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Salmonberries **½ (1991, k d Lang, Rosel Zech, Oscar Kawagley, Chuck Connors) – Classic Movie Review 11,852

Writer-director Percy Adlon’s 1991 German drama film Salmonberries stars k d lang, Rosel Zech, Oscar Kawagley, Chuck Connors and Jane Lind, with dialogue mostly in English. Canadian singer k d lang plays androgynous orphaned Eskimo drifter Kotzebue, […]

Jan, 16

Canyon Passage *** (1946, Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, Hoagy Carmichael, Ward Bond, Andy Devine, Lloyd Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 10,618

Shop owner Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews) clashes with slimy financier George Camrose (Brian Donlevy), after the latter’s fiancée Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward) falls for the former and one of Donlevy’s bank clients is killed. The […]

Dec, 02

Escape from the Dark [The Littlest Horse Thieves] **** (1976, Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne) – Classic Movie Review 8195

‘Three Daring Adventurers! Clever enough to outsmart a town… brave enough to save it!’ Director Charles Jarrott’s impeccable 1976 family drama Escape from the Dark [The Littlest Horse Thieves] is based on Rosemary Anne Sisson’s […]

Mar, 04

Belle Le Grand ** (1951, Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Hope Emerson, John Qualen, Stephen Chase, Harry Morgan, Muriel Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 7634

Director Allan Dwan’s 1951 Republic Pictures black and white Western movie Belle Le Grand stars Vera Ralston, who plays New Orleans woman Daisy Henshaw, aka the titular Belle Le Grand, now a rich San Francisco […]

Oct, 03

The Hallelujah Trail *** (1965, Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Brian Keith, Jim Hutton, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Pamela Tiffin) – Classic Movie Review 6523

Producer-director John Sturges’s good-looking, robust 1965 Western stars Burt Lancaster as Colonel Thaddeus Gearhart, who is assigned to protect a valuable shipment of whisky en route to the thirsty miners in Denver. Native Americans, the US […]

Jan, 05

Matewan **** (1987, Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Tighe, James Earl Jones) – Classic Movie Review 6370

Writer-director John Sayles’s outstanding film is a meaty and intelligent drama about a violent clash between a West Virginia 1920s coal company and striking miners who win the support of their fellow workers. Long at […]

Dec, 07

The Spoilers **** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey Sr) – Classic Movie Review 5520

Director Ray Enright’s stirring 1942 Western is the rousing fourth version of the much filmed 1906 Rex Beach Alaska gold rush saga (there are five movies). It is adapted for the screen by Lawrence Hazard and […]

May, 29

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