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The Small Back Room [Hour of Glory] **** (1949, David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 5,502

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1949 British thriller The Small Back Room is an intricate film of the excellent 1943 Nigel Balchin novel about a bitter World War Two bomb expert and his battle to […]

May, 26

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing ***** (1941, Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Bernard Miles, Googie Withers, Pamela Brown, Peter Ustinov) – Classic Movie Review 5433

One of our British bombers – B for Bertie – is damaged by Nazi anti-aircraft fire and has come down in Holland where its stalwart pukka British crew (played by Hugh Burden, Eric Portman, Hugh […]

May, 11

I Know Where I’m Going! **** (1945, Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney) – Classic Movie Review 618

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s typically idiosyncratic 1945 romantic comedy is simply enchanting. The film boasts irresistible acting from the great cast of some of Britain’s most reliable performers of the day, a lovely screenplay with […]

Jan, 03

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