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Brief Encounter (1974, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren) – Classic Movie Review 13,411

The 1974 British-Italian TV film Brief Encounter is an appalling remake of the 1945 classic, this time starring Richard Burton and Sophia Loren. Director Alan Bridges’s 1974 British-Italian film Brief Encounter is an appalling TV remake […]

Feb, 23

The Glory Guys ** (1965, Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, James Caan, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, Andrew Duggan, Slim Pickens, Michael Anderson Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9811

Director Arnold Laven’s 1965 film The Glory Guys is a sturdy Sam Peckinpah-scripted glossy Western about an ill-prepared US cavalry attack on the Sioux. Tom Tryon stars as Captain Demas Harrod, the soldier unwilling to send […]

May, 23

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate **** (1923, Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller) – Classic Movie Review 9234

Charles Chaplin wrote, produced and directed the silent 1923 romantic drama A Woman of Paris, a simple story of a country girl called Marie St Clair (Edna Purviance) who believes she has been jilted and […]

Jan, 06
The Password Is Courage **** (1962, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith) – Classic Movie Review 8,866

The Password Is Courage **** (1962, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith) – Classic Movie Review 8,866

Andrew L Stone’s expert 1962 black and white war drama film The Password Is Courage stars Dirk Bogarde, who is on good form as Sgt Major Charlie Coward, the Brit who kept escaping and being […]

Aug, 25

Yanks **** (1979, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane) – Classic Movie Review 8648

Director John Schlesinger’s 1979 wartime romantic drama Yanks is strongly cast, well acted, attractively written by Colin Welland (story and screenplay) and Walter Bernstein (screenplay), and handsomely produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky. Schlesinger’s romantic […]

Jun, 28

Cathy Come Home ***** (1966, Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis) – Classic Movie Review 8380

Director Ken Loach’s realistic black and white classic 1966 BBC TV drama The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home is a searing indictment of the social services in the British welfare system of the Sixties, focusing on […]

Apr, 19

Union Depot **** (1932, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Joan Blondell, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, George Rosener, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 5699

Director Alfred E Green’s 1932 Warner Bros drama is a tastily mixed cocktail of assorted lives at a central railway station, among them gentleman-thief Chick Miller (Douglas Fairbanks Jr), stuck and stranded, out-of-work showgirl Ruth Collins (Joan […]

Jul, 02

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