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The Quiet Woman ** (1951, Derek Bond, Jane Hylton, Dora Bryan, Michael Balfour) – Classic Movie Review 13,147

The 1951 British crime drama B film The Quiet Woman is a tale of liquor smuggling and an escaped convict, set on the edge of bleak Romney Marsh, and stars Derek Bond, Jane Hylton and […]

Sep, 26

Port of Escape ** (1956, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr, Joan Hickson) – Classic Movie Review 13,026

The conscientious 1956 British thriller film Port of Escape stars wife and husband team Googie Withers and John McCallum, along with Bill Kerr as a psychotic sailor, in a killer at large tale. Director Tony […]

Aug, 03

Saloon Bar *** (1940, Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 12,956

‘Something More Than Just a Thriller!’ Director Walter Forde’s delightfully humorous 1940 Ealing Studios British comedy thriller film Saloon Bar is based on the 1939 play by Frank Harvey, and stars Gordon Harker in his […]

Jun, 20

Song of Freedom *** (1936, Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy) – Classic Movie Review 11,286

Majestic bass Paul Robeson warbles his way through this fascinating, heartwarming, if long dated, tale of Johnny Zinga, a London dock worker who is turned by his encounter with an impresario into an opera star […]

Jun, 08

To the Public Danger *** (1948, Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, Frederick Piper) – Classic Movie Review 11,188

Director Terence Fisher’s neatly scripted, well handled, decently acted 1948 British black and white drama second feature film To the Public Danger is produced by John Croydon, and stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, […]

May, 09

The Quare Fellow ***½ (1962, Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms, Walter Macken) – Classic Movie Review 10,918

Underrated actor Patrick McGoohan grabs his opportunity as Thomas Crimmin, a new young Dublin prison warder questioning his views on capital punishment at the imminent hanging of a condemned man, in writer-director Arthur Dreifuss’s 1963 […]

Feb, 15

Seven Days Leave ** (1930, Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, Daisy Belmore) – Classic Movie Review 10,176

The young Gary Cooper’s career was boosted when he starred in producer and director Richard Wallace’s 1930 all-talking drama film Seven Days Leave, the early-sound version of J M Barrie’s 1917 play The Old Lady […]

Aug, 13

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