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Hot Millions *** (1968, Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart, Robert Morley, Cesar Romero) – Classic Movie Review 8,861

The 1968 British caper film Hot Millions is a cute, likeable comedy with delightful turns by Peter Ustinov, Maggie Smith, Karl Malden, Bob Newhart, Robert Morley and Cesar Romero. Director Eric Till’s 1968 British caper film […]

Aug, 24

The Hot Rock [How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons] **** (Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Zero Mostel, Moses Gunn, William Redfield) – Classic Movie Review 8854

Director Peter Yates’s thoroughly enjoyable and entirely amusing 1972 comedy thriller heist caper yarn The Hot Rock [How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons] stars Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, […]

Aug, 22

The Jokers **** (1967, Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald, Daniel Massey, Michael Hordern, Gabriella Licudi, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 8329

Director Michael Winner’s 1967 British comedy The Jokers stars Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed as unlikely siblings, the Tremayne brothers, who, just for a lark and to make themselves famous, plan to rob Her Majesty […]

Apr, 03

Once a Thief *** (1965, Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 8,252

The hard-boiled 1965 black and white crime thriller Once a Thief stars Alain Delon as a San Francisco ex-thief who wants to go straight but is dragged back into crime by his brother Walter (Jack […]

Mar, 17

Cool Breeze ** (1972, Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher) – Classic Movie Review 8203

Writer-director Barry Pollack’s 1972 Cool Breeze is an interesting if ordinary blaxploitation thriller movie reworking (for the third time) of the 1950 classic The Asphalt Jungle, with a predominately black cast headed by Jim Watkins […]

Mar, 06

No Road Back ** (1957, Skip Homeier, Paul Carpenter, Patricia Dainton, Norman Wooland, Margaret Rawlings, Eleanor Summerfield, Alfie Bass, Sean Connery, Philip Ray) – Classic Movie Review 8032

Six years after his first London stage appearance in South Pacific, Connery, aged 27, makes his film debut proper as Spike in a small part in director Montgomery Tully’s 1957 British black and white B-movie […]

Jan, 18

Payroll [I Promised to Pay] **** (1961, Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas, Kenneth Griffith, Tom Bell) – Classic Movie Review 7,787

Michael Craig and Billie Whitelaw star in the 1961 British noir crime thriller film Payroll about a group of four criminals who plan a wages robbery on a payroll van that ends in disaster.  Director Sidney […]

Nov, 14

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