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Danger Within [Breakout] *** (1959, Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Donald Houston, Peter Arne) – Classic Movie Review 8939

Director Don Chaffey’s 1959 British in black and white war movie drama Danger Within [Breakout] is old-fashioned (even in 1959) but still involving stuff, boosted by the reliably strong playing from stiff-lipped stalwarts Richard Todd, […]

Sep, 25
The Password Is Courage **** (1962, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith) – Classic Movie Review 8,866

The Password Is Courage **** (1962, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith) – Classic Movie Review 8,866

Andrew L Stone’s expert 1962 black and white war drama film The Password Is Courage stars Dirk Bogarde, who is on good form as Sgt Major Charlie Coward, the Brit who kept escaping and being […]

Aug, 25

The Flying Deuces *** (1939, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, James Finlayson, Charles Middleton, Jean Del Val, Crane Whitley) – Classic Movie Review 8512

Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1939 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy The Flying Deuces has its weaknesses and its downsides but it is still likeable and amusing for the most part, though, and it does […]

May, 29

Eyewitness [Sudden Terror] *** (1970, Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George) – Classic Movie Review 8376

Director John Hough’s diverting 1970 British thriller Eyewitness [Sudden Terror] stars Mark Lester as Ziggy, a boy with a vivid imagination who has a hard time getting anyone to listen to him when he says […]

Apr, 17

Great Catherine * (1968, Jeanne Moreau, Peter O’Toole, Zero Mostel, Jack Hawkins) – Classic Movie Review 8209

Director Gordon Flemyng and producer Jules Buck’s struggling 1968 British historical comedy drama Great Catherine stars Jeanne Moreau, Peter O’Toole, Zero Mostel and Jack Hawkins. George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 one-act play is too flimsy for an […]

Mar, 07

The Fox and the Hound ** (1981, Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey) – Classic Movie Review 8193

Directors Ted Berman, Richard Rich and Art Stevens’s 1981 animated feature The Fox and the Hound is a mild Walt Disney cartoon about a fox’s friendship with a hunting dog, whose owner finds this unnatural, so […]

Mar, 03

Escape to Witch Mountain *** (1975, Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann) – Classic Movie Review 8188

Director John Hough’s 1974 children’s film Escape to Witch Mountain is an engaging and entertaining Walt Disney Productions live action mystery-fantasy adventure, starring Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann. It is based […]

Mar, 02

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