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Cash on Demand *** (1961, Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 10,836

Hammer Films’ most satisfying 1961 British black and white film noir crime thriller Cash On boasts a very fine performance from their big star Peter Cushing as an efficiency-obsessed bank manager made to help a […]

Jan, 27

A Place to Go *** (1963, Rita Tushingham, Michael Sarne, Bernard Lee, Doris Hare, John Slater) – Classic Movie Review 9928

Director Basil Dearden’s 1963 crime drama A Place to Go is a good and gritty account of the seamy side of East London’s petty-crime underworld, with Sixties pop star Mike Sarne (‘Come Outside’) as the […]

Jun, 18

The Bank Dick ***** (1940, W C Fields, Grady Sutton, Franklin Pangborn, Shemp Howard) – Classic Movie Review 1271

The old sourpuss W C Fields invigorates the caustic vintage 1940 comedy The Bank Dick. He also wrote the nifty screenplay under the daft pen name of Mahatma Kane Jeeves. The ever-grouchy, hard-drinking old sourpuss W […]

May, 31

In Bruges **** (2008, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 250

An Oscar nominee and Bafta winner for Best Original Screenplay, and a Golden Globe winner for its star, Colin Farrell, this way-out, non-PC pitch-black comedy action thriller is exceptionally funny, extremely well made and cleverly written. With […]

Sep, 19

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