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Posts Tagged "Kirk Douglas"
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It Runs in the Family *** (2003, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Bernadette Peters, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, Michelle Monaghan, Rory Culkin) – Classic Movie Review 5094
The long-awaited meeting of Michael Douglas and his father Kirk Douglas on film had to wait till Kirk was 87 and had suffered a major stroke. Still, better late than never. In director Fred Schepisi’s […]
Last Train from Gun Hill **** (1959, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Brian G Hutton, Brad Dexter) – Classic Movie Review 3,409
The brilliant 1959 Western film Last Train from Gun Hill comes from the star, director and producer of Gunfight at the OK Corral. Kirk Douglas stars as Marshal Matt Morgan, determined to bring his wife’s […]
The Indian Fighter ***½ (1955, Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Diana Douglas, Lon Chaney Jnr, Alan Hale Jnr, Elisha Cook Jnr) – Classic Movie Review 3401
Director André de Toth’s upper middle-of-the-range 1955 Western provides a good star role for Kirk Douglas, who plays The Indian Fighter conducting the wagon train across hostile Sioux land when he gets involved with a […]
Trumbo **** (2015, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elle Fanning) – Movie Review
Director Jay Roach’s riveting 2015 movie tells the crucial story of the diabolical Hollywood blacklist and America’s persecution of left-wingers and radicals that brought appalling harm to individuals, some jailed after committing no crime, and shame […]
Seven Days in May ***** (1964, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Martin Balsam, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 2533
Fired up director John Frankenheimer’s 1964 paranoia conspiracy thriller simmers with tension and delivers edge-of-the-seat suspense in a story that is all about right-wing general James Mattoon Scott (Burt Lancaster)’s coup with other military leaders […]
A Letter to Three Wives **** (1949, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 2416
Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz (All About Eve, Cleopatra) won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Screenplay for his work on this delightful 1949 suburban satire, examining the thorny question of husband and wife relationships. […]
Detective Story **** (1951, Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O’Donnell, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 2385
Producer-director William Wyler’s 1951 sturdy and thoughtful film noir crime drama provides a great role for Kirk Douglas as hard-nosed cop Detective Jim McLeod. The story finds him confronting a sea of troubles and an ill […]