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The Gypsy Moths ** (1969, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson, William Windom, Bonnie Bedelia, Sheree North) – Classic Movie Review 9713

Director John Frankenheimer’s 1969 drama The Gypsy Moths is a dull and dour action adventure-cum-soap opera about three skydivers, Mike Rettig, Joe Browdy and Malcolm Webson (Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson), who arrive in […]

May, 04

The Stripper ** (1963, Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Robert Webber) – Classic Movie Review 9258

Director Franklin J Schaffner’s 1963 romantic drama The Stripper [Woman of Summer] stars the always-admirable Joanne Woodward, who builds up an ungrateful role as Lila Green, a washed-up showgirl/ struggling actress who is dumped by […]

Jan, 13

Fighting Man of the Plains *** (1949, Randolph Scott, Bill Williams, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 8637

Though nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary, director Edwin L Marin’s 1949 movie Fighting Man of the Plains is a good, solid action Western. Frank Gruber writes the screenplay, based on his novel. Randolph […]

Jun, 25

Wichita *** (1955, Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Wallace Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Peter Graves, John Smith) – Classic Movie Review 7578

‘Gateway to the West … Doorway to Hell!’ That is Wichita, the place. Wichita, the film is supposedly ‘The incredible but true story of WYATT EARP!’ Director Jacques Tourneur’s 1955 Western film Wichita stars reliable […]

Sep, 15

Kansas *** (1988, Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope) – Classic Movie Review 7330

Director David Stevens’s 1988 romantic crime thriller Kansas stars a finally clearly post-teen idol Matt Dillon (then 24), who is well cast as Doyle Kennedy, a psychopathic ex-convict who involves middle-class hitchhiker Wade Corey (Andrew […]

Jul, 23

Abilene Town ** (1946, Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming, Edgar Buchanan, Lloyd Bridges, Jack Lambert) – Classic Movie Review 6439

Director Edwin L Marin’s modest 1946 Western stars Randolph Scott as Dan Mitchell, the marshal trying to keep an uneasy peace between the murderous, grasping cattlemen and the peace-loving homesteaders in his Abilene, Kansas home […]

Dec, 20

Skin Game **** (1971, James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr, Susan Clark, Brenda Sykes, Edward Asner, Andrew Duggan, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 5977

James Garner stars as a con man called Quincy Drew who keeps selling his African American sidekick Jason O’Rourke (Louis Gossett Jr [Lou Gossett]) as a slave and then rescuing him. Jason keeps escaping and […]

Aug, 27

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