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The Bride Wore Boots ** (1946, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Patric Knowles, Peggy Wood, Robert Benchley) – Classic Movie Review 6767

Director Irving Pichel’s 1946 comedy stars Barbara Stanwyck as Southern heiress Sally Warren, a horsey woman married to Jeff (Robert Cummings), a writer who hates horses, so their marriage goes very bumpy. Sally runs a horse […]

Mar, 05

Bite the Bullet **** (1975, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 6736

Writer-producer-director Richard Brooks’s 1975 action adventure stars Gene Hackman (as Sam Clayton), Candice Bergen (as Miss Jones), James Coburn (as Luke Matthews), Ben Johnson (as Mister), Ian Bannen (as the Englishman Sir Harry Norfolk) and Jan-Michael […]

Feb, 26

Murphy’s Romance **** (1985, Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim) – Classic Movie Review 6457

Director Martin Ritt’s 1985 romance finally provides a great role for James Garner as Murphy, a crusty, widowed chemist who gradually falls for another of life’s waifs and strays – younger divorced mother Emma Moriarity (Sally […]

Dec, 23

Springfield Rifle ** (1952, Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Lon Chaney Jr, Paul Kelly, Philip Carey, Guinn Williams, Fess Parker, Martin Milner) – Classic Movie Review 6313

André de Toth’s strongly cast but mundanely written 1952 Warner Bros Western film Springfield Rifle stars Gary Cooper as Union officer Major Lex Kearney.  Director André de Toth’s strongly cast but mundanely written 1952 Warner […]

Nov, 25

Joe Kidd **** (1972, Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 6169

Director John Sturges’s 1972 movie, written by Elmore Leonard, shot by Bruce Surtees, produced by Sidney Beckerman and scored by Lalo Schifrin, is an underrated, largely forgotten Clint Eastwood genre Western. Running just 88 minutes, […]

Nov, 01

The Sundowners **** (1960, Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns, Peter Ustinov, Michael Anderson Jr, Dina Merrill, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 6165

Director Fred Zinnemann’s likeable, high, wide and handsome 1960 Australian adventure film stars Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr as an early 20th century Outback sheep herder/ drover and his wife. They argue about whether their nomadic Carmody […]

Oct, 31

Wise Guys * (1986, Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Patti LuPone, Dan Hedaya, Julie Bovasso) – Classic Movie Review 6045

Even Danny DeVito cannot rescue director Brian De Palma’s tasteless and unfunny 1986 gangster crime comedy about two hoodlums called Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein, played by DeVito and Saturday Night Live alumnus Joe Piscopo (who […]

Sep, 24

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