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The Company She Keeps *** (1951, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer, Dennis O’Keefe) – Classic Movie Review 10,979

Jeff Bridges makes his film debut as a baby in the 1951 drama The Company She Keeps starring Lizabeth Scott and Jane Greer. The six-month-old Jeff was supposed to cry and apparently wasn’t much of […]

Mar, 02

Tough Guys *** (1986, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Eli Wallach, Dana Carvey) – Classic Movie Review 10,756

Septuagenarian buddies Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas unite for the seventh (and last) time for director Jeff Kanew’s 1986 film Tough Guys, an amiable, entertaining caper about elderly train robbers Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie […]

Jan, 06

I Believe in You ** (1952, Cecil Parker, Celia Johnson, Godfrey Tearle, Harry Fowler, Joan Collins, Laurence Harvey, George Relph) – Classic Movie Review 9,327

Joan Collins (as good-time girl Norma), Laurence Harvey (as spiv Jordie) and Harry Fowler (as decent young lad Hooker) play a trio of young offenders in Ealing Studios’ 1952 British drama film I Believe in […]

Jan, 31

Levity ** (2003, Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst) – Classic Movie Review 7673

Director Ed Solomon’s intelligent, well-made 2003 crime drama Levity finds Billy Bob Thornton working hard and effectively as Manuel Jordan, an ex-con looking for redemption after killing a teen while carrying out a robbery 20 […]

Oct, 18

Straight Time **** (1978, Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, M Emmet Walsh, Harry Dean Stanton, Kathy Bates) – Classic Movie Review 5,470

The 1978 crime drama film Straight Time is a downbeat but still gripping movie. Dustin Hoffman commands the screen as Max Dembo, a seedy ex-con released on parole but dragged back into a life of […]

May, 18

The Big House **** (1930, Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone) – Classic Movie Review 5346

Author Frances Marion won the Academy Award for writing the story and dialogue (Best Writing Achievement) of director George Hill’s convincing, mould-forming 1930 prison drama. Sound director Douglas Shearer also won the first Academy Award […]

Apr, 26

Invisible Stripes *** (1939, George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart) – Classic Movie Review 5077

William Holden stars with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart in the Warner Bros gangster flick Invisible Stripes (1939). In the first of their two films together, George Raft and Humphrey Bogart make a good team […]

Feb, 28

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