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The Murder of Mary Phagan **** (1988, Jack Lemmon, Richard Jordan, Robert Prosky, Peter Gallagher) – Classic Movie Review 12,470

The distinguished 1988 TV miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan focuses on the murder of an Atlanta factory girl in 1913 and the investigation and trial of her Jewish boss, Leo Frank (Peter Gallagher).  The […]

Apr, 07

Le Meurtrier [Enough Rope] **** (1963, Gert Fröbe, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux, Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein) – Classic Movie Review 12,242

Gert Fröbe and Maurice Ronet star in the stylish 1963 French thriller film Le Meurtrier [Enough Rope], based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1954 novel The Blunderer. Its director Claude Autant-Lara said: ‘If a film does not […]

Jul, 21

Nightmare ** (1942, Diana Barrymore, Brian Donlevy, Henry Daniell, Eustace Wyatt, David Clyde, Gavin Muir) – Classic Movie Review 12,165

Brian Donlevy plays an ex-gambler who helps beautiful widow Diana Barrymore and becomes involved with a murder, spies and saboteurs, in the 1942 thriller Nightmare. Director Tim Whelan’s 1942 American Universal Pictures black and white […]

Jun, 08

The Murder Man *** (1935, Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, James Stewart, Harvey Stephens, William Collier Sr, Bobby Watson, William Demarest, Robert Barrat) – Classic Movie Review 12,119

Director Tim Whelan’s 1935 American crime-drama film The Murder Man is Spencer Tracy’s first film for MGM, a humble, quickly made thriller with Tracy as a tough crime reporter called Steve Grey, who kills financier Harvey […]

May, 14

Backfire! ** (1962, Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall, Oliver Johnston) – Classic Movie Review 12,106

Director Paul Almond’s 1962 British black and white Merton Park second feature thriller film Backfire! stars Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall and Oliver Johnston. It is a cheap and humble but reasonably satisfactory Edgar Wallace mystery […]

May, 07

Main Street after Dark ** (1945, Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter, Dan Duryea, Hume Cronyn, Dorothy Morris) – Classic Movie Review 12,055

The pleasingly played 1945 noir crime drama film Main Street after Dark stars Edward Arnold as Lieutenant Lorrigan, who takes a dim view of a criminal family of pickpockets (Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter). […]

Apr, 11

Lady on a Train *** (1945, Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 12,000

Director Charles David’s 1945 American whodunit film noir crime thriller Lady on a Train is based on an original story by Leslie Charteris, and stars Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, and Edward Everett Horton. […]

Mar, 11

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