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FBI Girl *** (1951, Cesar Romero, George Brent, Audrey Totter, Tom Drake, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 11,164

Raymond Burr as Blake: ‘It would be a novelty in this great country of ours, wouldn’t it? A man running for the United States Senate with a murder charge hanging over his head.’ Producer-director William […]

May, 04

Follow Me, Boys! *** (1966, Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish) – Classic Movie Review 8530

Director Norman Tokar’s syrupy but successful 1966 Disney confection Follow Me, Boys! stars Fred MacMurray as big-city 30s saxophonist Lemuel Siddons, who sets up home in an Illinois countryside town, falls in love with and […]

Jun, 01

His Excellency ** (1952, Eric Portman, Cecil Parker, Helen Cherry, Susan Stephen, Edward Chapman, Robin Bailey, Clive Morton, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 7752

The 1951 film comedy His Excellency is based on a London stage comedy by Dorothy Christie and Campbell Christie, in which a British socialist government sends dockers’ trade union supporter George Harrison (Eric Portman) to rule […]

Nov, 04

The Hoose-Gow *** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin) – Classic Movie Review 7403

‘Neither Mr Laurel nor Mr Hardy had any thoughts of doing wrong. As a matter of fact, they had no thoughts of any kind.’ Director James Parrott and producer Hal Roach’s 1929 The Hoose-Gow is an amusing, outdoors […]

Aug, 05

The Black Swan **** (1942, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 7324

The 1942 high-adventure movie The Black Swan is thrilling pirate malarkey, with the two handsome leads Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara giving attractive performances. Director Henry King’s 1942 high-adventure Technicolor swashbuckler movie The Black Swan is […]

Jul, 21

The Milagro Beanfield War *** (1988, Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sônia Braga) – Classic Movie Review 7222

Director Robert Redford’s impeccably filmed 1988 saga The Milagro Beanfield War hones in on a battle in the American Southwest between New Mexican farmers and the bad guys who want to develop their land for […]

Jun, 26

Switching Channels **** (1988, Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson) – Classic Movie Review 6932

Switching Channels (1988) is none other than Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s 1928 Broadway newspapers comedy melodrama The Front Page spruced up for the satellite era, with the newspaper reporters of the original play updated to television reporters […]

Apr, 16

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