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Waterhole No 3 [Waterhole Three] *** (1967, James Coburn, Carroll O’Connor, Margaret Blye, Claude Akins, Timothy Carey, Bruce Dern, James Whitmore) Classic Movie Review 10,376

Director William A Graham’s entertaining, amoral 1967 comedy Western film Waterhole No 3 is set in an Arizona town called Integrity. It is lit up with an amusing star performance by James Coburn as Lewton […]

Oct, 02

Brass Target **½ (1978, Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Max von Sydow, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan, Robert Vaughn) – Classic Movie Review 10,356

Director John Hough’s fanciful 1978 MGM political action thriller Brass Target, based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan, re-writes history and is low on credibility rating, but there is such a pile-up […]

Sep, 28

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple *** (2001, Glenn Close, Jena Malone, Bruce McGill) – Classic Movie Review 10,290

Director Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 2001 TV movie The Ballad of Lucy Whipple is a superior, pacy, gripping adventure about a mom, Arvella Whipple (Glenn Close), and her three children heading West after the death of […]

Sep, 10

A Rage in Harlem *** (1991, Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 9980

Director Bill Duke’s 1991 neo noir thriller A Rage in Harlem is based on Chester Himes’s novel and stars Forest Whitaker as clumsy but nice Harlem hero Jackson, who meets and falls for sassy and […]

Jun, 29

The First Great Train Robbery [The Great Train Robbery] *** (1978, Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down) – Classic Movie Review 9,502

All aboard the London to Folkestone express for Michael Crichton’s 1979 Victorian crime caper, with Sean Connery as the cracksman William Pierce and Donald Sutherland as the safe-cracker Agar. ‘Steal from a moving train? Whoever […]

Mar, 13

Adiós, Sabata **** (1970, Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla) – Classic Movie Review 9111

Director Gianfranco Parolini’s outstanding 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film Adiós, Sabata [Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di…] is the second film in Parolini’s Sabata Trilogy, with Yul Brynner replacing Lee […]

Nov, 30

Lust for Gold *** (1949, Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young) – Classic Movie Review 9077

Producer-director S Sylvan Simon’s 1949 Lust for Gold stars Ida Lupino, who is suitably tough and completely believable as Julia Thomas, the ruthless woman trying to steal a gold mine from her equally money-obsessed cohorts […]

Nov, 18

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