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- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
- Man at the Carlton Tower *** (1961, Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Allan Cuthbertson) – Classic Movie Review 13,324
- Beyond the Door [Chi Sei?] [The Devil Within Her] * (1974, Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, Elizabeth Turner, David Colin Jr) – Classic Movie Review 13,323
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- Blood Red ** (1989, Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 13,321
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The Bachelor ** (1999, Chris O’Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Artie Lange, Marley Shelton, Brooke Shields, Mariah Carey, Peter Ustinov, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Edward Asner) – Classic Movie Review 4531
Chris O’Donnell takes the title role, as Jimmie Shannon, a commitment-phobic man who has to marry by the time he is 30 to claim his $100 million inheritance. Drably unfunny and listlessly acted, the story only […]
The Cheyenne Social Club *** (1970, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Anne Langdon) – Classic Movie Review 3944
James Stewart and Henry Fonda star as ageing wandering cowboys who inherit a whorehouse – the Cheyenne Social Club of the title – run by its feisty madame, Jenny (Shirley Jones). Prim and proper John […]
Paranoiac ***½ (1963, Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, Liliane Brousse) – Classic Movie Review 3305
Hammer Films’ 1963 thriller Paranoiac is loosely based on Josephine Tey’s brilliant novel Brat Farrar, in which a charming young man long believed dead returns to his family estate to claim his inheritance. Director Freddie […]
Of Human Bondage **** (1934, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Reginald Owen, Reginald Denny, Reginald Sheffield, Kay Johnson, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 2694
Director John Cromwell’s 1934 romantic drama Of Human Bondage stars the 26-year-old Bette Davis, who after three years in the business finally shoots to stardom as the cold and unfeeling trampy cockney waitress Mildred Rogers, who […]
Laughter in Paradise **** (1951, Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Guy Middleton) – Classic Movie Review 2625
Producer-director Mario Zampi’s delightful 1951 British comedy is a minor classic, enshrining one of Alastair Sim’s most treasurable performances as a henpecked thriller writer and providing eagerly grabbed showcases for showy turns by some of […]
The Heiress ***** (1949, Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 2,446
William Wyler’s elegant 1949 film of Henry James’s 1880 novel Washington Square, set in 19th century New York, is supremely satisfying. The Heiress got great reviews and won four Oscars, with Olivia de Havilland taking […]
Juno and the Paycock *** (1929, Edward Chapman, Sara Allgood, Maire O’Neill, Kathleen O’Regan, John Laurie) – Classic Movie Review 2290
Director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville make rather heavy weather of their struggle with their 1929 movie adaptation of Sean O’Casey’s doomy successful classic play about a hard-pressed family living in the slums of Dublin […]