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Fortune Is a Woman [She Played with Fire] ** (1957, Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Bernard Miles, Ian Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 12,547

Director Sidney Gilliat’s 1957 British-US black and white film noir crime thriller Fortune Is a Woman [She Played with Fire] is a promising, dark-toned mystery about an attempted insurance fraud that goes badly wrong. Jack […]

Jun, 28

Rosalie Goes Shopping *** (1989, Marianne Sägebrecht, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold) – Classic Movie Review 11,851

Director Percy Adlon’s 1989 English-language German comedy film Rosalie Goes Shopping stars Marianne Sägebrecht, Brad Davis and Judge Reinhold. Rosalie is a hefty German housewife, played by Marianne Sägebrecht, collaborating for the third time with […]

Jan, 16

Death of a Scoundrel *** (1956, George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Coleen Gray, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, John Hoyt, Tom Conway) – Classic Movie Review 10,079

Writer-producer-director Charles Martin’s 1956 film Death of a Scoundrel stars George Sanders as scoundrel Euro-conman Clementi Sabourin (‘our plan is to buy companies that are in financial trouble and then build them up’), who steps […]

Jul, 24

Property Is No Longer a Theft [La proprietà non è più un furto] **** (1973, Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci, Daria Nicolodi) – Classic Movie Review 8610

The 1973 comedy drama Property Is No Longer a Theft [La proprietà non è più un furto] is the last film in Italian director Elio Petri’s essential Trilogy of Neurosis, starting with Investigation of a […]

Jun, 19

Cliffhanger *** (1993, Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker) – Classic Movie Review 8112

Director Renny Harlin’s 1993 adventure thriller Cliffhanger is enjoyably preposterous action entertainment, with Sylvester Stallone as Gabe Walker, a mountain rescuer called in when a plane full of bad guys who have stolen cash from […]

Feb, 10

Jimmy the Gent **** (1934, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Alice White, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Hohl) – Classic Movie Review 5935

‘He’s the BIGGEST CHISELER since MICHAELANGELO!’ Director Michael Curtiz’s 1934 Warner Bros movie has the inestimable distinction of teaming the unforgettable young James Cagney and Bette Davis, aged just 25. It is their first pairing […]

Aug, 18

The Addams Family **** (1991, Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman) – Classic Movie Review 5686

Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1991 movie is a witty, often hilarious Gothic black comedy based on the Sixties TV show, in turn based on the macabre cartoons by Charles Addams, with ideal casting in Anjelica Huston, […]

Jun, 29

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