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In Cold Blood ***** (1967, Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Jeff Corey, Paul Stewart, Will Geer) – Classic Movie Review 2874

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s gruelling 1967 movie version of Truman Capote’s 1966 bestselling true-crime ‘non-fiction novel’ about the brutal, senseless murder of a family in rural Kansas is extremely gripping, authentic and realistic, but also thankfully avoids […]

Sep, 02

Champion **** (1949, Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Lola Albright) – Classic Movie Review 2365

Director Mark Robson’s ultra-gripping classic 1949 boxing drama about ruthless rising to fame in the fight game provided Kirk Douglas with his first out of three Best Actor Oscar nominations. Although in the event the […]

Apr, 06

Mr Lucky *** (1943, Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Gladys Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 2341

The 1943 comedy film Mr Lucky stars Cary Grant, who is not terribly lucky with the script here, but he takes everything this movie throws at him in his stride.  ‘You call that purling? You […]

Mar, 31

Kiss Me Deadly **** (1955, Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Wesley Addy) – Classic Movie Review 2209

Producer-director Robert Aldrich’s 1955 film noir crime movie stars Ralph Meeker, who is on scalding form as Mickey Spillane’s private detective hero Mike Hammer. This first-rate Aldrich thriller is a hugely imaginative, ahead-of-its-time study in paranoia. […]

Feb, 23

Walk Softly, Stranger *** (1950, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, John McIntire, Jeff Donnell, Jack Parr) – Classic Movie Review 2024

The 1950 romantic film noir Walk Softly, Stranger stars Joseph Cotten as a small-time crook on the run, who arrives in Ashton, Ohio, claiming to have lived there as a boy but with robbery in […]

Dec, 30

Citizen Kane ***** (1941, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Erskine Sanford) – Classic Movie Review 25

Citizen Kane (1941) is the cinema’s Hamlet. All that has to be done to defend it against attacks from the philistines is to screen it as often as possible to the young, the curious, the […]

Jul, 06

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