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A Bullet for Joey *** (1955, Edward G Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, George Dolenz, Peter Hansen, Peter van Eyck, Kaaren Verne) – Classic Movie Review 7719
‘THE SCREEN’S TOP TOUGH GUYS MEET FACE TO FACE!’ Director Lewis Allen’s 1955 Cold War film noir spy crime thriller A Bullet for Joey stars Edward G Robinson and George Raft, two legendary stars a […]
Taggart *** (1964, Tony Young, Dan Duryea, Dick Foran, Emil Meyer, Peter Duryea, Jean Hale) – Classic Movie Review 7714
Director R G Springsteen’s slick, well-cast, violent 1964 B-movie Western Taggart is based on an intricately plotted Louis L’Amour novel, with a neat screenplay by Robert Creighton Williams, and boasts a nice, welcome cast of […]
Can You Ever Forgive Me? **** (2018, Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone) – Movie Review
Melissa McCarthy is now officially forgiven for Tammy, Spy and The Heat. Her winning performance as complicated alcoholic lesbian forger Lee Israel in director Marielle Heller’s comedy drama biopic Can You Ever Forgive Me? is the cornerstone […]
Great Guy ** (1936, James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke) – Classic Movie Review 7620
James Cagney is the great guy here all right in director John G Blystone’s overly cost-conscious 1936 Great Guy [aka Pluck of the Irish], an independent production from poverty row studio Grand National Pictures, with the […]
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! *** (1948, June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, Natalie Wood, Anne Revere, Tom Tully, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7603
The 1948 Technicolor romantic comedy drama Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!, written and directed by F Hugh Herbert, stars June Haver, Lon McCallister and Walter Brennan, but it is known, if at all, for Marilyn Monroe’s earliest speaking role, a one-line bit […]
The Game Is Over [La Curée] ** (1966, Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 7558
Director Roger Vadim’s teasingly steamy 1966 The Game Is Over [La curée] stars Jane Fonda in her glorious prime as Renée Saccard, the selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman Alexandre (Michel Piccoli), who falls […]
Stolen Holiday *** (1937, Claude Rains, Kay Francis, Ian Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 7419
Director Michael Curtiz’s impeccably presented, impressively played and well scripted 1937 romantic crime drama Stolen Holiday is based on a fictionalised version of the exploits of real-life Russian Jewish financier and conman Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky. […]