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Junior Bonner ***** (1972, Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don Baker) – Classic Movie Review 3532

Director Sam Peckinpah’s quiet 1972 Western masterpiece tells the beautiful, elegaic tale of a middle-aged rodeo star who finds a disturbed family clashing with property developers when he goes back to his Arizona home for […]

Apr, 05

The Hunter *** (1980, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 3530

Director Buzz Kulik’s 1980 movie is Steve McQueen’s final film, made while he was tragically dying of lung cancer, leading to his untimely death on November 7 1980 at the age of only 50. While not perfect, it is […]

Apr, 05

Dillinger **** (1973, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Kanaly, Geoffrey Lewis, John P Ryan, John Martino, Roy Jenson) – Classic Movie Review 3241

Writer-director John Milius’s 1973 thriller for American International Pictures casts Warren Oates in his first starring role as America’s public enemy number one John Dillinger. Début director Milius’s gangster movie is tough, pulsating and uncompromising […]

Jan, 05

Hang ’em High **** (1968, Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, James MacArthur, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson, L Q Jones, Bruce Dern, Alan Hale Jr, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 3174

When Clint Eastwood returned to the US from Europe, after starring in three Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns, he was directed in Hang ’em High by Ted Post, who was a vital factor in making Eastwood […]

Dec, 20

The Savage Bees ** (1976, Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Horst Buchholz) – Classic Movie Review 3102

Director Bruce Geller’s 1976 horror thriller finds that the annual New Orleans Mardi Gras soon gets buzzing in a bad way when it is discovered that a cargo ship has brought in African killer bees. […]

Nov, 26

The Swarm * (1978, Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross, Henry Fonda, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray) – Classic Movie Review 3099

The 1978 horror thriller The Swarm is a particularly silly disaster movie from the king of genre, producer-director Irwin Allen, that is a hoot to watch if you are in the right frame of mind. […]

Nov, 26

The Sugarland Express **** (1974, Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton) – Classic Movie Review 2607

Goldie Hawn and William Atherton star as Lou Jean and Clovis Michael Poplin in director Steven Spielberg’s excellent 1974 comedy drama about two fugitives from the law. Director Spielberg was just 27 and still a […]

Jun, 15

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