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Fathom *** (1967, Raquel Welch, Tony Franciosa, Richard Briers, Clive Revill, Ronald Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 6215

Probably you never expected to see a movie with Raquel Welch and Richard Briers paired up together, but this is it in director Leslie H Martinson’s engagingly daft 1967 British caper. There’s a place for […]

Nov, 09

Land and Freedom **** (1995, Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Icíar Bollaín) – Classic Movie Review 6154

Director Ken Loach’s British 1995 Spanish Civil War wartime drama stars Ian Hart as David Carr, an unemployed Liverpool communist-supporter who leaves to join the anti-Fascist fight in Spain in the spring of 1936. He […]

Oct, 30

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery * (1992, Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward) – Classic Movie Review 5874

It was made to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of America in 1492, but the discovery here is, unfortunately, that director John Glen’s 1992 movie is a turkey. It is afflicted by a […]

Aug, 07

Desire **** (1936, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 5409

‘LOVE WAS HER PRECIOUS LOOT!’ Marlene Dietrich stars in the 1936 American film Desire as cultivated sultry European gem thief Madeleine de Beaupré and she is paired with Gary Cooper as simple, down-home American automobile […]

May, 07

Torrent **** (1926, Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmstead, Martha Mattox) – Classic Movie Review 5327

Director Monta Bell’s 1926 silent movie success is notable as the first American movie of Greta Garbo, helping her to become an international superstar during the late silent era. Louis B Mayer hired Garbo but MGM […]

Apr, 20

Captain from Castile **** (1947, Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J Cobb, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Alan Mowbray, John Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 4683

The spirited classic 1947 swashbuckling adventure film Captain from Castile hands the handsome and dashing Tyrone Power a tailor-made role as the 16th-century young Spanish officer Pedro De Vargas. Director Henry King’s spirited classic 1947 […]

Nov, 22

The Spanish Gardener **** (1956, Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 4,598

Dirk Bogarde stars as José, the gardener who actually can communicate with the teenage son (Jon Whiteley) of the brusque British consul (Michael Hordern) in Spain, in the 1956 British film The Spanish Gardener. Director […]

Nov, 06

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