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Jackpot ** (1960, William Hartnell, Betty McDowall, Eddie Byrne, George Mikell, Michael Ripper) – Classic Movie Review 13,150

The 1960 British crime thriller B film Jackpot stars William Hartnell as the police superintendent determined to track down the safecracker who stole £6,000 from The Jackpot Club. Director Montgomery Tully’s 1960 British black and […]

Sep, 27

I Soliti Ignoti [Persons Unknown] ***** (1958, Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Totò, Carlo Pisacane, Tiberio Murgia, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale) – Classic Movie Review 11,410

Bumbling robbers plot a heist on a pawn shop in Rome via a supposedly vacant next-door apartment, in director Mario Monicelli’s hugely engaging and charming Italian 1958 comedy caper thriller I Soliti Ignoti [Persons Unknown] […]

Jul, 21

Breaking In *** (1989, Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 10,358

The likeable 1989 crime comedy thriller Breaking In presents an unexpected pairing – Scotland’s Bill Forsyth directing and Burt Reynolds starring as the veteran professional safe-cracker Ernie who bumps into young amateur thief Mike (Casey Siemaszko), while also […]

Sep, 28

The Amazing Transparent Man ** (1960, Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith, Ivan Triesault) – Classic Movie Review 9295

Director Edgar G Ulmer’s 1960 black and white Sci-Fi film The Amazing Transparent Man is cheap and cheerful, and still enjoyable despite – or because of – the rotten effects and cheesy action. To create […]

Jan, 24

The Safecracker *** (1958, Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeanette Sterke) – Classic Movie Review 7918

Ray Milland directs and stars in the 1958 British low-budget film noir thriller The Safecracker, an involving, fact-based story of a locksmith, gone criminal as an antiques robber, freed from a 10-year jail term in […]

Dec, 17

We’re No Angels *** (1955, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Leo G Carroll, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 3362

Director Michael Curtiz’s likeable but insubstantial 1955 Technicolor comedy, crime, romance movie We’re No Angels is cosy, kind-hearted, larkish entertainment, motoring almost entirely on its considerable star appeal. Humphrey Bogart plays Joseph, a prisoner who escapes at […]

Feb, 15

The Saint Takes Over *** (1940, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle, Morgan Conway) – Classic Movie Review 3224

Director Jack Hively’s twisty and noirish 1940 crime mystery thriller The Saint Takes Over is the fifth in the RKO Saint series, the fourth for George Sanders as Simon Templar, aka The Saint, and the […]

Jan, 03

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