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Hell Drivers ***½ (1957, Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Herbert Lom, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell, Wilfrid Lawson, Sidney James, Jill Ireland, Alfie Bass, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum) – Classic Movie Review 3458

  Writer-director Cy Endfield’s 1957 British film noir crime drama Hell Drivers stars Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins and Patrick McGoohan. Stanley Baker celebrates his first lead role by giving one of his best tough-guy turns as Joe ‘Tom’ Yateley, a one-time […]

Mar, 07

Here Comes Mr Jordan ***** (1941, Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Rita Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 3452

Heavenly aide Edward Everett Horton mistakenly despatches a boxer called Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) up to the celestial resting place 50 years too early on the very eve of becoming world boxing champ. Although he’s […]

Mar, 05

Vivement Dimanche! [Finally, Sunday!] *** (1983, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Serge Rousseau) – Classic Movie Review 3023

François Truffaut’s 21st and last feature film before his tragically early death at 52 from a brain tumour on 21 October 1984 is a surprisingly bright and jolly comedy thriller – a movie toast to […]

Nov, 01

Dark Victory ***** (1939, Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers) – Classic Movie Review 2,699

Get your box of hankies at the ready for director Edmund Goulding’s irresistible 1939 tearjerker film Dark Victory, starring Bette Davis as Judith Traherne, a wealthy young socialite who learns that she has an inoperable […]

Jul, 14

Let’s Make Love *** (1960, Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Randall, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Frankie Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 2655

Director George Cukor’s 1960 movie is a lightweight, rather bumpy showbiz comedy-romance. But it does raise some sparks and laughs with a sparkling, appealing star team in Yves Montand and Marilyn Monroe plus welcome support performers […]

Jun, 28

Force of Evil ***** (1948, John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 2556

Co-writer/director Abraham Polonsky’s dynamic, first-rate 1948 film noir crime thriller stars John Garfield, who gives a superlative performance as Joe Morse, a gangster’s attorney who lets his greed overcome his sense of morality. Morse is […]

Jun, 06

Phantom Lady ****½ (1944, Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Thomas Gomez, Aurora Miranda) – Classic Movie Review 2257

Director Robert Siodmak’s 1944 movie is a thrilling mystery drama from the ace crime writer Cornell Woolrich. Alan Curtis plays Scott Henderson, an unhappily married man convicted of murdering his selfish wife when he’s been enjoying a one-night […]

Mar, 12

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