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The Hard Way *** (1943, Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) – Classic Movie Review 10,213

Director Vincent Sherman’s attractive 1943 backstage yarn The Hard Way stars Ida Lupino as ambitious steel-town gal Helen Chernen, who boosts her younger sister Katherine (Joan Leslie) into marriage with music man Albert Runkel (Jack […]

Aug, 22

I See a Dark Stranger [The Adventuress] **** (1946, Deborah Kerr Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley) – Classic Movie Review 10,067

Director Frank Launder’s extremely enjoyable 1946 wartime British espionage thriller I See a Dark Stranger [The Adventuress] stars Deborah Kerr, who lights up the screen as Bridie Quilty, a young Irish woman whose hatred of […]

Jul, 21

Nora Prentiss *** (1947, Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 9991

Director Vincent Sherman’s 1947 black and white film noir thriller Nora Prentiss stars Ann Sheridan as Nora Prentiss, who is undoubtedly a swell girl, but would you fake your own death to be with her? […]

Jul, 02

Deep Crimson [Profundo carmesí] *** (1996, Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Rosa Furman, Sherlyn González) – Classic Movie Review 9983

Beware director Arturo Ripstein’s fascinating, dark and gruesome 1996 black comedy thriller Deep Crimson [Profundo carmesí] about the balding gigolo Nicolas Estrella (Daniel Giménez Cacho) and the overweight nurse Coral Fabre (opera singer Regina Orozco) […]

Jun, 30

For the Boys **** (1991, Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal) – Classic Movie Review 9681

Director Mark Rydell’s 1991 For the Boys is a lavish, old-fashioned musical drama vehicle for Bette Midler as Dixie Leonard, an American showgirl with a heart of gold and a will of iron, who teams […]

Apr, 27

Murder with Mirrors *** (1985, Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills, Leo McKern, Dorothy Tutin, Tim Roth) – Classic Movie Review 9653

Veteran stars Helen Hayes (aged 85) and Bette Davis (aged 77 and returning to filming after a serious stroke that impaired her appearance and mobility) make their first appearance together in director Dick Lowry’s 1985 […]

Apr, 19

Whose Life Is It Anyway? **** (1981, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti) – Classic Movie Review 9581

Playwright Brian Clark’s distinguished London and Broadway hit play about a wisecracking paralysis victim, unable to movie apart from his head after a car accident, and now fighting for his right to die, is filmed […]

Mar, 31

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