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The Good Die Young *** (1954, Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, John Ireland, Margaret Leighton, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 9741

A particularly strong cast with eight unusual stars contributes to director Lewis Gilbert’s entertaining noir-style 1954 British crime thriller The Good Die Young about a gang who plan a heist on the Royal Mail postal […]

May, 10

The Glenn Miller Story **** (1954, James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, George Tobias, Barton MacLane, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 7876

Director Anthony Mann’s 1954 musical biopic The Glenn Miller Story stars James Stewart, who is ideal casting both as actor and as a Glenn Miller lookalike. Stewart conducts himself on screen with his customary easy-going charm and […]

Dec, 03

Strategic Air Command *** (1955, James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 7875

Director Anthony Mann’s 1955 Strategic Air Command stars James Stewart as Lieutenant Colonel Robert ‘Dutch’ Holland, who sacrifices his baseball career to join the US Air Force and fly A-bomb jets, while his sweet wife […]

Dec, 03

Iron Man ***** (2008, Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 3600

Robert Downey Jr is sensationally good as Iron Man in director Jon Favreau’s brilliant 2008 Marvel Comics superhero film – the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway’s […]

Apr, 22

Fail Safe ***** (1964, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Walter Matthau, Dan O’Herlihy, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Fritz Weaver, Sorrell Booke, Dom DeLuise) – Classic Movie Review 1379

Director Sidney Lumet’s brilliant 1964 nuclear war thriller is sweatily tense throughout and often heart-stopping. Despite its ultra-gripping, important story, dedicated, vital performances, uber-tense mood and deadly message, it was sadly and unfairly wiped out […]

Jun, 29

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