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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea **** (1954, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 2,517

Walt Disney’s thrilling, double Oscar-winning 1954 film version of the famous Jules Verne classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is one of the best of its sci-fi adventure type.  Director Richard Fleischer’s thrilling, double […]

May, 25

Fantastic Voyage **** (1966, Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O’Connell, Arthur Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 2516

Director Richard Fleischer’s 1966 sci-fi cult favourite Fantastic Voyage stars Raquel Welch, who gives a notable turn as the sole woman among the crew of five doctors put into a capsule, shrunken to microscopic size […]

May, 25

Violent Saturday **** (1955, Richard Egan, Victor Mature, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine) – Classic Movie Review 1700

Director Richard Fleischer’s exciting, high-impact, high-anxiety 1955 suspense thriller focuses on the fallout of a vicious bank heist on a small town community in Arizona. A gang of hoodlums (Stephen McNally, Lee Marvin, J Carrol Naish) decides […]

Sep, 21

The Boston Strangler **** (1968, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 1683

  Director Richard Fleischer’s 1968 follow-up to his real-life thriller Compulsion is a documentary-style thriller about the capture of a real-life 60s serial killer. It showcases a riveting tour-de-force performance by a heavily made-up, only semi-recognisable Tony Curtis […]

Sep, 17

Compulsion **** (1959, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, E G Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 1,674

Richard Fleischer’s compulsive 1959 real-life thriller film Compulsion provides an engrossing and distinguished version of the deeply disturbing 1924 Chicago Leopold and Loeb murder case. Director Richard Fleischer’s compulsive 1959 real-life thriller film Compulsion provides […]

Sep, 14

The Vikings **** (1958, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, James Donald, Alexander Knox, Maxine Audley, Frank Thring) – Classic Movie Review 143

Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh are all in their glorious prime in this exciting, top-quality period adventure hokum from 1958. Douglas (Einar) and Curtis (Eric) fight it out with vicious abandon […]

Aug, 10

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