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Nobody Lives Forever *** (1946, John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson, George Coulouris) – Classic Movie Review 12,942
The 1946 American crime film noir Nobody Lives Forever stars John Garfield as a confidence trickster who links up with crooks to cheat a beautiful widow (Geraldine Fitzgerald) out of her wealth. ‘I killed a […]
Island of Love * (1963, Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Giorgia Moll, Walter Matthau) – Classic Movie Review 11,103
Robert Preston stars as a con man promoter named Steve Blair who wants to get rich by luring romantically inclined tourists to a Greek island paradise. But he is pursued by a gangster producer called […]
Larceny **** (1948, John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 10,966
Tory (Shelley Winters): ‘Stop twisting my arm! People will think we’re married!’ Director George Sherman’s exceptionally enjoyable vintage 1948 film noir crime thriller Larceny stars John Payne as a devil-may-care confidence trickster called Rick Maxon, […]
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox *** (1976, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis) – Classic Movie Review 10,515
Director Melvin Frank’s amusing 1976 Western slapstick comedy The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox stars George Segal and Goldie Hawn as gambler Charlie Malloy and saloon hostess Amanda Quaid who get mixed up with trekking […]
Il Generale della Rovere *** (1959, Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo) – Classic Movie Review 10,271
Roberto Rossellini’s intriguing and intelligent if rather sluggish and overlong (138 minutes) flagwaving 1959 black and white wartime picture Il Generale della Rovere has lots of interesting psychological things to say about the nature of […]
The Texan *** (1930, Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn, Oscar Apfel, James A Marcus) – Classic Movie Review 10,265
Director John Cromwell’s primitive but interesting 1930 early talkie Western film The Texan stars Gary Cooper as a bandit called the Llano Kid who meets con man Thacker (Oscar Apfel), who persuades him to pretend […]
Only When I Larf ** (1968, Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9765
Director Basil Dearden’s painless 1968 Only When I Larf is an enjoyably tolerable Sixties British crime caper comedy with brightness, if not subtlety to commend it. It features one of Richard Attenborough’s more flamboyant performances […]