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Monsieur Vincent *** (1947, Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Dux) – Classic Movie Review 11,611
Popular and respected in its day, Maurice Cloche’s sincere and moving award-winning 1947 French film Monsieur Vincent tells episodically the story of Vincent de Paul, the 17th century priest, charity worker, social worker and saint, […]
Requiem for a Heavyweight **** (1962, Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris) – Classic Movie Review 7723
Director Ralph Nelson’s 1962 black and white sports drama Requiem for a Heavyweight (Blood Money in GB) is a dour, nimbly-played fight movie, with the acting, fleshed-out characterisations and sweaty atmosphere stronger than the plot. […]
Free Willy ** (1993, Jason James Richter, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Madsen, Michael Ironside, Lori Petty, August Schellenberg) – Classic Movie Review 6421
Director Simon Wincer’s hugely popular 1993 children’s film is simple, popular sentimental family adventure fare starring Jason James Richter as an abandoned 12-year old street kid called Jesse who befriends a three-ton orca killer whale trapped […]
Two Against the Law [Deux Hommes dans la Ville] [Two Men in Town] **** (1973, Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Victor Lanoux, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 5627
French New Wave icon Alain Delon stars in co-writer/ director José Giovanni’s 1973 Franco-Italian drama film as former bank robber and ex-safe cracker Gino Strabliggi, a recently early released prisoner who has served 10 years […]
Crime in the Streets **** (1956, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell) – Classic Movie Review 5251
John Cassavetes (aged 26 but playing 18) stars as Frankie Dane, a teenage crime boss who comes back from the edge of committing a vengeance murder of a neighbour because of the intervention of social […]
Chains of Gold * (1991, John Travolta, Joey Lawrence, Marilu Henner, Bernie Casey, Hector Elizondo, Conchata Ferrell, Benjamin Bratt) – Classic Movie Review 4948
Director Rod Holcomb’s 1991 thriller is a missing John Travolta movie – and deservedly so – in which he plays Scott Barnes, a Miami social worker who infiltrates a dangerous drug-running street gang, run by Carlos […]
The Cell ** (2000, Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 4810
Director Tarsem Singh’s 2000 thriller stars Vince Vaughn as FBI agent Peter Novak, who tries to save a girl whom a sick serial killer (Vincent D’Onofrio) has trapped in a water-tank cell somewhere, with the […]