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The Siege of Pinchgut [Four Desperate Men] *** (1959, Aldo Ray, Heather Sears, Neil McCallum) – Classic Movie Review 10,233

In director Harry Watt’s 1959 action crime thriller The Siege of Pinchgut [Four Desperate Men], Aldo Ray stars as a prisoner called Matt Kirk, sent to start a lengthy sentence, who leads a small band […]

Aug, 27

The Missing Juror *** (1944, Jim Bannon, Janis Carter, George Macready, Jean Stevens, Joseph Crehan) – Classic Movie Review 9626

In director Budd Boetticher’s 1944 film noir mystery thriller The Missing Juror, the members of a murder trial jury who convicted an innocent victim are gradually being bumped off one by one. Jim Bannon plays […]

Apr, 10

The Big Shot *** (1942, Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson, Chick Chandler) – Classic Movie Review 6,902

The entertaining 1942 film noir crime thriller The Big Shot is a now forgotten assembly-line movie for Humphrey Bogart, who stars as crime boss Duke Berne, put on trial after a mistake on an identity […]

Apr, 08

Time without Pity **** (1957, Michael Redgrave, Alec McCowen, Leo McKern, Ann Todd, Peter Cushing) – Classic Movie Review 5,844

Michael Redgrave stars in Joseph Losey’s 1957 film noir Time without Pity as a hard-drinking dad, who, in the middle of a drying-out phase, comes to London to see if he can find out anything […]

Aug, 02

Front Page Woman *** (1935, Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Winifred Shaw, J Carrol Naish) – Classic Movie Review 4907

Bette Davis and George Brent star as reporters for rival newspapers, agony aunt Ellen Garfield and ace scoop-hound Curt Devlin, trying to outwit each other when their respective editors send them on the same big fire […]

Jan, 18

Double Jeopardy **** (1999, Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood) – Classic Movie Review 595

The charming but slimy Nick Parsons (played by Bruce Greenwood) frames his nice wife Libby (Ashley Judd) for a killing – himself! She’s tried and convicted of murder and sent to prison. But in jail she […]

Dec, 30

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