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Cast a Giant Shadow *** (1966, Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson) – Classic Movie Review 7139

Cast a Giant Shadow *** (1966, Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson) – Classic Movie Review 7139

Ted Berkman’s first book Cast a Giant Shadow is about ‘Mickey Marcus’, a real-life Jewish-American West Point graduate who commanded units of the fledgling Israeli Defence Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It makes challenging source material for any film maker. Writer-producer-director […]

Jun, 09

Only the Valiant *** (1951, Gregory Peck, Ward Bond, Gig Young, Lon Chaney Jr, Barbara Payton, Neville Brand, Jeff Corey, Warner Anderson, Steve Brodie) – Classic Movie Review 6952

‘THEY WERE SIX AND THEY FOUGHT LIKE SIX HUNDRED!’ Director Gordon Douglas’s 1950 Western is based on the 1943 novel by Charles Marquis Warren and is basically a dirty-half-dozen, with plenty of manly appeal. Gregory Peck […]

Apr, 21

Toy Soldiers *** (1991, Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, R Lee Ermey, Mason Adams, Denholm Elliott, Louis Gossett Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6735

Director Daniel Petrie Jr’s engaging 1991 movie stars the 20-year-old cheeky-faced cherub Sean Astin as Billy Tepper, whose title gang of naughty but nice schoolboys do good when Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff)’s evil Colombian terrorists take […]

Feb, 25

Tribes [The Soldier Who Declared Peace] **** (1970, Jan-Michael Vincent, Darren McGavin, Earl Holliman) – Classic Movie Review 6733

Director Joseph Sargent’s 1970 American TV movie Tribes was thought good enough to show in British cinemas, with its powerful tale of a grizzled US Marine Corps drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Tom Drake (Darren McGavin), taking on […]

Feb, 24

The Americanization of Emily *** (1964, Julie Andrews, James Garner, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Liz Fraser, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Binns, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6537

Julie Andrews and James Garner shine in director Arthur Hiller’s amusing 1964 dark-toned sex comedy, set in the UK during the build-up to D-Day in 1944. It was nominated for two Oscars. Julie Andrews plays […]

Jan, 08

A Separate Peace *** (1972, John Heyl, Parker Stevenson, William Roerick) – Classic Movie Review 5972

Larry Pearce’s 1972 coming-of-age drama film A Separate Peace films the 1959 novel by John Knowles that tells the delicate, trail-blazing tale of the special friendship of two schoolboy roomies (John Heyl, Parker Stevenson) in […]

Aug, 26

Missing ***** (1982, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron) – Classic Movie Review 5879

Writer-director Constantin Costa-Gavras’s 1982 political thriller is tremendously well-handled, targeted for maximum emotional impact, with the director maintaining high dramatic tension and a dynamic pace throughout. Jack Lemmon gives a superb performance as Ed Horman, […]

Aug, 08

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