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- Hand in Hand *** (1960, Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Sybil Thorndike, John Gregson, Finlay Currie, Derek Sydney, Miriam Karlin, Kathleen Byron) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
- Attempt to Kill ** (1961, Tony Wright, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 13,326
- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
- Man at the Carlton Tower *** (1961, Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Allan Cuthbertson) – Classic Movie Review 13,324
- Beyond the Door [Chi Sei?] [The Devil Within Her] * (1974, Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, Elizabeth Turner, David Colin Jr) – Classic Movie Review 13,323
- Beyond the Door II [Schock] *** (1979, Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr, Ivan Rassimov) – Classic Movie Review 13,322
- Blood Red ** (1989, Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 13,321
- The Fourth Square *** (1961, Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Miriam Karlin, Jacqueline Jones, Anthony Newlands, Basil Dignam, Harold Kasket) – Classic Movie Review 13,316
- Black Memory *** (1947, Michael Atkinson, Michael Medwin, Myra O’Connell, Jane Arden, Frank Hawkins) – Classic Movie Review 13,320
- The Velvet Touch **** (1948, Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Sydney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Leon Ames, Frank McHugh, Walter Kingsford) – Classic Movie Review 13,319
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Comfort and Joy *** (1984, Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton) – Classic Movie Review 7250
Writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1984 Comfort and Joy is a sweet enough confection about an Italian ice-cream sellers’ feud in Glasgow, but its wafer-thin comedy offers only some smiles and a few laughs yet little joy. However, […]
Madeleine *** (1950, Ann Todd, Norman Wooland, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Sellars, Ivor Barnard, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 7085
Madeleine (1949) is a lesser but still intriguing effort from ace all-time great British director David Lean, who casts his then wife Ann Todd in the real-life story of Madeleine Smith who was accused of […]
When Eight Bells Toll ** (1971, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley, Corin Redgrave, Nathalie Delon, Ferdy Mayne, Derek Bond) – Classic Movie Review 6256
Director Etienne Perier’s 1971 British adventure is a goodish Boy’s Own action thriller, taken from an Alistair MacLean novel, in which an excellent cast, boats and gold bullion figure against a backdrop of eye-catching Scottish […]
Man of Aran **** (1934, Colman ‘Tiger’ King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane) – Classic Movie Review 5720
Writer/ cinematographer/ director Robert J Flaherty’s notable 1934 documentary feature film of life on the Isle of Aran in North Ayrshire features the real fishermen and crofter people, and shows their various struggles to live. (By […]
Whisky Galore! ** (2016, Eddie Izzard, Gregor Fisher, Fenella Woolgar, James Cosmo, Naomi Battrick, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ellie Kendrick) – Movie Review
Eddie Izzard and Gregor Fisher put their comedy skills behind this mild but pleasant enough remake of the Ealing Studios classic. Izzard does a dithering Captain Mainwaring impersonation as Captain Waggett. Eddie Izzard and Gregor […]
Heavenly Pursuits *** (1986, Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman) – Classic Movie Review 5438
Tom Conti stars as Vic Mathews, the remedial teacher in a Roman Catholic school in Glasgow whose ‘miracles’ arouse large-scale media interest. This deft and delightful 1986 satire on the pitfalls of modern religion is […]
Tickets for the Zoo *** (1991, Alice Bree, Tom Smith, Mickey MacPherson, Fiona Chalmers, Ashley Jensen) – Classic Movie Review 4857
Director Brian Crumlish’s 1991 British Film Four film is a touching tale of two troubled youngsters – teenagers George (Tom Smith) and Carol (Alice Bree) – who enter the big wide world full of hope […]