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Union Station **** (1950, William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,079

Director Rudolph Maté’s suspenseful and entertaining 1950 black and white Paramount Pictures crime drama film noir thriller Union Station is adapted from Thomas Walsh’s Edgar-winning novel Nightmare in Manhattan, and stars William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, […]

Apr, 21

The Prince of Pennsylvania ** (1988, Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan) – Classic Movie Review 12,028

Writer-director Ron Nyswaner’s inventive 1988 black comedy drama film The Prince of Pennsylvania stars Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, and Amy Madigan. Keanu Reeves plays Rupert Marshetta, an oddball misfit youngster in love with […]

Mar, 27

The Enemy ** (2001, Luke Perry, Roger Moore, Olivia D’Abo, Horst Buchholz, Tom Conti) – Classic Movie Review 11,868

Director Tom Kinnimont’s 2001 film The Enemy is a tense, fast-moving, old-style action thriller, based on a novel by Desmond Bagley and starring Luke Perry, Roger Moore, Olivia D’Abo, Horst Buchholz and Tom Conti. In […]

Jan, 21

Rider from Tucson *** (1950, Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Veda Ann Borg, Douglas Fowley, Marshall Reed, Warren Phipps, Elaine Riley) – Classic Movie Review 11,504

Director Lesley Selander’s 1950 RKO Pictures black and white hour-long Western film Rider from Tucson stars Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Veda Ann Borg, Douglas Fowley, Marshall Reed, Warren Phipps and Elaine Riley. Cowpunchers Dave Saunders […]

Aug, 22

The Squeeze ***½ (1977, Stacy Keach, David Hemmings, Edward Fox, Stephen Boyd, Carol White, Freddie Starr) – Classic Movie Review 11,430

Director Michael Apted’s 1977 gangster film The Squeeze is a tough and gritty Seventies British action thriller aping an American genre, in which disgraced, alcoholic detective Jim Naboth (Stacy Keach), fired from the police force […]

Jul, 29

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man [La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo] **** (1981, Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Laura Morante) – Classic Movie Review 9406

There is a fine mix of the personal and the political in writer-director Bernardo Bertolucci’s distinguished, carefully studied inquiry into the use of terror by and against the state, and sharply relevant comment on the […]

Feb, 21

The Collector **** (1965, Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne) – Classic Movie Review 8681

Director William Wyler’s 1965 The Collector stars Terence Stamp as a dangerously withdrawn, deranged bank clerk and butterfly collector called Freddie Clegg, who decides to collect human specimens, and abducts a young woman art student […]

Jul, 07

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