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Advise & Consent ***** (1962, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Lew Ayres, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Ford, Peter Lawford, Edward Andrews, Burgess Meredith, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone) – Classic Movie Review 3392

Producer-director Otto Preminger’s superb 1962 political thriller boasts  a wonderful array of old Sixties star character actors doing their unique and eccentric things. Despite all the valiant efforts of Henry Fonda as Robert Leffingwell, Walter Pidgeon […]

Feb, 20

Whirlpool **** (1949, Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford, Barbara O’Neil, Eduard Franz) – Classic Movie Review 3391

Otto Preminger is reunited with his Laura (1944) star Gene Tierney for the thoroughly enjoyable 1949 film noir murder mystery Whirlpool.  Producer-director Otto Preminger is reunited with his Laura (1944) star Gene Tierney for the […]

Feb, 20

The Egyptian * (1954, Edmund Purdom, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Peter Ustinov, Gene Tierney) – Classic Movie Review 2252

For this 1954 movie set in a before-Christ era 18th-dynasty Egypt, a wan-seeming Edmund Purdom replaced Marlon Brando as Sinuhe, a poor orphan boy who becomes a brilliant physician. And, accompanied by his friend Horemheb […]

Mar, 11

Night and the City **** (1950, Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 1,583

Jules Dassin’s exciting, characterful 1950 thriller Night and the City is one of the seminal film noirs of the post-war era. It stars Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers, and is shot on location […]

Aug, 23

The Return of Frank James **** (1940, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper) – Classic Film Review 1064

Director Fritz Lang’s 1940 follow-up to 1939’s huge hit Jesse James is at least the equal of a marvellous original. Once more, the film was universally considered historically inaccurate but again was a commercial success. […]

Apr, 06

Leave Her to Heaven ***** (1945, Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman) – Classic Movie Review 663

Oscar-nominated Gene Tierney is enthralling as a crazy young socialite called Ellen Berent in John M Stahl’s film noir thriller Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Capturing the eye and the emotions at the height of […]

Jan, 10

Laura ***** (1944, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 335

‘The story of a love that became the most fearful thing that ever happened to a woman!’ Director Otto Preminger’s glorious 1944 romantic mystery thriller Laura in the best film noir vein still exerts its […]

Oct, 28

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