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Guys and Dolls **** (1955, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine) – Classic Movie Review 925

The four-Oscar-winning writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz films one of Broadway’s finest, all-time-great shows, based on the famous short stories by Damon Runyon. He turns it into a genially pleasing, attractively easy-going, if none too cinematic […]

Mar, 17

The Manchurian Candidate ***** (1962, Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury) – Classic Movie Review 239

This dazzling, brilliant Sixties conspiracy political thriller from 1962 is cleverly adapted by George Axelrod from Richard Condon’s famous novel. The Manchurian Candidate won no Oscars but it’s now legendary, thanks to its ingenious plot […]

Sep, 14

Ocean’s Eleven **** (1960, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Angie Dickinson, Patrice Wymore, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Shirley MacLaine, George Raft, Red Skelton) – Classic Movie Review 149

The original 1960 Ocean’s Eleven is a very relaxed and agreeable comedy-crime caper with style to spare. Admittedly, at 127 minutes, it’s over long, too slackly paced, and the thin, fantasy thriller plot takes a […]

Aug, 10

From Here to Eternity ***** (1953, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine) – Classic Movie Review 128

Director Fred Zinnemann’s film of James Jones’s best-selling novel about the appallingly harsh rigours of army life and deep sexual frustrations in 1941 Hawaii caused a worldwide sensation in 1953. It went on to win eight […]

Aug, 05

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