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Scandal Sheet * (1939, Otto Kruger, Ona Munson, Edward Norris) – Classic Movie Review 11,914

Director Nick Grinde’s 1939 Columbia Pictures black and white crime drama film Scandal Sheet is a rough-hewn, melodramatic newspaper yarn with tough scandal sheet tabloid editor Jim Stevenson (Otto Kruger) ready to kill to stop […]

Feb, 07

Scandal Sheet ** (1938, Lew Ayres, Louise Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 11,913

Director James Hogan’s 1938 Paramount Productions black and white drama film Scandal Sheet is based on the original story Suburb by Vera Caspary, and stars Lew Ayres and Louise Campbell. A woman called Nora Langdon […]

Feb, 07

The Fat Man *** (1951, J Scott Smart, Rock Hudson, Julie London, Clinton Sundberg, Jayne Meadows, John Russell, Jerome Cowan, Emmett Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 11,844

Director William Castle’s twisty and satisfying 1951 American film noir detective crime thriller The Fat Man stars J Scott Smart as Dashiell Hammett’s tubby sleuth Brad Runyan (50s radio’s The Fat Man) on the trail of […]

Jan, 13

The Secret in Their Eyes [El secreto de sus ojos] **** (2009, Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella) – Classic Movie Review 11,657

Ah yes, the 2010 Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, for Argentina. The Secret in Their Eyes [El secreto de sus ojos] is a classy, haunting, and beautifully acted 2009 Argentinian crime drama film, […]

Oct, 17

How to Murder a Rich Uncle *** (1957, Nigel Patrick, Charles Coburn, Katie Johnson, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Newley, Athene Seyler, Michael Caine) – Classic Movie Review 11,580

Director Nigel Patrick’s 1957 British black and white comedy film How to Murder a Rich Uncle stars Nigel Patrick, Charles Coburn, Katie Johnson, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Newley, Athene Seyler and Michael Caine. How to Murder […]

Sep, 16

Ten Days’ Wonder [La Décade prodigieuse] *** (1971, Orson Welles, Marlène Jobert, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli) – Classic Movie Review 11,579

Director Claude Chabrol’s fascinating 1971 French murder-mystery film Ten Days’ Wonder [La Décade prodigieuse] stars Orson Welles, Marlène Jobert, Anthony Perkins, and Michel Piccoli. Intriguing as it always is, Chabrol defined it as a ‘failed film’ […]

Sep, 16

The House on 56th Street ** (1933, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond, John Halliday, Margaret Lindsay) – Classic Movie Review 11,465

Director Robert Florey’s 1933 Warner Bros American pre-Code melodrama film The House on 56th Street stars Kay Francis as Peggy Martin Van Tyle aka Peggy Stone, a wronged woman sent to prison for 20 years […]

Aug, 09

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