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Made Men ** (1997, James Biberi, Thomas Calabro, Don Close, Cara Buono, Andrew Fiscella, Aida Turturro) – Classic Movie Review 5913
‘They grew up together. Life turned them into Made Men.’ James Biberi stars as hot-tempered Vinny Morganti, Andrew Fiscella as Sal Ponti, Thomas Calabro as Nicky ‘Shoes’ Piazza in co-writer/ co-producer/ director Don Close’s well-made, involving […]
Made Men *** (1999, James Belushi, Timothy Dalton, Michael Beach, Steve Railsback) – Classic Movie Review 5912
James Belushi stars as as Bill ‘The Mouth’ Manucci who steals $12 million from the Mob, and finds himself on the run from various low-lives and an unscrupulous cop, Sheriff Dex Drier (Timothy Dalton). Director Louis […]
Johnny O’Clock **** (1947, Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J Cobb, Ellen Drew, Nina Foch, Thomas Gomez) – Classic Movie Review 5,626
Dick Powell is on top form as a gambling parlour wise-guy mixed up in murders, in Robert Rossen’s very fine 1947 whodunit crime film noir thriller Johnny O’Clock. Writer-director Robert Rossen’s 1947 Columbia Pictures thriller […]
Married to the Mob **** (1988, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Trey Wilson, Joan Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 5351
Director Jonathan Demme’s 1988 sweet and sophisticated Mob movie Married to the Mob stars a drop-dead gorgeous Michelle Pfeiffer, who turns in another winning performance as Angela deMarco, a woman who finds herself in mortal peril […]
The Outfit **** (1973, Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Robert Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 5278
Writer-director John Flynn’s sweaty, nerve-jangling 1973 neo noir thriller combines a tremendous cast and a terrific basis in a stupendous source novel by Donald E Westlake (writing as Richard Stark). Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker […]
The Joker Is Wild ***½ (1957, Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Beverly Garland, Jackie Coogan, Sophie Tucker, Ted De Corsia, Barry Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 4721
Director Charles Vidor’s hit 1957 musical The Joker Is Wild stars Frank Sinatra as Twenties Chicago night-club/ speakeasy singer Joe E Lewis, who is invited to work for the Mob during the Prohibition era, and […]
The Mechanic **** (1972, Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 4608
Director Michael Winner’s 1972 American action thriller The Mechanic is violent, gripping, exciting and slickly crafted. Charles Bronson stars in one of his key roles as Arthur Bishop, the Killer of Killers, an aging mob […]