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Marooned ** (1969, Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant, Nancy Kovak, Mariette Hartley) – Classic Movie Review 8587

Director John Sturges’s well-crafted but slow and sombre 1969 Sci-Fi space adventure Marooned finds a fine cast headed by Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant, Nancy Kovak and Mariette […]

Jun, 13

Tarzan the Fearless ** (1933, Buster Crabbe, Julie Bishop, Edward Woods, Mischa Auer) – Classic Movie Review 8080

Director Robert F Hill’s 1933 Tarzan the Fearless gives Johnny Weissmuller’s swimming buddy Larry Buster Crabbe his only shot at playing Tarzan in this alternative Thirties version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story, made both as […]

Jan, 31

Club Paradise *** (1986, Robin Williams, Peter O’Toole, Rick Moranis) – Classic Movie Review 7662

Robin Williams, Peter O’Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy and Adolph Caesar are in the tasty star line-up for director Harold Ramis’s 1986 comedy Club Paradise about a Chicago firefighter called Jack Monike (Williams) who […]

Oct, 11

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! *** (1948, June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, Natalie Wood, Anne Revere, Tom Tully, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7603

The 1948 Technicolor romantic comedy drama Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!, written and directed by F Hugh Herbert, stars June Haver, Lon McCallister and Walter Brennan, but it is known, if at all, for Marilyn Monroe’s earliest speaking role, a one-line bit […]

Sep, 20

Road to Morocco **** (1942, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour) – Classic Movie Review 6980

The vivaciously funny 1942 comedy film Road to Morocco finds Bing Crosby and Bob Hope off on their third ‘Road to …’ skylark, a wild spoof of all the Arabian movies ever made. Dorothy Lamour […]

Apr, 29

Beverly Hills Cop III ** (1994, Eddie Murphy, Hector Elizondo, Judge Reinhold, John Saxon, Bronson Pinchot, Theresa Randle, Jon Tenney, Joey Travolta) – Classic Movie Review 6651

The scrappy 1994 third Beverly Hills Cop movie is by turns off-puttingly violent and stupidly slapstick, though it is helped along with capable, slick direction from John Landis and the thinly appealing, lightly professional performances. […]

Feb, 04

Guns of the Magnificent Seven ** (1969, George Kennedy, Monte Markham, Bernie Casey, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni, Joe Don Baker, Scott Thomas, Fernando Rey, Michael Ansara) – Classic Movie Review 6577

Director Paul Wendkos’s 1969 Western stars George Kennedy as hired gun Chris Adams, taking over in Yul Brynner’s rather worn saddle for the second Magnificent Seven sequel, the third in the series after 1960’s The […]

Jan, 18

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