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The Shepherd of the Hills **** (1941, John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey Sr, Beulah Bondi, James Barton, Samuel S Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 10,230
Director Henry Hathaway’s 1941 Technicolor Western film The Shepherd of the Hills is based on Harold Bell Wright’s 1907 novel, also filmed in 1919, 1928 and 1964, and stars John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey […]
Double Indemnity ** (1973, Richard Crenna, Lee J Cobb, Samantha Eggar, Robert Webber) – Classic Movie Review 10,181
Director Jack Smight’s 1973 film of Double Indemnity has plenty of talent involved, but is a bloodless TV remake of the 1944 classic Double Indemnity, based on the James M Cain novella in his book […]
The Beachcomber ** (1954, Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden, Paul Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 10,168
Director Muriel Box’s 1954 British Technicolor drama The Beachcomber stars a well-cast Robert Newton, who catches the eye and ear as ‘Honorable Ted’ Wilson, an East Indies island drunk (Newton was himself a famous alcoholic), […]
The Sun Shines Bright **** (1953, Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell) – Classic Movie Review 10,127
John Ford’s reworking of his own 1934 film Judge Priest features a superb performance from chubby, lovable old Charles Winninger (replacing the original’s Will Rogers) as the small town magistrate Judge William Priest, who has […]
Aces High ** (1976, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Richard Johnson, Ray Milland, David Wood) – Classic Movie Review 10,065
Director Jack Gold’s worthy 1976 reworked film version of the old R C Sherriff play (and 1930 film) Journey’s End is now titled Aces High and transferred to the British air war against the Germans. […]
Stranger in the House ** (1967, James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin) – Classic Movie Review 10,056
Writer-director Pierre Rouve’s 1967 neo noir crime drama Stranger in the House is adapted from the novel by Georges Simenon, is produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and stars James Mason as washed-up alcoholic lawyer John […]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Huckleberry Finn] *** (1960, Tony Randall, Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore) – Classic Movie Review 10,009
MGM toast the 75th anniversary of the American publication of Mark Twain’s 1884 classic book with Michael Curtiz’s nimble 1960 film version The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was first published […]