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Dangerous to Know *** (1938, Akim Tamiroff, Anna May Wong, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harvey Stephens, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 12,442
‘No woman ever survived his love!’ Paramount’s likeable and entertaining 1938 crime thriller film Dangerous to Know is based on Edgar Wallace’s play On the Spot, and stars Akim Tamiroff, Anna May Wong and Gail […]
Deported ** (1950, Jeff Chandler, Marta Toren, Claude Dauphin, Marina Berti, Richard Rober) – Classic Movie Review 11,418
Director Robert Siodmak’s 1950 Universal Pictures black and white film noir crime thriller Deported stars Jeff Chandler, Marta Toren [Märta Torén], Claude Dauphin, Marina Berti and Richard Rober. After a US jail term for robbery, […]
A Slight Case of Murder **** (1938, Edward G Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Willard Parker, Ruth Donnelly, John Litel) – Classic Movie Review 10,886
Warner Bros’ inventive and witty 1938 vintage black and white crime comedy film A Slight Case of Murder is great fun, with ideally cast Edward G Robinson on top comic form sending up the usual […]
Stop, You’re Killing Me *** (1952, Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson, Bill Hayes, Margaret Dumont ) – Classic Movie Review 10,885
Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1953 black comedy WarnerColor film Stop, You’re Killing Me stars Broderick Crawford as Remy Marko, a racketeering Prohibition-era hood who tries to clean up his act by opening an honest brewery […]
Hoodlum Empire *** (1952, Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Claire Trevor, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler, John Russell, Gene Lockhart, Grant Withers) – Classic Movie Review 8954
Producer-director Joseph Kane’s 1952 black and white film noir crime thriller Hoodlum Empire stars Brian Donlevy as upright, feisty Senator Bill Stephens, who battles nasty crime lord Nick Mansani (Luther Adler). John Russell plays Joe […]
The Frightened City *** (1961, Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, John Gregson, Alfred Marks, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Holt, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 8052
The frightened city is London, where unexpectedly they are behaving just like in Chicago, as mobsters join a protection syndicate then fall out when gang boss Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks) establishes a mafia of his […]
City Streets **** (1931, Sylvia Sidney, Gary Cooper, Paul Lukas, Guy Kibbee, William Boyd, Wynne Gibson) – Classic Movie Review 7808
‘When you talk to me, take that toothpick out of your mouth’ – The Kid. The young Gary Cooper stars as The Kid, a fair worker shooting gallery showman, who falls for a gangster’s daughter Nan […]