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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins * (1971, Bruce Forsyth, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Roy Hudd, Julie Samuel, Harry Secombe, Leslie Phillips, Julie Ege) – Classic Movie Review 10,783

Director Graham Stark’s 1971 British film The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a compilation of comedy sketches based on the Seven Deadly Sins from a host of the most talented 70s British writers and stars. […]

Jan, 13

Dr Fischer of Geneva *** (1984, James Mason, Alan Bates, Greta Scacchi) – Classic Movie Review 10,262

Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1984 British television film Dr Fischer of Geneva stars James Mason, Alan Bates and Greta Scacchi. Graham Greene’s lukewarm novella proves ideal material for a TV movie, at least this TV movie, […]

Sep, 04

The House on Telegraph Hill **** (1951, Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan) – Classic Movie Review 8228

Director Robert Wise’s 1951 20th Century Fox black and white film noir thriller The House on Telegraph Hill stars Valentina Cortese [aka Valentina Cortesa] as Victoria Kowelska, a Polish concentration camp victim who takes over […]

Mar, 11

Eureka *** (1983, Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci) – Classic Movie Review 6616

Director Nicolas Roeg’s fascinating but uneasy 1983 film about the world’s richest man (Gene Hackman), Arctic prospector Jack McCann, who struck gold in 1925. Two decades on, he is a Citizen Kane figure who is having […]

Jan, 28

Framed ***½ (1947, Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley) – Classic Movie Review 4492

Director Richard Wallace’s intriguing and effective 1947 low-budget B-movie film noir crime thriller stars a sexy Janis Carter as sultry femme fatale Paula Craig, who schemes with married man Steve Price (Barry Sullivan) to commit the perfect robbery […]

Oct, 19

Ran ***** (1985, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada, Pîtâ) – Classic Movie Review 3733

Director Akira Kurosawa’s thrilling, marvellous-looking 1985 version of William Shakespeare’s play King Lear is transposed to 16th-century feudal Japan, with the senile old man now a warlord called Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) who cedes his kingdom […]

May, 21

Torture Garden *** (1967, Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing, Beverly Adams, Jack Palance, Michael Bryant, John Standing) – Classic Movie Review 3097

Director Freddie Francis’s 1967 Amicus chiller is the first of Robert (Psycho) Bloch’s three compendium films of four horror tales. It stars Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing, Beverly Adams, Jack Palance, Michael Bryant and John Standing. It […]

Nov, 25

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