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Brass Monkey [Lucky Mascot] ** (1948, Carroll Levis, Carole Landis, Herbert Lom, Avril Angers) – Classic Movie Review 13,096

The 1948 British musical comedy crime mystery film Brass Monkey [Lucky Mascot] stars radio personality Carroll Levis, Carole Landis, Herbert Lom, and Avril Angers in a case of theft and murder. Director Thornton Freeland’s 1948 […]

Sep, 05

Post Office Investigator ** (1949, Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell, Marcel Journet, Richard Benedict, Jimmie Dodd) – Classic Movie Review 11,502

Director George Blair’s likeable minor 1949 Republic Pictures black and white American crime film Post Office Investigator is based on a screenplay by John K Butler about the theft of rare postage stamps, and stars […]

Aug, 22

Cops and Robbers **** (1973, Cliff Gorman, Joseph Bologna, Dick Ward, Shepperd Strudwick, Ellen Holly, John P Ryan, Dolph Sweet) – Classic Movie Review 11,195

Director Aram Avakian’s 1973 buddy movie Cops and Robbers is a thoroughly likeable, stirring crime caper about two New York City cops Tom and Joe (Cliff Gorman, Joseph Bologna) who become robbers to snatch Wall […]

May, 11

Tovarich **** (1937, Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,000

Director Anatole Litvak’s 1937 Warner Bros period screwball comedy Tovarich is written by Casey Robinson, based on a play by Jacques Déval and Robert E Sherwood (English version). It stars Claudette Colbert as the Grand […]

Mar, 08

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez ***½ (1982, Edward James Olmos, James Gammon, Tom Bower) – Classic Movie Review 10,292

Edward James Olmos stars as Mexican-American farmer Gregorio Cortez, who kills a sheriff, evades capture and becomes a folk hero, in Robert M Young’s impressive, stirring 1982 Western film The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.  Director […]

Sep, 11

The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn *** (1956, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Dick Emery) – Classic Movie Review 8555

Director Joseph Sterling’s 1956 surreal spoof comedy The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn is a precious memento of BBC radio’s The Goon Show, in which Peter Sellers does his deaf and senile character Henry Crun […]

Jun, 04

Make Mine Mink **** (1960, Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, Elspeth Duxbury, Billie Whitelaw, Jack Hedley, Raymond Huntley, Irene Handl, Kenneth Williams) – Classic Movie Review 8122

Director Robert Asher’s 1960 movie Make Mine Mink is a delightfully zany and quirky British farcical comedy, with Terry-Thomas on top form as an aging retired officer, Major Rayne, who links up with three old […]

Feb, 12

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