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The Lodger [The Phantom Fiend] *** (1932, Ivor Novello, Elizabeth Allan, A W Baskcomb, Barbara Everest, Jack Hawkins) – Classic Movie Review 2640
Re-creating his role from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent classic, Ivor Novello plays a mysterious stranger who may, or may not, be a Jack the Ripper-style serial killer, in the 1932 British film The Lodger. Ivor […]
The Burning [Ardor] *** (2014, Gael García Bernal, Alice Braga, Chico Díaz) – Movie Review
Gael García Bernal stars as Kai, a mysterious tattooed stranger who emerges from the Argentinian rainforest to rescue farm girl Vania (Alice Braga), the kidnapped daughter of a poor farmer, after mercenaries murder her father […]
The Blue Gardenia **** (1953, Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 2,600
Fritz Lang said: ‘I had to shoot The Blue Gardenia in 20 days. Maybe that’s what made me so venomous.’ The moody 1953 film noir crime thriller stars Anne Baxter, Raymond Burr, Richard Conte and […]
Human Desire **** (1954, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 2,599
Fritz Lang’s moody 1954 thriller film noir Human Desire is a follow-up to his 1953 success The Big Heat, and again stars both Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame. Director Fritz Lang’s moody 1954 thriller film […]
Witness for the Prosecution **** (1957, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Una O’Connor, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 2576
Co-writer/director Billy Wilder’s excellent 1957 movie version of Agatha Christie’s ingenious if a shade creaky London-set courtroom thriller is witty, suspenseful and hugely entertaining. Christie’s 1952 international stage success is based on her 1925 short story Traitor’s […]
The Big Clock **** (1948, Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 2575
Charles Laughton grabs the opportunity to shine in director John Farrow’s outstanding 1948 Hitchcockian thriller The Big Clock. In director John Farrow’s outstanding 1948 Hitchcockian black-and-white film noir thriller The Big Clock, Charles Laughton grabs the […]
The Big Combo **** (1955, Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace) – Classic Movie Review 2,569
Joseph H Lewis’s classic 1955 B-movie film noir thriller The Big Combo is ultra-tough for its day. It pushed a few boundaries and got into censorship problems with its slant on a regulation tale about […]