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Stars in My Crown **** (1950, Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 10,615

Director Jacques Tourneur’s celebrated 1950 black and white Western family drama film Stars in My Crown stars Joel McCrea and Ellen Drew as Josiah and Harriet Gray. Josiah Doziah Gray is an American Civil War […]

Dec, 02

The Night of the Grizzly *** (1966, Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn, Nancy Kulp, Leo Gordon, Kevin Brodie, Ellen Corby, Jack Elam, Ron Ely) – Classic Movie Review 7106

The peace-loving residents of Wyoming are threatened by a vicious rogue grizzly bear and other equally unattractive bad guys in director Joseph Pevney’s picturesque, cuddly and cosy 1966 Old West adventure The Night of the […]

May, 31

Comes a Horseman ***½ (1978, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, James Caan, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth, Jim Davis, Mark Harmon) – Classic Movie Review 6379

Director Alan J Pakula’s 1978 modern-day 1940s-set Western is impressive and relishable, even if it is not entirely successful. Jane Fonda and James Caan play Ella Connors and ‘Buck’ Athearn, Montana ranch-owners who fight wicked […]

Dec, 09

Joe Kidd **** (1972, Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 6169

Director John Sturges’s 1972 movie, written by Elmore Leonard, shot by Bruce Surtees, produced by Sidney Beckerman and scored by Lalo Schifrin, is an underrated, largely forgotten Clint Eastwood genre Western. Running just 88 minutes, […]

Nov, 01

The Field *** (1990, Richard Harris, John Hurt, Tom Berenger, Sean Bean, Frances Tomelty, Brenda Fricker) – Classic Movie Review 4959

Oscar-nominated, white-bearded Richard Harris is wonderfully moving as ‘Bull’ McCabe, a proud, stubborn old man willing to fight to the death over a parcel of land, in writer-director Jim Sheridan’s 1990 Irish Thirties-set period picture. […]

Jan, 28

Giant **** (1956, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson) – Classic Movie Review 1080

George Stevens’s ambitious 1956 film Giant was a triumph for him, winning the Best Director Oscar. But it is most memorable for 24-year-old James Dean’s final role as bitter entrepreneur Jett Rink, set on destroying […]

Apr, 12

The Two Jakes **** (1990, Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter) – Classic Movie Review 938

In the third of his trio of movies as director, Jack Nicholson films in 1990 his buddy Robert Towne’s screenplay for their belated sequel to Chinatown (1974). His labyrinthine, complex plot may have audiences scratching […]

Mar, 18

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