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Tony Rome **** (1967, Frank Sinatra, Jill St John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland, Jeffrey Lynn, Sue Lyon, Lloyd Bochner, Robert J Wilke) – Classic Movie Review 3994
The sizzling 1967 neo-noir thriller film Tony Rome finds Frank Sinatra enjoying a classic hard-boiled detective role as tough Miami private investigator Tony Rome, an ex-cop who lives on a powerboat called Straight Pass. Director […]
Never Mention Murder **½ (1964, Dudley Foster, Maxine Audley, Peter Butterworth, Michael Coles, Pauline Yates) – Classic Movie Review 3,681
Dudley Foster stars as a creepy murderous chief surgeon in the tense, gripping and worthwhile 1964 Edgar Wallace crime thriller Never Mention Murder. Director John Nelson Burton’s 1964 British second feature mystery film Never Mention […]
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter **** (1974, James Garner, Lindsay Wagner, Joe Santos, William Smith, Nita Talbot, Stuart Margolin, Bill Mumy, Michael Lerner) – Classic Movie Review 3489
James Garner creates the role he was born for – the cynical ex-convict turned private eye Jim Rockford who investigates cases the cops can’t solve – in this extremely engaging pilot for his hit TV […]
Gumshoe **** (1971, Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule, Carolyn Seymour, Fulton Mackay) – Classic Movie Review 3328
Director Stephen Frears’s excellent 1971 British neo-noir retro-gangster yarn provides a heaven-sent acting opportunity for Albert Finney as Eddie Ginley, a music-hall comedian/ nightclub bingo caller who really wants to be Dashiell Hammett’s legendary fictional […]
8MM [Eight Millimeter] *** (1999, Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini) – Classic Movie Review 3091
Director Joel Schumacher’s 1999 thriller stars Nicolas Cage as Tom Welles, a surveillance specialist with a modest home-based business. Welles is called in by a rich old lady and her lawyer Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald) […]
Eye of the Beholder ** (1999, Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, k d lang, Genevieve Bujold, Patrick Bergin, Jason Priestley) – Classic Movie Review 3035
Writer/director Stephan Elliott’s 1999 film Eye of the Beholder stars Ewan McGregor, whose fans are in for another disappointment (after Nora) in this mystery thriller tale of a British secret agent in America, who spies […]
The Drowning Pool *** (1975, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Melanie Griffith, Tony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, Coral Browne) – Classic Movie Review 2935
Director Stuart Rosenberg’s 1975 mystery thriller The Drowning Pool stars Paul Newman, who reprises his role as Ross MacDonald’s cynical private eye Lew Harper (Archer in the novels) in an acceptable sequel to his far […]