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Blind Date [Chance Meeting] *** (1959, Hardy Kruger, Stanley Baker, Micheline Presle, Robert Flemyng, Gordon Jackson, John Van Eyssen, Jack MacGowran) – Classic Movie Review 5841
Director Joseph Losey’s smart 1959 British murder mystery Blind Date [Chance Meeting], mostly told in flashback, stars Hardy Kruger as Jan Van Rooyer, a young Dutch painter in London who discovers the body of his […]
Jack the Ripper *** (1988, Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Susan George, Jane Seymour, Lewis Collins) – Classic Movie Review 5190
For writer-director David Wickes’s excellent 1988 two-part mini-series Jack the Ripper, Michael Caine returns to TV as Chief Inspector Fred Abberline, the boozy Scotland Yard man who investigates the notorious 1888 East End serial killer […]
Black Sabbath [I Tre Volti della Paura] ***½ (1963, Boris Karloff, Jacqueline Pierreux, Michèle Mercier, Mark Damon) – Classic Movie Review 4552
Co-writer/ director Mario Bava, the Italian chiller maestro, turns in an atmospheric, effective, visually splendid 1963 Italian horror anthology compendium movie of three Gothic tales. It is introduced by Boris Karloff, who also stars in […]
Poulet au vinaigre [Cop au Vin] **** (1985, Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 3551
Mystery genre master Claude Chabrol’s highly popular 1985 French cop thriller, wittily and punningly called Cop au Vin for its English-language release, is directed in style by the esteemed French director, expert concoctor of French provincial […]
Danger: Diabolik **** (1967, John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli, Adolfo Celi, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 3,528
Mario Bava’s bravura 1967 live-action comic film Danger: Diabolik stars the engaging John Phillip Law as black-clad master thief Diabolik, and rattles along from one hairy adventure to the next. It is a triumph of […]
Hell Is a City ***½ (1959, Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley, Billie Whitelaw, Warren Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 3461
Stanley Baker finds a strong vehicle in Hammer Films’ unusually energetic, atmospheric and swift-moving 1959 vintage crime thriller Hell Is a City, atmospherically shot largely on exteriors in Manchester, and topped of with an exciting, […]
The General ** (1998, Brendan Gleeson, Jon Voight, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 3331
Fancy two hours in the obnoxious company of a notorious Irish criminal called Martin Cahill, apparently a legend for his defiance of authority, relentless battle with the police and his weird family relationships? Well, maybe […]