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All the King’s Men **** (1949, Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru, John Derek) – Classic Movie Review 3045

Writer-director Robert Rossen’s 1949 drama stars Broderick Crawford, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as decent but ambitious Southern politician Willie Stark. But he loses his scruples climbing up the ladder to political success as […]

Nov, 09

Rogues of Sherwood Forest *** (1950, John Derek, George Macready, Alan Hale, Billy House, Billy Bevan, Diana Lynn, Paul Cavanagh, Lowell Gilmore, Lester Matthews) – Classic Movie Review 3037

In 1950 a young and dashing John Derek (later the husband of Bo Derek) played Robin Hood’s son, also Robin, the Earl of Huntington, battling King John over the Magna Carta in this sturdy, action-packed […]

Nov, 07

The Ten Commandments ****½ (1956, Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G Robinson, Anne Baxter, Nina Foch, Cedric Hardwicke, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek) – Classic Movie Review 2247

Director Cecil B DeMille remakes his 1923 silent film The Ten Commandments in 1956 with the help of Charlton Heston as Moses, Technicolor, VistaVision and Oscar-winning special effects. The Ten Commandments also stars Yul Brynner as […]

Mar, 09

Exodus *** (1960, Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford) – Classic Movie Review 1,948

Director Otto Preminger’s ambitious 1960 historical epic film Exodus about the birth of the state of Israel just never seems to end at 217 minutes. Comedian Mort Sahl, attending a preview, stood up and shouted: […]

Dec, 11

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