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The Black Cobra [Cobra nero] * (1987, Fred Williamson, Eva Grimaldi, Bruno Bilotta) – Classic Movie Review 3709

Fred Williamson stars as maverick lone cop Detective Robert Malone, who tries to stop a crazy biker gang terrorising a woman photographer, in director Stelvio Massi’s grim and trashy 1987 action thriller, written by Danilo Massi. The […]

May, 15

Earthquake **** (1974, Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Geneviève Bujold, Lorne Greene, Richard Roundtree, Lloyd Nolan, Marjoe Gortner, Victoria Principal, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 3431

Director Mark Robson’s epic 1974 disaster movie is preposterously entertaining with the right manly main star in Charlton Heston (as construction engineer Stuart Graff), an ambitious, costly production, tedious personal dramas and excellent Oscar-winning visual […]

Mar, 01

Les Misérables *** (1948, Gino Cervi, Valentina Cortese, Hans Hinrich ) – Classic Movie Review 3150

Gino Cervi is very solid as the hounded hero Jean Valjean in director Riccardo Freda’s lesser, but still well made and enjoyable 1948 Italian reworking of the Victor Hugo tale of social injustice and despair. […]

Dec, 13

The Testament of Dr Mabuse [Das Testament des Dr Mabuse] **** (1933, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl) – Classic Movie Review 2987

In 1933 German meister director Fritz Lang brings back his evil crime baron Dr Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) from his 1922 silent classic Doctor Mabuse the Gambler [Dr Mabuse, King of Crime] and creates a meisterwerk. It […]

Oct, 17

Zabriskie Point **** (1970, Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Rod Taylor, Paul Fix) – Classic Movie Review 2840

Co-writer/director Michelangelo Antonioni’s fascinating if somewhat misguided 1970 American odyssey film Zabriskie Point follows the misadventures of student radical dropout Mark (Mark Frechette). He is accused of a cop’s murder during a student riot, pilots […]

Aug, 22

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 […]

Apr, 13

Call Northside 777 ***** (1948, James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J Cobb, Helen Walker) – Classic Movie Review 2,071

The classic 1948 film noir thriller Call Northside 777 is excellent of its documentary-style type. James Stewart plays a real-life Chicago reporter who proved a man in prison for murder was wrongly convicted 11 years […]

Jan, 11

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