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- The Set Up *** (1963, Maurice Denham, John Carson, Maria Corvin, Brian Peck, Anthony Bate, John Arnatt, Pamela Greer) – Classic Movie Review 13,335
- Death Trap *** (1962, Albert Lieven, Barbara Shelley, John Meillon, Mercy Haystead, Kenneth Cope, Leslie Sands, Barbara Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 13,334
- The Devil’s Daffodil ** (1961, Christopher Lee, Marius Goring, Penelope Horner, William Lucas, Colin Jeavons, Albert Lieven) – Classic Movie Review 13,333
- Locker Sixty Nine ***½ (1962, Eddie Byrne, Paul Daneman, John Carson, Walter Brown, Penelope Horner, Edward Underdown, Clarissa Stolz, John Glyn-Jones, Edwin Richfield, Alfred Burke) – Classic Movie Review 13,332
- Carry-On ** (2024, Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Jason Bateman) – Classic Movie Review 13,331
- Time To Remember ** (1962, Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H Corbett, Robert Rietty) – Classic Movie Review 13,330
- Candidate for Murder ** (1962, Michael Gough, Erika Remberg, Hans von Borsody, John Justin) – Classic Movie Review 13,329
- Man Detained *** (1961, Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles) – Classic Movie Review 13,328
- Hand in Hand *** (1960, Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Sybil Thorndike, John Gregson, Finlay Currie, Derek Sydney, Miriam Karlin, Kathleen Byron) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
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The Painted Smile [Murder Can Be Deadly] ** (1962, Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 11,956
A con artist (Liz Fraser) and her partner in crime, using their good looks for a confidence scam, fall foul of a London murderer-on-the-run (Kenneth Griffith) Director Lance Comfort’s 1962 British thriller film The Painted Smile [Murder Can […]
My Friend Irma *** (1949, John Lund, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore, Marie Wilson, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 11,258
Director George Marshall’s 1949 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy My Friend Irma stars John Lund, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore, Marie Wilson, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. It marks the film dèbut of Martin and […]
Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni [High Rollers] ** (1976, Anthony Quinn, Capucine, Adriano Celentano, Corinne Cléry) – Classic Movie Review 10,914
Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1976 Italian comedy crime thriller High Rollers [Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni] stars Anthony Quinn as con artist Philip Bang, who gets out of prison with young trickster Felice ‘Félix’ […]
Poppy **** (1936, W C Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Lynne Overman, Catherine Doucet) – Classic Movie Review 9788
Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1936 comedy Poppy finds W C Fields on hilarious form repeating his 1925 filming of his stage hit Sally of the Sawdust as carnival medicine salesman conman Professor Eustace McGargle. He […]
Hot Millions *** (1968, Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden) – Classic Movie Review 8861
Director Eric Till’s 1968 Hot Millions is a cute, likeable and appealing comedy with a double score for Peter Ustinov – a delightful performance as a confidence trickster, paroled London fraudster Marcus Pendleton, and an […]
Every Day’s a Holiday **** (1937, Mae West, Edmund Lowe, Charles Butterworth, Charles Winninger, Walter Catlett, Lloyd Nolan, Herman Bing, Chester Conklin, Louis Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 7545
Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1937 comedy Every Day’s a Holiday offers an eagerly grabbed double role for Mae West as confidence trickster Peaches O’Dea, who sells New York’s Brooklyn Bridge to Fritz Krausmeyer (Herman Bing) […]
The Rainmaker **** (1956, Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman) – Classic Movie Review 7,175
The 1956 Technicolor drama The Rainmaker provides an outstanding showcase for Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn in this well-crafted film of N Richard Nash’s Broadway play. Earl Holliman won the 1957 Golden Globe for Best […]