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- The Small Voice [Hideout] *** (1948, James Donald, Valerie Hobson, Howard Keel) – Classic Movie Review 13,454
- Counterspy [Undercover Agent] ** (1953, Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hermione Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 13,453
- The Ninth Configuration [Twinkle, Twinkle ‘Killer’ Kane] *** (1980, Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Neville Brand, Moses Gunn, Robert Loggia, Tom Atkins) – Classic Movie Review 13,452
- The Blue Peter [Navy Heroes] ** (1955, Kieron Moore, Greta Gynt, Sarah Lawson, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 13,451
- Perfect Endings [13 Sentimentos] *** (2024, Artur Volpi, Helena Albergaria, Michel Joelsas, Sidney Santiago) – Classic Movie Review 13,450
- The Big Chance **½ (1957, Adrienne Corri, William Russell, Ferdy Mayne) – Classic Movie Review 13,449
- Broken Journey ** (1948, Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Margot Grahame) – Classic Movie Review 13,448
- Underneath the Arches *** (1937, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen) – Classic Movie Review 13,447
- A Fire Has Been Arranged *** (1935, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Alastair Sim, Robb Wilton) – Classic Movie Review 13,446
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Too Many Crooks **** (1959, Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sidney James, Joe Melia, Vera Day) – Classic Movie Review 6002
Director Mario Zampi’s nimble and nifty 1959 British crime comedy stars the irreplaceable comedy gods Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Bernard Bresslaw and Sidney James, who of course greatly enliven this daft but amusing satire on racketeer […]
The Island Monster [Il mostro dell’isola] * (1954, Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi, Renato Vicario) – Classic Movie Review 5600
Seeking new work, Boris Karloff tries his luck in Italy, and plays Don Gaetano in writer-director Roberto Montero’s scrappy and pretty awful 1954 Italian crime thriller. In the unsurprising original story by Carlo Lombardo, an […]
The Italian Job *** (2003, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Seth Green, Jason Staham, Mos Def) – Classic Movie Review 5356
Mark Wahlberg takes over the old Michael Caine role as master thief Charlie Croker in director F Gary Gray’s fast-paced and enjoyable enough, if uninspired 2003 total revamp of the classic Sixties crime caper The […]
Trespass *** (1992, Bill Paxton, Ice-T, William Sadler, Art Evans, Ice Cube) – Classic Movie Review 5348
Bill Paxton and William Sadler star as Arkansas firemen Vince and Don, who are given a treasure map by a hysterical old man in a burning building. It turns out he stole a large amount […]
Crime in the Streets **** (1956, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell) – Classic Movie Review 5251
John Cassavetes (aged 26 but playing 18) stars as Frankie Dane, a teenage crime boss who comes back from the edge of committing a vengeance murder of a neighbour because of the intervention of social […]
Teenage Doll * (1957, June Kenney, Fay Spain, John Brinkley) – Classic Movie Review 4956
‘This story is about a sickness, a spreading epidemic that threatens to destroy our very way of life. We are not doctors. We can offer no cure. But we know that a cure must be […]
Free Fire **½ (2016, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Sam Riley, Brie Larson, Jack Reynor, Cillian Murphy, Enzo Cilenti, Michael Smiley, Noah Taylor) – Movie Review
Co-writer/ director Ben Wheatley’s 2016 black comedy action movie is an often funny but disreputable and not very fresh feeling Tarantino-style crime thriller, with a script (by Wheatley and Amy Jump) that looks like they were making […]