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Face the Music [The Black Glove] ** (1954, Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield, John Salew) – Classic Movie Review 10,897

For the 1954 black and white crime thriller Face the Music [The Black Glove], Hammer Films brought US action star Alex Nicol over to Britain to play a trumpeter who has to show he wasn’t […]

Feb, 09

Another Man’s Poison **½ (1951, Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel, Barbara Murray) – Classic Movie Review 10,345

‘She Had Everything You Could Give A Woman To Torment A Man!’ Bette Davis (fresh from her All About Eve triumph) and her Hollywood director Irving Rapper came to England to try their luck with […]

Sep, 24

Juggernaut ** (1936, Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson) – Classic Movie Review 10,060

Director Henry Edwards’s 1936 British mystery thriller Juggernaut stars Boris Karloff as evil Doctor Victor Sartorius, who plots with greedy Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) to kill her rich old husband Sir Charles (Morton Selten) […]

Jul, 19

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye *** (1985, Joan Hickson, Timothy West, Fabia Drake) – Classic Movie Review 9,622

The 1985 TV movie Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye again stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her fourth case as the BBC’s detective Miss Marple, based on the novel by Agatha Christie.  Director Guy […]

Apr, 09

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger **** (1985, Joan Hickson, Michael Culver, Elizabeth Counsell) – Classic Movie Review 9,610

Director John Boulting’s 1985 BBC two-episode TV mini-series Miss Marple: The Moving Finger stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her second case as the BBC’s Miss Marple, based on the 1942 novel by Agatha Christie, […]

Apr, 07

Mr Moto’s Gamble ** (1938, Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari, Douglas Fowley, Jayne Regan, Harold Huber) – Classic Movie Review 9064

Director James Tinling’s 1938 20th Century Fox crime mystery series thriller Mr Moto’s Gamble is the third movie in Peter Lorre’s enjoyable casebook. The original screenplay is by Charles Belden and Jerome Cady, based on […]

Nov, 10

Mourning Becomes Electra ** (1947, Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Coleman, Leo Genn, Henry Hull) – Classic Movie Review 7263

Ah, yes, ‘Mother and Daughter Loving the Same Man!’ That idea could make an American romcom or it could be a Greek tragedy. Certainly here we don’t see the funny side of it. Writer/ producer/ […]

Jul, 07

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