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Stormy Monday **** (1988, Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting) – Classic Movie Review 11,346

Stormy Monday (1988): ‘The Most Dangerous Choices Are Made With The Heart’. Writer-director Mike Figgis’s 1989 British neo noir movie Stormy Monday is an exciting and moodily atmospheric crime thriller set in a rain-swept, neon-lit […]

Jun, 26

To the Public Danger *** (1948, Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, Frederick Piper) – Classic Movie Review 11,188

Director Terence Fisher’s neatly scripted, well handled, decently acted 1948 British black and white drama second feature film To the Public Danger is produced by John Croydon, and stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Barry Letts, […]

May, 09

Henry VIII and His Six Wives *** (1972, Keith Michell, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher, Donald Pleasence, Lynne Frederick) – Classic Movie Review 11,048

Director Waris Hussein’s 1972 British historical film Henry VIII and His Six Wives stars Keith Michell, who repeats his impressive performance as King Henry VIII in this plush, entertaining and attractive film version of the […]

Mar, 26

The Sword and the Rose *** (1953, Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 10,987

Director Ken Annakin’s brisk, plush and colourful 1953 Tudor children’s adventure The Sword and the Rose stars Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice and Michael Gough. Walt Disney filmed this lively and engaging historical […]

Mar, 04

When We Are Married **** (1943, Sydney Howard, Raymond Huntley, Olga Lindo) – Classic Movie Review 10,435

Director Lance Comfort’s 1943 comedy When We Are Married is a very welcome film version of the appealing 1938 J B Priestley English Northcountry play about three sanctimoniously respectable Victorian silver wedding couples – The […]

Oct, 19

The Missionary *** (1982, Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Michael Hordern, Denholm Elliott, Graham Crowden, Phoebe Nicholls, Roland Culver, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 10,017

Director Richard Loncraine’s 1982 film The Missionary stars, and is written and produced by, Michael Palin, and finds room for a treasure trove of Brit performers. Palin’s The Missionary is a fairly funny comedy, in […]

Jul, 08

Temptation *** (1946, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas) Classic Movie Review 9918

Director Irving Pichel’s 1946 black and white film noir thriller Temptation stars Merle Oberon as bored housewife Ruby, an 1890s London shady lady who moves to Egypt and swaps her dull archaeologist husband Nigel Armine […]

Jun, 16

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