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My Gun Is Quick ** (1957, Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph, Pamela Duncan) – Classic Movie Review 11,394

Directors George A White and Victor Saville [Phil Victor]’s 1957 film noir crime thriller My Gun Is Quick stars Robert Bray, who plays Mickey Spillane’s hard-hitting hero Mike Hammer in this tough-nosed, plot-heavy mix of murder and […]

Jul, 16

Soldiers Three *** (1951, Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 11,170

Director Tay Garnett’s 1951 MGM black and white film Soldiers Three is a minor-league, though entertaining Gunga Din-style comedy adventure tale, derived from Rudyard Kipling short stories, with Indian location shots from Kim (1950) helping things […]

May, 05

Caught in the Draft *** (1941, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken) – Classic Movie Review 10,687

The 1941 comedy Caught in the Draft stars Bob Hope as a famous vain Hollywood movie star scaredy-cat, who tries to avoid being called up in World War Two, but is drafted into the US […]

Dec, 20

Cairo Road ** (1950, Eric Portman, Laurence Harvey, Maria Mauban, Harold Lang, John Gregson) – Classic Movie Review 9879

Director David Macdonald’s 1950 thriller Cairo Road stars Laurence Harvey, aged 21, at the start of his film career, although already in his fifth film. He supports his friend Eric Portman in an exotically located […]

Jun, 08

The Little Colonel **** (1935, Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Bill Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 9279

Director David Butler’s 1935 The Little Colonel stars little Miss Shirley Temple at her best, and includes the famous staircase tap dance sequence between the young heroine and Bill Robinson often seen in clips. As […]

Jan, 19

Alvarez Kelly *** (1966, William Holden, Richard Widmark, Janice Rule) – Classic Movie Review 9073

Based on an actual incident, director Edward Dmytryk’s meaty 1966 American Civil War Western saga Alvarez Kelly is firm enough in its staunch liberal-minded principles to stay on course when the unravelling of the plot occasionally […]

Nov, 16

Bulldog Drummond Escapes *** (1937, Ray Milland, Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny, Porter Hall, Fay Holden, E E Clive) – Classic Movie Review 8,191

The amusing 1937 American mystery thriller film Bulldog Drummond Escapes stars Ray Milland as Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond, who tries to save beautiful heiress Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel) from a spy organisation. Paramount Pictures’ first […]

Mar, 02

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