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Black Fury *** (1935, Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan) – Classic Movie Review 11,826

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1935 American crime film Black Fury is one of Warner Bros’ commendable series of 30s social problem pictures with the star who specialised in them, Paul Muni. He plays Joe Radek, a […]

Jan, 04

The Garment Jungle *** (1957, Lee J Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala) – Classic Movie Review 10,080

Directors Robert Aldrich and Vincent Sherman’s 1957 gritty, realistic, involving film noir crime drama The Garment Jungle is about mobsters and unionisation in New York’s clothing district and the troubles faced by hard-nosed garment factory […]

Jul, 24

Flame in the Streets **** (1961, John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie, Johnny Sekka, Earl Cameron, Meredith Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 9148

The 1961 British drama film Flame in the Streets stars John Mills as a large company’s union organiser who struggles when his only daughter (Sylvia Syms) announces that she plans to wed her Jamaican boyfriend […]

Dec, 12

The Lawless Nineties ** (1936, John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Harry Woods, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Al Bridge, Fred Toones, Etta McDaniel, Lane Chandler) – Classic Movie Review 7133

Director Joseph Kane’s modest and familiar but intriguing and moderately enjoyable 1936 pre-superstardom John Wayne Republic studios short black and white B-Western casts The Duke as Federal Agent John Tipton, who comes undercover to Wyoming […]

Jun, 08

Thunder Over the Plains ** (1953, Randolph Scott, Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Charles McGraw, Elisha Cook Jr, Henry Hull, Hugh Sanders, Lane Chandler, Fess Parker) – Classic Movie Review 6686

‘HIS WAS THE MOMENT HE HAD TO COUNT HIS BULLETS… because he couldn’t count on his friends!’ In Texas after the American Civil War, it is all happening to Randolph Scott’s fine, upstanding US Cavalry […]

Feb, 14

Matewan **** (1987, Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Tighe) – Classic Movie Review 6,370

John Sayles’s outstanding 1987 film Matewan is a meaty, intelligent drama about a violent clash between a West Virginia 1920s coal company and striking miners. Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones and David Strathairn star. Writer-director […]

Dec, 07

Norma Rae **** (1979, Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley) – Classic Movie Review 5127

Producer-director Martin Ritt’s double Oscar-winning 1979 drama Norma Rae was a triumph for him and his plucky star Sally Field, who deservedly, though unexpectedly, won her first Academy Award as Norma Rae, the underpaid young American […]

Mar, 10

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