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Calcutta *** (1946, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez, Lowell Gilmore, Edith King) – Classic Movie Review 10,098

Director John Farrow’s 1946 film Calcutta is a routinely written but steadfast action adventure crime thriller, with Alan Ladd and William Bendix starring as airmen Neale Gordon and Pedro Lake, commercial pilots tracking down their murdered […]

Jul, 28

Who Dares Wins [The Final Option] * (1982, Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Ingrid Pitt, Edward Woodward, Robert Webber, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 9579

Director Ian Sharp’s 1982 gung-ho British action thriller Who Dares Wins [The Final Option] (1982) is a British SAS (Special Air Service) adventure yarn about tough guys storming in to the American Embassy in London […]

Mar, 31

The World of Suzie Wong ** (1960, William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms) – Classic Movie Review 9254

Director Richard Quine’s 1960 romantic drama The World of Suzie Wong stars Nancy Kwan as the alluring Hong Kong prostitute Suzie Wong, who is hired as a model by émigré American businessman turned artist Robert […]

Jan, 12

A Prize of Gold *** (1955, Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Patrick, George Cole, Donald Wolfit) – Classic Movie Review 8972

Director Mark Robson’s 1955 A Prize of Gold tells a story of spirited high jinks in post-war Berlin. It is produced by Irving Allen and Albert R Broccoli, who formed Warwick Films to produce films […]

Oct, 10

Yanks **** (1979, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane) – Classic Movie Review 8648

Director John Schlesinger’s 1979 wartime romantic drama Yanks is strongly cast, well acted, attractively written by Colin Welland (story and screenplay) and Walter Bernstein (screenplay), and handsomely produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky. Schlesinger’s romantic […]

Jun, 28

What Price Glory *** (1952, James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey, Robert Wagner, Marisa Pavan, William Demarest) – Classic Movie Review 7917

Director John Ford’s 1952 comedy drama What Price Glory? is a low-key Technicolor remake of the classic Raoul Walsh silent film from 1926 What Price Glory? (itself based on a 1924 long running Broadway play by […]

Dec, 17

Siberia *** (2018, Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, Boris Gulyarin, Ashley St George, Pasha D Lychnikoff, Veronica Ferres, Elliot Lazar, Rafael Petardi) – Movie Review

Director Matthew Ross’s romantic crime thriller Siberia (2018) is nice and tough and dark, and overall pretty good. Though it has many rough edges, it easy to go along with it for the unusual ride. […]

Nov, 16

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