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Hidden Agenda **** (1990, Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling, Jim Norton) – Classic Movie Review 4,147
Ken Loach’s distinguished, controversial 1990 political thriller Hidden Agenda stars Brian Cox as a tough police detective investigating the murder of an American human rights lawyer in Belfast, with the help of the man’s girlfriend […]
Year of the Dragon **** (1985, Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane) – Classic Movie Review 3965
Director Michael Cimino’s ferocious 1985 thriller Year of the Dragon is complex and exciting. It boasts a convincingly dangerous star performance from Mickey Rourke as Stanley White, the police detective on the edge who is […]
Tightrope **** (1984, Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya) – Classic Movie Review 3815
Writer-director Richard Tuggle’s 1984 thriller is admittedly nasty and violent, but it also exciting, tense and suspenseful – and an underestimated, perhaps often misunderstood movie. It is rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, terror, violence and […]
The Hunted ***½ (1948, Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 3674
Director Jack Bernhard’s 1948 thriller is an expert, tense and moody film noir, in which Preston Foster stars as a cop probing a gem theft who finds his main squeeze (Belita) may be the criminal […]
Cruising ** (1980, Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen) – Classic Movie Review 2,974
William Friedkin’s infamous 1980 thriller film Cruising stars Al Pacino as New York City police detective Steve Burns, who goes undercover among the gay leather set to catch an S&M serial killer preying on gay […]
No Way to Treat a Lady **** (1968, Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal) – Classic Movie Review 2734
Lee Remick plays Kate Palmer, Segal’s bewildered gentile girlfriend, who unfortunately attracts a serial killer (Rod Steiger)’s evil attentions, in director Jack Smight’s tense, clever and extremely creepy 1968 black comedy thriller. Remick had everything […]
Detective Story **** (1951, Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O’Donnell, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 2385
Producer-director William Wyler’s 1951 sturdy and thoughtful film noir crime drama provides a great role for Kirk Douglas as hard-nosed cop Detective Jim McLeod. The story finds him confronting a sea of troubles and an ill […]