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Desperate ***½ (1947, Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Jason Robards Sr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee) – Classic Movie Review 3,543

Director Anthony Mann’s 1947 neat and nifty suspense film noir Desperate stars Steve Brodie as trucker Steve Randall, who is taken hostage in a fur robbery and told to confess to a cop’s death or the […]

Apr, 08

The Blue Gardenia **** (1953, Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 2,600

Fritz Lang said: ‘I had to shoot The Blue Gardenia in 20 days. Maybe that’s what made me so venomous.’ The moody 1953 film noir crime thriller stars Anne Baxter, Raymond Burr, Richard Conte and […]

Jun, 14

Pitfall **** (1948, Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt) – Classic Movie Review 2167

Co-writer/director André de Toth’s impressive 1948 film noir crime thriller Pitfall pairs Dick Powell and Lizabeth Scott, both in their prime, along with Jane Wyatt and Raymond Burr. It is based on the novel The Pitfall by Jay Dratler. […]

Feb, 11

His Kind of Woman **** (1951, Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Raymond Burr, Vincent Price) – Classic Movie Review 1257

Jane Russell is on her best form as Robert Mitchum’s kind of woman, in the delirious 1951 black-and-white film noir thriller His Kind of Woman (1951). Director John Farrow’s 1951 delirious black-and-white film noir thriller […]

May, 26

M *** (1951, David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Norman Lloyd, Luther Adler, Glenn Anders) – Classic Movie Review 772

Director Joseph Losey’s faithful 1951 remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang classic, relocated to 50s California, is an intriguing and disturbing film noir thriller. But it’s surprisingly bloodless and proves one of his disappointments. Despite its […]

Jan, 30

Godzilla [Gojira] *** (1954, Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Haruo Nakajima) – So Bad It’s Good Movie 4

‘Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror!’ The 1954 Japanese Godzilla movie Gojira has legendary cult status and it’s a classic horror film. It was then Japan’s most expensive movie but, with its very elementary special effects, […]

Nov, 18

Rear Window ***** (1954, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 49

The incredibly engrossing and enjoyable 1954 thriller Rear Window is an absolutely top-notch suspense masterwork from Alfred Hitchcock. Based on Cornell Woolrich’s novel, and adding a love story for the hero and a wealth of […]

Jul, 14

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