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Treasure of Monte Cristo ** (1949, Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Steve Brodie) Classic Movie Review 10,997

Director William A Berke’s minor but enjoyable 1949 little black and white Lippert Pictures film noir crime drama Treasure of Monte Cristo stars Glenn Langan as a modern-day descendant of Edmund Dantes, who works on […]

Mar, 07

The Man Who Cheated Himself *** (1950, Lee J Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde) – Classic Movie Review 10,831

The 1950 black and white film noir crime thriller The Man Who Cheated Himself stars Lee J Cobb as a decent veteran San Francisco police detective who is corrupted by his homicidal rich socialite girlfriend […]

Jan, 26

Canyon Passage *** (1946, Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, Hoagy Carmichael, Ward Bond, Andy Devine, Lloyd Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 10,618

Shop owner Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews) clashes with slimy financier George Camrose (Brian Donlevy), after the latter’s fiancée Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward) falls for the former and one of Donlevy’s bank clients is killed. The […]

Dec, 02

Julie ** (1956, Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 10,161

The 1956 film noir crime drama Julie stars Doris Day, Louis Jourdan and Barry Sullivan. It was nominated for two Oscars: Best Screenplay and Best Song. Writer-director Andrew L Stone’s 1956 black and white film […]

Aug, 10

Gold Is Where You Find It **½ (1938, George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains) – Classic Movie Review 10,094

Director Michael Curtiz’s ambitious 1938 Technicolor historical romantic drama Gold Is Where You Find It stars George Brent, Olivia de Havilland and Claude Rains in a story about a late 19th-century conflict in the Sacramento […]

Jul, 27

Go Naked in the World * (1961, Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Franciosa, Ernest Borgnine) – Classic Movie Review 9903

Writer-director Ranald MacDougall’s 1961 film Go Naked in the World might have worked as a frothy comedy in the 1930s, but not as romantic drama in 1961, and the result is a leaden concoction with […]

Jun, 13

Shakedown **** (1950, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Brian Donlevy, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Anne Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 9479

Director Joseph [Joe] Pevney’s 1950 Universal International Pictures black and white B-movie crime thriller Shakedown is a little gem of a movie in the best film noir crime drama tradition. Howard Duff plays unscrupulous Jack […]

Mar, 08

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