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The Locket **** (1946, Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne) – Classic Movie Review 3661

Director John Brahm’s smooth, teasing 1946 film noir thriller The Locket stars lovely Laraine Day as Nancy, a woman who is accused of stealing a locket at the age of 10. And thereafter her life […]

May, 04

The Lusty Men **** (1952, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 3403

Robert Mitchum stars as old-hand rodeo rider Jeff McCloud in director Nicholas Ray’s flavoursome, rather special, character- and atmosphere-driven 1952 Western drama. It is one of Ray’s lesser-known but best movies. Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur […]

Feb, 24

The Story of GI Joe **** (1945, Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele) – Classic Movie Review 3253

Burgess Meredith lands a great role as real-life American newsman Ernie Pyle, Scripps-Howard War Correspondent, in this riveting autobiographical war picture based on Pyle’s wartime memoirs Brave Men and Here Is Your War. Director William A […]

Jan, 09

The Yakuza ***** (1974, Robert Mitchum, Takakura Ken, Brian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 2,716

Sydney Pollack’s startling 1974 neo-noir gangster thriller film The Yakuza is the stomach-churning tale of Japanese crime syndicate members who abduct a wealthy American businessman’s daughter. Robert Mitchum stars as the ex-GI assigned to trace […]

Jul, 17

The Friends of Eddie Coyle ***** (1973, Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos, Mitchell Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 2715

Director Peter (Bullitt) Yates’s 1973 neo-noir crime thriller The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a highly impressive and often exhilarating gem. Robert Mitchum enjoys one of his best parts in the Seventies as Eddie ‘Fingers’ Coyle, […]

Jul, 17

El Dorado **** (1966, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edward Asner, Christopher George) – Classic Movie Review 2560

Howard Hawks directs John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in this big Western film El Dorado late in all their careers in 1966. The 58-year-old Duke stars as the once-ace gunman Cole Thornton with a paralysed […]

Jun, 06

River of No Return **** (1954, Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig) – Classic Movie Review 2546

Otto Preminger’s popular and enjoyable 1954 classic Western film River of No Return has the huge advantage of starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, who strike quite a few sparks.  Director Otto Preminger’s popular and […]

May, 31

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