Recent Posts
- Walk on Water **** (2004, Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters) – Classic Movie Review 13,254
- The Secret of the Whistler *** (1946, Richard Dix, Leslie Brooks, Michael Duane, Mary Currier, Mona Barrie, Claire Du Brey) – Classic Movie Review 13,253
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye **½ (1941, Don Ameche, Mary Martin, Oscar Levant) – Classic Movie Review 13,252
- Forbidden Cargo ** (1954, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Morgan, Jack Warner, Greta Gynt, Joyce Grenfell, Theodore Bikel) – Classic Movie Review 13,251
- Voice of the Whistler **½ (1945, Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, Rhys Williams, James Cardwell) – Classic Movie Review 13,250
- Liuben *** (2023, Dimitar Nikolov, Bojidar Iankov Asenov, Dimitar Banenkin, David de Gea, Stefan Denolyubov, Ramón Esquinas, Stoyan Radev, Antonia San Juan) – Classic Movie Review 13,249
- The Power of the Whistler *** (1945, Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 13,248
- Bond Street ** (1948, Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kathleen Harrison, Derek Farr, Hazel Court, Ronald Howard) – Classic Movie Review 13,247
- Testosterone ** (2003, David Sutcliffe, Celina Font, Antonio Sabato Jr, Jennifer Coolidge, Sonia Braga) – Classic Movie Review 13,246
- The Cabinet of Dr Caligari *** (2005, Judson Pearce Morgan, Daamen J Krall, Doug Jones, Lauren Birkell) – Classic Movie Review 13,245
Posts Tagged "chicago illinois"
Check out all of the posts tagged with "chicago illinois".
Fingers at the Window *** (1942, Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,163
‘DANGER AT NIGHTFALL! ROMANCE AT DAYBREAK!’ Lew Ayres described director Charles Lederer’s 1942 MGM black and white film noir mystery chiller Fingers at the Window as ‘the kind of picture actors do when they need […]
Machine-Gun Kelly *** (1958, Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam) – Classic Movie Review 11,023
‘Without His Gun He Was Naked Yellow!’ Director Roger Corman’s excellent low-budget 1958 black and white film noir gangster crime thriller Machine-Gun Kelly chronicles the criminal activities of the real-life George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. It […]
Al Capone **** (1959, Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Joe De Santiis, Murvyn Vye, Nehemiah Persoff, Martin Balsam) – Classic Movie Review 10,627
Director Richard Wilson’s 1959 crime thriller biopic Al Capone showcases one of Rod Steiger’s quintessential performances, just stopping short of parody, as Chicago’s best known citizen, the Prohibition-era mobster Alphonse Capone (1899-1947), which lights up […]
Easy Living *** (1949, Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufts, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 10,215
Director Jacques Tourneur’s 1949 Easy Living stars Victor Mature as football star Pete Wilson, who matures and realises the game doesn’t make him or his greedy wife Liza (Lizabeth Scott) happy. His retired buddy Tim […]
Chicago Deadline *** (1949, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy, Gavin Muir) – Classic Movie Review 10,103
Director Lewis Allen’s 1949 crime film noir Chicago Deadline is a very decent little newspaper melodrama starring Alan Ladd as Chicago newsman Ed Adams, an ace reporter who probes the story of a woman found […]
Party Girl **** (1958, Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 8981
Director Nicholas Ray’s 1958 film noir gangster thriller Party Girl has a lot to offer: a gripping story (by Leo Katcher), a great mood and atmosphere, and fine performances, with acting lightweights Robert Taylor and […]
A Raisin in the Sun **** (1961, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee) – Classic Movie Review 7308
Director Daniel Petrie’s 1961 drama A Raisin in the Sun is a satisfying, moving and involving, though virtually one-set, filmed theatre version of Lorraine Hansberry’s long-running Broadway play, which won the 1959 New York Critics […]