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The Mystery of the 13th Guest * (1943, Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Tim Ryan, Frank Faylen) – Classic Movie Review 12,168

‘IT’S MURDER!… and it’s HORRIFIC!’ Director William Beaudine’s 1943 black and white Monogram Pictures studios American crime mystery thriller The Mystery of the 13th Guest is produced by Lindsley Parsons, and stars Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Tim […]

Jun, 12

Three Steps in the Dark ** (1953, Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Sarah Lawson, Hélène Cordet, Elwyn Brook-Jones) – Classic Movie Review 11,838

Director Daniel Birt’s 1953 British black and white crime thriller second feature Three Steps in the Dark stars Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Sarah Lawson and Hélène Cordet. The capable whodunit screenplay by Brock Williams is […]

Jan, 11

Abandoned *** (1949, Dennis O’Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall, Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau) – Classic Movie Review 11,442

The tense 1949 crime film noir thriller Abandoned stars Dennis O’Keefe as a crime reporter who helps a woman (Gale Storm) to try to find her missing sister, an unmarried mother. The trail leads to […]

Aug, 03

Death of a Scoundrel *** (1956, George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Coleen Gray, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, John Hoyt, Tom Conway) – Classic Movie Review 10,079

Writer-producer-director Charles Martin’s 1956 film Death of a Scoundrel stars George Sanders as scoundrel Euro-conman Clementi Sabourin (‘our plan is to buy companies that are in financial trouble and then build them up’), who steps […]

Jul, 24

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo * (2005, Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin, Jeroen Krabbé, Til Schweiger) – Classic Movie Review 1968

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, the dodgy and pathetic 2005 sequel to Rob Schneider’s excellently silly 1999 bad-taste farce Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, is probably best avoided. This one is unfortunately unfunny as well as vulgar […]

Dec, 16

Dressed to Kill [Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code] **** (1946, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmond Breon, Carl Harbord) – Classic Movie Review 985

All good things must come to an end, but the 1946 mystery film Dressed to Kill finds Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce’s Dr Watson going out in style in the last of their […]

Mar, 25

R.I.P.D. ** (2013, Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Bacon) – Movie Review

Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds star as cops sent by the other-worldly Rest In Peace Department to protect and serve the living from creatures who won’t move on peacefully into the afterlife. This 3D supernatural […]

Sep, 17

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