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The Big Country **** (1958, Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford) – Classic Movie Review 2574

Producer-director William Wyler’s big 1958 epic Western stars Gregory Peck as wealthy retired New England sea captain James McKay, who arrives in the Old West on the range to marry his spoiled fiancée Patricia Terrill […]

Jun, 09

The Desperate Hours **** (1955, Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March) – Classic Movie Review 1349

Director William Wyler’s 1955 thriller tells the archetypal tale of a gang of ruthless convicts on the run who commandeer a middle-class family’s house and terrorise the whole household. But, the obvious old question is, […]

Jun, 21

The Letter ***** (1940, Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Victor Sen Yung, Gale Sondergaard) – Classic Movie Review 1340

‘Even my agony was a kind of joy!’, yells the great Bette Davis, who sins, kills, lies, cheats and publicly humiliates her forgiving husband Herbert Marshall in director William Wyler’s powerhouse, overwhelmingly haunting 1940 film […]

Jun, 21

Funny Girl ***** (1968, Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Walter Pidgeon, Kay Medford) – Classic Movie Review 183

Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is one of the few performers to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She first starred in the 1968 film Funny Girl, winning Best Actress. Barbra Streisand dazzles […]

Aug, 24

Ben-Hur ***** (1959, Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 78

Unfortunately, this incredibly popular and sincere 1959 remake of the 1925 Ramon Novarro silent epic Ben-Hur about the conflict of the Jews and the Romans at the time of Christ just plain hasn’t aged too […]

Jul, 21

Roman Holiday ***** (1953, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn) – Classic Movie Review 44

This delicious 1953 triple-Oscar-winning confection, restored and reissued for its 60th anniversary in 2013, stars Gregory Peck but now is better known as a beloved Audrey Hepburn classic. She’s credited after the title as ‘introducing […]

Jul, 12

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