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Five Fingers **** (1952, James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie) – Classic Movie Review 3605

Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s smart, sleek, smooth, suspenseful, satisfying espionage thriller stars a well-cast James Mason, who gives a splendid performance as a Nazi spy, L C Moyzisch aka Cicero, during World War Two. Working […]

Apr, 23

Anna Karenina *** (1948, Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Sally Ann Howes, Martita Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 2915

Producer Alexander Korda and director Julien Duvivier’s 1948 British remake of the 1935 Greta Garbo Hollywood success based on Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina is appealing enough but not quite another triumph. Unfortunately, the famous […]

Sep, 19

Countess Dracula **** (1971, Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès) – Classic Movie Review 2781

Co-writer/director Peter Sasdy’s 1971 Hammer Films horror tale stars Ingrid Pitt as the aging widowed Countess Elizabeth Nádasdy, who discovers that she can become young again if she bathes in the blood of young virgins. […]

Aug, 05

Dracula’s Daughter *** (1936, Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan) – Classic Movie Review 2767

Director Lambert Hillyer’s 1936 horror movie (remotely based on Bram Stoker’s short story Dracula’s Guest) is a low-budget, effective sequel to the 1931 Dracula that picks up (alas without Bela Lugosi) where it leaves off. The […]

Aug, 02

A Countess from Hong Kong **** (1967, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Charles Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill, Margaret Rutherford) – Classic Movie Review 2551

Marlon Brando stars in A Countess from Hong Kong as the rich American diplomat Ogden Mears who spends his last night in Hong Kong with Russian Countess Natascha (Sophia Loren), who follows him on board his […]

Jun, 02

Vera Cruz ***** (1954, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, George Macready, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 2479

Director Robert Aldrich’s great 1954 Western features a standoff between great stars Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, representing the faces of good and evil, well, sort of. Cooper plays nice former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane, while Lancaster […]

May, 13

The Damned [La caduta degli dei] **** (1969, Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Berger, Helmut Griem) – Classic Movie Review 2,232

Luchino Visconti’s rich and ambitious 1969 historical drama film The Damned [La caduta degli dei] stars Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin and Helmut Berger in his breakthrough role. Director Luchino Visconti’s rich and ambitious 1969 saga of […]

Mar, 02

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