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Flannelfoot *** (1953, Ronald Howard, Mary Germaine, Jack Watling, Ronald Adam) – Classic Movie Review 13,437

The 1953 British crime thriller film Flannelfoot about a notorious jewel thief and murderer stars Ronald Howard, Mary Germaine, Jack Watling, and Ronald Adam. Director Maclean Rogers’s 1953 crime film Flannelfoot is based on a […]

Mar, 22

Once More, My Darling *** (1949, Robert Montgomery, Ann Blyth, Jane Cowl) – Classic Movie Review 11,720

Director Robert Montgomery’s 1949 film Once More, My Darling is a charming, well-acted screwball romantic comedy about a cute young socialite Marita Connell (Ann Blyth) with stolen Nazi gems, who is wooed by high-powered attorney Collier […]

Nov, 12

Footsteps in the Dark *** (1941, Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 11,642

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1941 Footsteps in the Dark is a lively Forties comedy thriller, with Flynn cast against type in suit and bow-tie (looking a bit stiff and odd) as Francis Warren, an investment adviser […]

Oct, 11

Fric-Frac **** (1939, Michel Simon, Fernandel, Arletty) – Classic Movie Review 11,501

Three of France’s best ever film players, Fernandel, Michel Simon and Arletty, star in directors Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara’s bright and funny 1939  French comedy film Fric-Frac about jewellery shop salesman Marcel (Fernandel) mixed […]

Aug, 21

Raffles **** (1930, Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence, Bramwell Fletcher, Alison Skipworth) – Classic Movie Review 9,526

Ronald Colman’s suave charisma is perfect for E W Hornung’s cricketer and amateur cracksman A J Raffles in the crisp, fast moving and very entertaining 1930 first talkie version of the perennially popular crime mystery […]

Mar, 18

A Fine Pair [Ruba al prossimo tuo] ** (1968, Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian) – Classic Movie Review 8819

Director Francesco Maselli’s below-par 1968 Swinging Sixties Italian comedy thriller A Fine Pair [Ruba al prossimo tuo] stars Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale, reunited from Blindfold (1966), who make a fine pair as a married […]

Aug, 11

Enter Arsène Lupin *** (1944, Charles Korvin, Ella Raines, J Carrol Naish, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz, Miles Mander, Leyland Hodgson) – Classic Movie Review 8678

Director Ford Beebe’s likeable and entertaining 1944 Universal Pictures black and white crime drama/ film noir thriller Enter Arsène Lupin stars Charles Korvin as the sophisticated Gallic gentleman jewel thief Arsène Lupin. Ella Raines is his […]

Jul, 05

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