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Deadly Game ** (1977, Andy Griffith, Mitzi Hoag, James Cromwell, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 11,498

Writer-director Lane Slate’s 1977 TV movie thriller Deadly Game stars Andy Griffith, Mitzi Hoag and James Cromwell. Griffith stars as charming old police chief Abel Marsh, who investigates the deaths of two elderly people caused […]

Aug, 20

Isn’t It Shocking? **** (1973, Alan Alda, Louise Lasser, Edmond O’Brien, Lloyd Nolan, Ruth Gordon, Will Geer) – Classic Movie Review 11,497

Director John Badham’s 1973 thriller Isn’t It Shocking? is written by Lane Slate, and stars Alan Alda, Louise Lasser, Edmond O’Brien, Lloyd Nolan, Ruth Gordon and Will Geer. The made-for-television comedy-mystery film first aired on the […]

Aug, 20

Tough Guys Don’t Dance ** (1987, Ryan O’Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Stipe) – Classic Movie Review 10,757

In difficult circumstances, Ryan O’Neal does well as a blacking-out alcoholic writer, 40-something ex-con Tim Madden, who may have killed during a drunken bender, in this wobbly but always intriguing 1987 movie Tough Guys Don’t […]

Jan, 06

Night Owls ** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Edgar Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7406

Director James Parrott’s 1930 comedy short film Night Owls is the first film to use Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s celebrated theme tune, ‘The Ku-Ku Song’, written by Marvin Hatley. Edgar Kennedy plays a bungling local […]

Aug, 05

Naked Alibi *** (1954, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry) – Classic Movie Review 7,384

Sterling Hayden and Gene Barry are ideal, and so is noir favourite Gloria Grahame as bar singer Marianna, in the toughly cast, enjoyable little 1954 crime thriller Naked Alibi, with a good film noir atmosphere. […]

Aug, 01

Beverly Hills Cop II ** (1987, Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronnie Cox, Allen Garfield, Brigitte Nielsen, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 6650

Eddie Murphy’s energy and charm are severely tested on director Tony Scott’s extremely inferior 1987 sequel to 1984’s great hit Beverly Hills Cop. Predictably, Scott mostly dumps the original’s comedy element in favour of unsubtle strong […]

Feb, 04

Fangs * (2002, Corbin Bernsen, Tracy Nelson, Whip Hubley) – Classic Movie Review 6393

Fangs ain’t what they used to be. Director Kelly Sandefur’s 2002 feature is a laughably silly horror movie, in which a small town’s residents fight genetically modified killer bats. It stars Whip Hubley, Tracy Nelson […]

Dec, 11

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