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The Treasure Seekers ** (1979, Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Jeremy Kemp, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 11,012

Director Henry Levin’s 1977 The Treasure Seekers stars Rod Taylor, who also wrote the screenplay (based on a story by Walter Brough) for this minor, routine action and romance adventure film about two old college […]

Mar, 11

Fire Down Below *** (1957, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 9116

Director Robert Parrish’s 1957 Fire Down Below is based on the novel by Max Catto and stars Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon as Felix and Tony, tramp boat owning adventurers falling in love with and […]

Dec, 01

1492: Conquest of Paradise ** (1992, Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 8355

Director Ridley Scott’s celebratory 1992 historical adventure film biopic 1492: Conquest of Paradise is a stodgily told account of Christopher Columbus’s voyages to America, with a dull central performance by a miscast Gérard Depardieu, struggling […]

Apr, 11

Queimada [Burn!] **** (1969, Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori) – Classic Movie Review 7962

Director Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1968 Queimada [Burn!] [Battle of the Antilles] is part epic adventure-drama, part critical account of British colonialism. Pontecorvo’s sequel to his 1965 The Battle of Algiers tells the story of the British […]

Dec, 31

The Black Swan **** (1942, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 7324

The 1942 high-adventure movie The Black Swan is thrilling pirate malarkey, with the two handsome leads Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara giving attractive performances. Director Henry King’s 1942 high-adventure Technicolor swashbuckler movie The Black Swan is […]

Jul, 21

Piranha Part Two: The Spawning [Piranha II: The Spawning] ** (1981, Tricia O’Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen) – Classic Movie Review 6951

Jeff Schechtman, the co-producer of Piranha (1978), went on to produce a troubled sequel, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning [Piranha II: The Spawning], in 1981, directed by James Cameron no less. It stars Tricia O’Neil […]

Apr, 20

Safe in Hell **** (1931, Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse) – Classic Movie Review 6,835

Warner Bros’ fascinating and provocative 1931 crime drama film Safe in Hell stars Dorothy Mackaill as Gilda Karlson, a New Orleans hooker who flees to a Caribbean island after apparently killing Piet Van Saal (Ralf […]

Mar, 20

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