (and 1930 film) Journey’s End is now titled Aces High and transferred to the British air war against the Germans. […]

Jul, 20

For Queen & Country *** (1988, Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 9680

American star Denzel Washington comes to the UK to play a working-class soldier from an inner London council estate in Brixton, who, on his return from the Falklands War, finds that nobody wants to give […]

Apr, 27

Desperate Moment ** (1953, Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven) – Classic Movie Review 9511

Director Compton Bennett’s mostly creaky and feeble 1953 British black and white crime melodrama Desperate Moment largely wastes the bright talents of the young and beautiful Mai Zetterling and Dirk Bogarde. In Berlin after World […]

Mar, 15

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