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Sammy Going South [A Boy Ten Feet Tall] *** (1963, Edward G Robinson, Fergus McClelland, Constance Cummings) – Classic Movie Review 11,232

‘Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!’ Director Alexander Mackendrick’s 1963 adventure Sammy Going South [A Boy Ten Feet Tall] is based on the novel by W H Canaway and is a heartwarming […]

May, 22

The Four Feathers *** (1978, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward, Richard Johnson, Jane Seymour, Harry Andrews) Classic Movie Review 10,072

Director Don Sharp’s 1978 The Four Feathers is a reasonably enjoyable TV movie remake of the much-filmed A E W Mason tale about the British officer accused of cowardice who becomes a war hero in […]

Jul, 22

The Four Feathers **** (1929, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, William Powell) – Classic Movie Review 10,071

The Four Feathers (1929) is Paramount Pictures’s final all-silent movie, though with a synchronised score (by William F Peters) and a few sound effects. This silent film with added synchronised sound but no dialogue is […]

Jul, 22

East of Sudan ** (1964, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Derek Fowlds, Jenny Agutter, Johnny Sekka) – Classic Movie Review 9273

Producer-director Nathan Juran’s 1964 East of Sudan is a simple, familiar, good-looking colonial adventure movie, with stalwart performances from Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Derek Fowlds, Jenny Agutter and Johnny Sekka, who help to make it […]

Jan, 17

The Four Feathers ***** (1939, John Clements, C Aubrey Smith, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez) – Classic Movie Review 3059

Director Zoltan Korda’s Technicolor 1939 British version of the much-filmed and well-loved novel The Four Feathers by A E W Mason is the business. This rousing adventure epic movie is the classic rendition of the […]

Nov, 14

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