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- Candidate for Murder ** (1962, Michael Gough, Erika Remberg, Hans von Borsody, John Justin) – Classic Movie Review 13,329
- Man Detained *** (1961, Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles) – Classic Movie Review 13,328
- Hand in Hand *** (1960, Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Sybil Thorndike, John Gregson, Finlay Currie, Derek Sydney, Miriam Karlin, Kathleen Byron) – Classic Movie Review 13,327
- Attempt to Kill ** (1961, Tony Wright, Derek Farr, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 13,326
- A Hitch in Time *** (1978, Patrick Troughton, Michael McVey, Pheona McLellan, Jeff Rawle, Sorcha Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 13,325
- Man at the Carlton Tower *** (1961, Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Alfred Burke, Allan Cuthbertson) – Classic Movie Review 13,324
- Beyond the Door [Chi Sei?] [The Devil Within Her] * (1974, Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, Elizabeth Turner, David Colin Jr) – Classic Movie Review 13,323
- Beyond the Door II [Schock] *** (1979, Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr, Ivan Rassimov) – Classic Movie Review 13,322
- Blood Red ** (1989, Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 13,321
- The Fourth Square *** (1961, Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Miriam Karlin, Jacqueline Jones, Anthony Newlands, Basil Dignam, Harold Kasket) – Classic Movie Review 13,316
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Local Hero **** (1983, Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson) – Classic Movie Review 1634
Writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1983 vintage-style Scottish comedy is an irresistible throwback to the era and movies of the Forties and Fifties and, in particular, the similarly themed classic Whisky Galore (1949). Peter Riegert stars as Mac, […]
The Brothers Grimm **½ (2005, Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Stormare, Lena Headey) – Classic Movie Review 1611
The grim news in that director Terry Gilliam’s 2005 movie is not a fairy tale success, though Matt Damon and Heath Ledger are extremely game and likeable as the real-life tall story-telling brothers, Will and […]
The Magnificent Seven ***** (1960, Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter) – Classic Movie Review 1362
Producer-director John Sturges’s memorable 1960 Western is deservedly greatly admired and much loved. It stars Yul Brynner in one of his best and most famous roles as the honourable and steadfast gunfighter Chris Adams, who recruits […]
Johnny Belinda **** (1948, Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 1353
Based on the 1940 Broadway stage hit play by Elmer Blaney Harris, director Jean Negulesco’s 1948 tearjerker was controversial in its day and now is still touching, sensitive and extremely enjoyable. Jane Wyman won the Best […]
The Mirror Crack’d *** (1980, Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Edward Fox, Charles Gray, Wendy Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 1300
Thanks to her wonderfully camp and engaging appearance as a drunken romantic writer in Death on the Nile, Angela Lansbury was promoted to the plum star role of Agatha Christie’s nosy spinster sleuth Miss Jane […]
The Village *** (2005, Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Michael Pitt, Sigourney Weaver, Judy Greer, Brendan Gleeson, Celia Weston, Jesse Eisenberg) – Classic Movie Review 918
Once upon a time there was a small, quite, isolated countryside Pennsylvania village in a valley surrounded by an impenetrable forest where there be monsters. Or at least so the locals believe. They also believe that […]
Ryan’s Daughter *** (1970, Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Sarah Miles, Christopher Jones, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 901
David Lean’s grand epic 1970 romantic period drama Ryan’s Daughter survived a troubled year-long shoot and bad reviews, and was a hit. It won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor (John Mills) and Best Cinematography (Freddie […]