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Wuthering Heights ***** (1939, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Hugh Williams, Flora Robson) – Classic Movie Review 2959

Producer Samuel Goldwyn and director William Wyler’s 1939 vintage movie version of Emily Brontë’s perennially enchanting classic yarn is splendidly romantic, atmospheric and rousing. It stars the lustrous Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in the […]

Oct, 05

Around the World in 80 Days **** (1956, David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Newton, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 2452

Director Michael Anderson’s 1956 Technicolor epic action adventure comedy film triumphed on Academy Award night, winning five rather undeserved Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Score, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. Producer-showman Michael Todd, a […]

May, 04

Better Late Than Never *** (1982, David Niven, Art Carney, Maggie Smith, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 2430

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s 13th film from 1982 provided his penultimate movie, as his directorial career came to an all too early end. The outstanding cast of David Niven, Art Carney, Maggie Smith and Lionel Jeffries […]

Apr, 26

The Way Ahead **** (1944, David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald) – Classic Movie Review 1806

Director Carol Reed’s 1944 World War Two morale-boosting drama The Way Ahead is adapted from Eric Ambler’s story in an excellent, rousing screenplay by himself and future two-time Oscar-winning actor Peter Ustinov (Spartacus, Topkapi). Reed […]

Nov, 05

The Guns of Navarone ***** (1961, Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 1397

Three cheers for director J Lee Thompson’s famous, stirring, classic 1961 World War Two action/adventure war thriller, based on Alistair MacLean’s 1957 bestselling novel. It follows the fortunes of a team of Allied commando fighters sent to […]

Jul, 05

Death on the Nile **** (1978, Peter Ustinov, Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, David Niven, Jon Finch, Jack Warden, George Kennedy, Simon MacCorkindale, Harry Andrews, Jane Birkin, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey) – Classic Movie Review 1299

Peter Ustinov’s Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a selfish heiress (Lois Chiles) on a Nile steamer, where all are suspects, in the 1978 film Death on the Nile. Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Maggie Smith […]

Jun, 07

Casino Royale *** (1967, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress, John Huston, William Holden, Deborah Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 839

The original 1967 Casino Royale movie is a huge-scale, vastly costly James Bond spoof, starring David Niven as British secret agent Sir James Bond, who is called out of retirement after the death of M […]

Feb, 18

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