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Bon Voyage *** (1944, John Blythe, The Molière Players) – Classic Movie Review 7103

Bon Voyage (1944) is the first of two French language half-hour wartime propaganda films made during World War Two made by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. Hitchcock had been stung into coming back to […]

May, 27

The Count of Monte Cristo [Le Comte de Monte Cristo] **** (1954, Jean Marais, Lia Amanda, Daniel Ivernel, Folco Lulli) – Classic Movie Review 7058

As the falsely sentenced Edmond Dantès, imprisoned for life in the terrible island jail Chateau d’If, Jean Marais makes a dashing, ideal Count of Monte Cristo, in director Robert Vernay’s zesty and attractive 1954 first […]

May, 15

The Lost Continent ** (1968, Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, James Cossins) – Classic Movie Review 6941

Writer-producer-director Michael Carreras’s preposterous but fairly amusing 1968 British Hammer Films fantasy adventure film is based on Dennis Wheatley’s 1938 novel Uncharted Seas. Eric Porter stars as Captain Lansen, whose dilapidated tramp steamer boat, packed with a full […]

Apr, 18

Ladyhawke **** (1985, Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood) – Classic Movie Review 6800

Co-producer-director Richard Donner delivers the splendid, quite exquisite 1985 medieval sword and sorcery adventure Ladyhawke with the help of the most rousing performances from an ideal, actually perfect cast, headed by Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, […]

Mar, 13

Warlords of Atlantis ** (1978, Doug McClure, Cyd Charisse, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, Michael Gothard) – Classic Movie Review 6724

Director Kevin Connor’s 1978 British junior-league monster movie Warlords of Atlantis (aka Warlords of the Deep) stars the game if unlikely team of Doug McClure, Cyd Charisse and Peter Gilmore. In the screenplay by Brian […]

Feb, 23

Woman Wanted *** (1935, Maureen O’Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Lewis Stone, Louis Calhern, Edgar Kennedy, Adrienne Ames) – Classic Movie Review 6,722

The 1935 thriller film Woman Wanted is a mild but fun crime melodrama with good performances from a capable cast and enough extra twists and bright spots to keep it ticking over pleasantly. Maureen O’Sullivan […]

Feb, 22

Hammersmith Is Out *** (1972, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 6549

Director-star Peter Ustinov’s 1972 black comedy thriller is one heck of a really odd movie, with Richard Burton as Hammersmith, a crazed mental patient in unstable doctor Peter Ustinov’s institution, who persuades innocent orderly/ nurse […]

Jan, 11

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