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The Naked Edge ***½ (1961, Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Peter Cushing, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold, Michael Wilding, Ronald Howard) – Classic Movie Review 3847

Director Michael Anderson’s tantalising and engrossing 1961 British movie provides Gary Cooper with his final film role. It is an enjoyably convoluted, far-fetched thriller, written by Joseph Stefano, the author of Psycho, adapting Max Ehrlich’s […]

Jun, 11

The Black Knight *** (1954, Alan Ladd, Anthony Bushell, Peter Cushing, Patrick Troughton, Patricia Medina, Harry Andrews, André Morell, Laurence Naismith, John Laurie) – Classic Movie Review 3649

Alan Ladd came to Britain for a $1 million lowish-budget Camelot caper about modest sword-making blacksmith John, who disguises himself as a knight (The Black Knight) to try to win the hand of Lady Linet […]

May, 03

Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 AD ** (1966, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, Roberta Tovey, Jill Curzon, Andrew Keir) – Classic Movie Review 3308

The acting and production team from the hit Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) reassembles and – guess what? – the rotten robotic mutant Daleks have invaded the hapless planet Earth in 2150 AD and enslaved […]

Jan, 31

Dr Who and the Daleks **½ (1965, Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey) – Classic Movie Review 3307

Written and produced by Milton Subotsky, director Gordon Flemyng’s 1965 sci-fi adventure provides Peter Cushing with his turn to play the good Doctor Who in this colourful if disappointingly lame comic-book version of the 1963 BBC […]

Jan, 31

The Vampire Lovers *** (1970, Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, Madeline Smith, Kate O’Mara, Dawn Addams, Pippa Steel, George Cole, Douglas Wilmer) – Classic Movie Review 3,155

Hammer Films’ 1970 erotic chiller The Vampire Lovers stars Ingrid Pitt as Carmilla Karnstein, a 1794 German Lesbian vampire who ingratiates herself into the home of General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) and sinks her fangs […]

Dec, 15

Dr Terror’s House of Horrors *** (1965, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Max Adrian, Roy Castle) – Classic Movie Review 3115

Peter Cushing stars in Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965) as a mysterious fortune teller called Dr Terror who reads the tarot cards to tell the future of five fellow passengers aboard a British train. […]

Nov, 30

Tales from the Crypt *** (1972, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Richard Greene, Nigel Patrick, Barbara Murray, Roy Dotrice, Robin Phillips, Patrick Magee, Geoffrey Bayldon) – Classic Movie Review 3105

Director Freddie Francis’s ghoulish 1972 British portmanteau chiller stars Sir Ralph Richardson as The Crypt Keeper, an evil monk, who shows a vision of the future to five people lost on a tour through some […]

Nov, 28

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