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- 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
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A Southern Yankee [My Hero] *** (1948, Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl) – Classic Movie Review 7890
Director Edward Sedgwick’s 1948 slapstick comedy A Southern Yankee [My Hero] stars Red Skelton as Aubrey Filmore, a silly St Louis bellhop who becomes a silly Yankee spy after being mistaken for The Grey Spider […]
Their First Mistake **** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Billy Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 7815
Director George Marshall’s 1932 comedy Their First Mistake is a top Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short, with all too credible home truths among the very amusing comedy, as recognisable situations and feelings mix expertly […]
Blind Date **** (1987, Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, John Larroquette) – Classic Movie Review 7760
Director Blake Edwards’s delightful and sometimes hilarious 1987 screwball romantic comedy Blind Date stars Bruce Willis as workaholic Walter Davis, who invites his brother Ted (Phil Hartman)’s wife’s cousin Nadia (Kim Basinger), a teetotaller, out […]
When Comedy Was King *** (1960, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Ben Turpin, Fatty Arbuckle) – Classic Movie Review 7589
Double Oscar-winning writer-producer Robert Youngson’s 1960 compilation feature film When Comedy Was King toasts the great clowns of silent comedy and brings together excerpts from many silent slapstick classics, which are carefully edited together for […]
The End *** (1978, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise, Robby Benson, Kristy McNichol, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Pat O’Brien, Carl Reiner) – Classic Movie Review 7572
The 1978 movie The End is good tasteless, crazy black comedy fun from Burt Reynolds, with the star directing himself as Wendell Sonny Lawson, a Woody Allen-style hypochondriac who however learns he has a year […]
A Ticket to Tomahawk *** (1950, Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7528
Director Richard Sale’s sprightly, enjoyable and lighthearted 1950 Western A Ticket to Tomahawk stars Dan Dailey as Johnny Behind-the-Deuces, a travelling salesman caught up in a race between a stagecoach and a train across the […]
Below Zero **** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Frank Holliday, Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall, Blanche Payson, Bobby Burns) – Classic Movie Review 7527
Director James Parrott’s sweet and satisfying 1930 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy early sound two-reeler short film Below Zero is amiable and amusing rather than hilarious and uproarious. But it is still a treasure, with […]