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Blood on the Moon **** (1948, Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 10,604

Robert Wise’s first-class 1948 RKO black-and-white psychological Western film noir stars Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston and Walter Brennan. It is a Martin Scorsese favourite. ‘The deadliest range war ever to EXPLODE on the screen!’ Director Robert Wise’s first-class […]

Nov, 30

Tennessee’s Partner ** (1955, John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray) – Classic Movie Review 10,539

Director Allan Dwan’s 1955 Western film Tennessee’s Partner stars Ronald Reagan, John Payne, Rhonda Fleming and Colleen Gray. It is written by Graham Baker, D D Beauchamp, Milton Krims, and Teddi Sherman, with uncredited rewrites […]

Nov, 14

Railroaded! *** (1947, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Jane Randolph) – Classic Movie Review 10,448

Director Anthony Mann’s neat and well-plotted 1947 low-budget crime thriller Railroaded! stars John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, and Jane Randolph. It is an incisive, dour, dark-toned little 40s film-noir mobster tale with John Ireland […]

Oct, 22

The Woman on Pier 13 ** (1949, Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar, Thomas Gomez, Janis Carter) – Classic Movie Review 10,330

Film noir meets red scare… Director Robert Stevenson’s 1949 The Woman on Pier 13, a film noir crime drama that is otherwise known as I Married a Communist, is a forced, jingoistically patriotic propaganda piece about […]

Sep, 20

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 […]

Sep, 05

Down Three Dark Streets *** (1954, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer) – Classic Movie Review 10,186

Broderick Crawford plays the talented FBI man Mr Ripley, who takes over investigating three cases, in the 1954 black and white film noir crime drama Down Three Dark Streets.  Director Arnold Laven’s 1954 black and […]

Aug, 16

Star in the Dust ** (1956, John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone, Coleen Gray, Leif Erickson, James Gleason) – Classic Movie Review 10,106

Director Charles F Haas’s 1956 Western film Star in the Dust stars John Agar as Sheriff Bill Jorden, who finds a bunch of trouble when he is about to supervise the hanging of no-good killer […]

Jul, 30

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