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Man on a Tightrope *** (1953, Fredric March, Cameron Mitchell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Grahame, Terry Moore, Richard Boone, Robert Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 12,036
Elia Kazan’s 1953 film Man on a Tightrope stars Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame and Cameron Mitchell, who are first rate in this moody tale of Czech circus folk trying to make a break […]
The Confession [L’Aveu] **** (1970, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti) – Classic Movie Review 10,968
Yves Montand is a powerful presence in the intense, exciting and revealing true-story political thriller The Confession [L’Aveu] [La Confessione], based on the story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, that tellingly concentrates on the documentary-style […]
Stopover Tokyo *** (1957, Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 10,812
After two box-office disappointments, it seemed that Robert Wagner was unable to make the transition to top-level star. This appeared confirmed when he was the lead in Stopover Tokyo (1957), a CinemaScope and DeLuxe colour […]
We the Living [Noi Vivi] **** (1942, Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti, Rossano Brazzi) – Classic Movie Review 10,260
Director Goffredo Alessandrini’s 1942 Italian romantic war film We the Living [Noi Vivi] stars Alida Valli and Rossano Brazzi and Fosco Giachetti, who give outstanding performances in this tale of the difficult web of relationships […]
My Son John * (1952, Robert Walker, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger) – Classic Movie Review 9362
Producer-director Leo McCarey’s 1952 drama My Son John is one of the most glaring examples of 50s Hollywood’s rabid anti-communist attitudes with John Jefferson (Robert Walker) ostracised by his all-American family when he returns home […]
The Human Factor ** (1979, Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 8602
Otto Preminger’s 1979 spy film The Human Factor adapts the Graham Greene novel about an apparently innocent man, Maurice Castle (Nicol Williamson), suspected of being an MI6 mole. Producer-director Otto Preminger’s feeble, uninspired 1979 British […]
Yellow Earth [Huang Tu Di] **** (1984, Xueqi Wang, Xue Bai, Tan Tuo, Liu Qiang) – Classic Movie Review 7885
Director Chen Kaige’s remarkable and challenging 1984 Chinese film Yellow Earth [Huang Tu Di] is based on the novel by Lan Ke about a communist soldier, Quing Gu (Xueqi Wang), who comes to a tiny […]