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The Mummy’s Shroud *** (1967, André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck) – Classic Movie Review 3272

Eddie Powell plays the mummy of an Egyptian slave who is brought back to life in the England of 1920 in director John Gilling’s atmospheric 1967 Hammer horror – the third part of the series following […]

Jan, 29

The Pirates of Blood River *** (1962, Christopher Lee, Kerwin Mathews, Peter Arne, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper, Andrew Keir, Glenn Corbett) – Classic Movie Review 3280

In co-writer/director John Gilling’s 1962 high adventure yarn The Pirates of Blood River, pirates attack the French Huguenots for their gold. The movie stars Kerwin Mathews as the dashing Huguenot hero Jonathon Standing battling the […]

Jan, 18

The Scarlet Blade *** (1963, Oliver Reed, Lionel Jeffries, Jack Hedley, June Thorburn, Duncan Lamont, Michael Ripper, Suzan Farmer) – Classic Movie Review 3279

Writer-director John Gilling’s bright and jolly 1963 Hammer Films period adventure movie The Scarlet Blade stars a dashing young Oliver Reed, who grabs his turn to swash an athletic buckle as the star of producer […]

Jan, 18

The Devil-Ship Pirates *** (1964, Christopher Lee, John Cairney, Barry Warren, Ernest Clark, Andrew Keir, Michael Ripper, Duncan Lamont, Suzan Farmer, Natasha Pyne) – Classic Movie Review 3278

Christopher Lee stars in a good role for him as Spanish pirate ship’s captain Robeles, who suffers damage fighting on the side of the Spanish Armada and terrorises the English villagers at a small and […]

Jan, 18

The Creeping Flesh *** (1973, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Lorna Heilbron) – Classic Movie Review 3080

Director Freddie Francis’s 1972 British film for Tigon is a creaky but effective Victorian-age horror movie, with the perfect team for this sort of thing – Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as Victorian sibling rivals. […]

Nov, 23

The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery ** (1966, George Cole, Frankie Howerd, Dora Bryan, Reg Varney) – Classic Movie Review 2,798

In the 1966 fourth episode of the series, The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery, the school for scandal St Trinian’s is providing the cover for great train robbers. George Cole appears one last time as Flash Harry, […]

Aug, 10

The Punch and Judy Man *** (1963, Tony Hancock, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Fraser, John le Mesurier, Hugh Lloyd, Barbara Murray) – Classic Movie Review 2106

Director Jeremy Summers’s 1963 British black and white comedy The Punch and Judy Man finds Tony Hancock leaving his comfort zone safety of East Cheam, the location of his mega-hit radio and TV show Hancock’s Half […]

Jan, 23

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