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The Dragon Murder Case *** (1934, Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot) – Classic Movie Review 11,312

‘PHILO VANCE TACKLES A MONSTER! ‘ Warren William takes over effectively from William Powell as private detective Philo Vance in director H Bruce Humberstone’s efficient 1934 mystery thriller The Dragon Murder Case, shot at Warner […]

Jun, 15

An American Dream [See You in Hell, Darling] ** (1966, Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 11,290

The 1966 Technicolor thriller film An American Dream is based on the novel by Norman Mailer, and stars Stuart Whitman and Janet Leigh. After it bombed at the box office, Warner Bros re-titled it See […]

Jun, 09

Cop’s Honour [Parole de Flic] *** (1985, Alain Delon, Jacques Perrin, Fiona Gélin) – Classic Movie Review 11,193

The tense and robust 1985 French action crime thriller film Cop’s Honour [Parole de Flic] is produced by and stars Alain Delon in his welcome return to crime films after more personal dramatic films. French […]

May, 11

Fingers at the Window *** (1942, Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,163

‘DANGER AT NIGHTFALL!  ROMANCE AT DAYBREAK!’ Lew Ayres described director Charles Lederer’s 1942 MGM black and white film noir mystery chiller Fingers at the Window as ‘the kind of picture actors do when they need […]

May, 04

The Young Americans * (1993, Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Terence Rigby) – Classic Movie Review 11,125

‘London Is Not Only Losing Her Soul To The Americans, She’s Selling It.’ Co-writer /director Danny Cannon’s 1993 unpersuasive British police thriller The Young Americans stars Harvey Keitel as hardened New York Police Detective John […]

Apr, 22

The Man on the Roof [Mannen på taket] *** (1976, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg) – Classic Movie Review 11,084

Director Bo Widerberg’s 1976 Swedish film The Man on the Roof [Mannen pò Taket] starts with the brutal killing of a police inspector in a hospital in Stockholm that initiates a manhunt led by detective […]

Apr, 09

Man on the Run ** (1949, Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Laurence Harvey, Kenneth More) – Classic Movie Review 11,083

The 1949 black and white film noir Man on the Run is a humdrum British post-war thriller with a familiar plot, but it is given a little bit of a lift with decent acting and […]

Apr, 09

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