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The Bible… In the Beginning [La bibbia] ** (1966, Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, George C Scott, Ava Gardner, Stephen Boyd, Peter O’Toole, John Huston, Franco Nero) – Classic Movie Review 1045

Director John Huston’s worthy but miscalculated 1966 Old Testament epic boasts a spectacular production and beautiful widescreen images, courtesy ace cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno. But, alas, it is dragged down by an uninspiring screenplay (even though playwright […]

Apr, 04

The Hustler ***** (1961, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C Scott) – Classic Movie Review 870

Paul Newman is outstanding as small-time pool hustler ‘Fast’ Eddie Felson, in the 1961 classic film The Hustler, and Piper Laurie is memorable as Newman’s troubled, alcoholic lost girl, Sarah Packard. In co-writer/director Robert Rossen’s […]

Mar, 06

A Christmas Carol **** (1984, George C Scott, Anthony Walters, David Warner, Susannah York, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward) – Classic Movie Review 556

A stupendous George C Scott pulls all the stops out as Ebenezer Scrooge in this impressive 1984 American movie of Charles Dickens’s much-filmed yarn A Christmas Carol. ‘God bless us, every one!’ (Tiny Tim).  Director […]

Dec, 21

Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ***** (1964, Peter Sellers, George C Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Peter Bull, Slim Pickens) – Classic Movie Review 209

Based on Peter George’s serious thriller novel Red Alert, Stanley Kubrick’s chillingly hilarious 1964 satire from the terrifying Sixties Cold War era seems as brilliant and relevant as ever. A doomsday black comedy about the […]

Sep, 01

Anatomy of a Murder ***** (1959, James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara) – Classic Film Review 59

Director Otto Preminger’s vice-like grip controls this long, complex and thought-provoking 1959 courtroom thriller, one of the finest ever made. It’s based on the once highly popular and famous bestselling novel by Robert Traver, the […]

Jul, 17

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