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Posts Tagged "TV spinoff"

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It’s a Great Day! *** (1955, Ruth Dunning, Edward Evans, Sheila Sweet, Sidney James, Vera Day) – Classic Movie Review 11,099

Director John Warrington’s 1956 British black and white comedy It’s a Great Day! is the feature film version of the hit BBC TV soap opera The Grove Family, with original stars Ruth Dunning and Edward […]

Apr, 15

For the Love of Ada ** (1972, Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Barbara Mitchell, Jack Smethurst, Arthur English) – Classic Movie Review 10,015

Director Ronnie Baxter’s 1972 senior citizens comedy For the Love of Ada is a warm-hearted but fairly feeble TV spin-off film, which tries to open out an already fairly feeble TV series that entirely motors […]

Jul, 08

Six-Five Special *** (1958, Lonnie Donegan, Dickie Valentine, Jim Dale, Petula Clark, John Barry, Dickie Valentine, Joan Regan) – Classic Movie Review 9910

Director Alfred Shaughnessy’s 1958 pop musical Six-Five Special [Calling All Cats] features Petula Clark, Lonnie Donegan, Cleo Laine, Johnny Dankworth, Jim Dale, John Barry, Dickie Valentine, Joan Regan and Russ Hamilton among many others. The […]

Jun, 14

Man at the Top *** (1973, Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 9550

Director Mike Vardy’s 1973 Man at the Top is the third film about that nasty piece of work Joe Lampton, this time a Hammer Films studios spin-off from the popular Thames TV series (1970-72) with […]

Mar, 23

Downton Abbey ** (2019, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Allen Leech, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Phyllis Logan, Penelope Wilton, Jim Carter) – Movie Review

Director Michael Engler’s 2019 drama Downton Abbey is a smooth, amusing and entertaining, but cliched, clunky, corny, cosy and choppy spinoff from the Downton Abbey TV show that ran six seasons and 52 episodes from […]

Sep, 14

And Now for Something Completely Different **** (1971, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Carol Cleveland) – Classic Movie Review 8791

Thank goodness the Monty Python team got the chance to put some of the most famous sketches compiled from their BBC TV series Monty Python’s Flying Circus down on celluloid in Ian MacNaughton’s 1971 And […]

Aug, 04

Tarzan’s Deadly Silence ** (1970, Ron Ely, Manuel Padilla Jr, Jock Mahoney, Woody Strode, Nichelle Nichols) – Classic Movie Review 8079

‘Guns, grenades and an army of men roar through the jungle to destroy the most dangerous animal alive…TARZAN!’ Ron Ely stars again as Tarzan, who this time loses his hearing when a bomb goes off, […]

Jan, 31

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