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It All Came True *** (1940, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 11,092
Director Lewis Seiler’s 1940 Warner Bros black and white comedy crime drama It All Came True is a virtually unknown Humphrey Bogart movie from just before his best period. Bogart plays a crooked mobster nightclub […]
Lucky Luciano ***** (1973, Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Edmond O’Brien, Rod Steiger, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates) – Classic Movie Review 11,073
Gian Maria Volontè stars brilliantly as Sicilian-American Mafia boss gangster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano, in Francesco Rosi’s superb 1973 Technicolor biopic Lucky Luciano. The detailed screenplay covers the mobster’s life from 1946, when the Americans gave […]
Capone ** (1975, Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, Harry Guardino, John Cassavetes, John Davis Chandler, Frank Campanella, Sylvester Stallone) – Classic Movie Review 10,626
Director Steve Carver’s and producer Roger Corman’s 1975 crime thriller biopic Capone stars as Al Capone Ben Gazzara, who chews on his cigar (but not the scenery this time) and chomps out his words, giving […]
The Big Operator *** (1959, Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, Ray Danton) – Classic Movie Review 10,121
Director Charles F Haas’s 1959 crime thriller The Big Operator [Anatomy of a Syndicate] stars Mickey Rooney as a union racketeer called Little Joe Braun, who sets off on the rampage when the US Senate […]
The Garment Jungle *** (1957, Lee J Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala) – Classic Movie Review 10,080
Directors Robert Aldrich and Vincent Sherman’s 1957 gritty, realistic, involving film noir crime drama The Garment Jungle is about mobsters and unionisation in New York’s clothing district and the troubles faced by hard-nosed garment factory […]
Betsy’s Wedding **** (1990, Alan Alda, Molly Ringwald, Joey Bishop) – Classic Movie Review 9916
The sweet 1990 comedy Betsy’s Wedding is a tour-de-force for Alan Alda. Alda writes, directs and stars in this warm and funny comedy about a man who will do anything to give his kooky daughter […]
Strictly Sinatra ** (2001, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 9,492
Ian Hart from Liverpool manages a decent Scots accent and a nifty vocal impression of Frank Sinatra, as Toni Cocozza, a Scottish-Italian club crooner obsessed with Ol’ Blue Eyes, in writer-director Peter Capaldi’s 2001 British drama […]