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Attack! **** (1956, Jack Palance , Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel) – Classic Movie Review 3408

Producer-director Robert Aldrich’s classic 1956 war movie, or rather anti-war film, is as uncompromising and it is powerful. He again casts his star from the previous year’s The Big Knife, Jack Palance as US Lieutenant […]

Feb, 25

Sands of Iwo Jima **** (1949, John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Richard Jaeckel, Wally Cassel, Richard Webb, Julie Bishop) – Classic Movie Review 3183

Director Allan Dwan’s 1949 war movie Sands of Iwo Jima is a very free dramatisation of the World War Two Battle of Iwo Jima, in which more than 5,000 Americans lost their lives for a small […]

Dec, 23

The Drowning Pool *** (1975, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Melanie Griffith, Tony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, Coral Browne) – Classic Movie Review 2935

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s 1975 mystery thriller The Drowning Pool stars Paul Newman, who reprises his role as Ross MacDonald’s cynical private eye Lew Harper (Archer in the novels) in an acceptable sequel to his far […]

Oct, 03

The Gunfighter **** (1950, Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Richard Jaeckel, Skip Homeier, B G Norman, Karl Malden, Jean Parker, Verna Felton, Alan Hale Jr, Ellen Corby, Mae Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 2594

‘His only friend was his gun… His only refuge – a woman’s heart!’ Director Henry King’s superior 1950 Western stars Gregory Peck, who rivets the attention cast against type as a worn-out reformed gunfighter called […]

Jun, 14

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ****½ (1973, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards Jnr, Jack Elam, John Beck) – Classic Movie Review 2480

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1973 retelling of the legend of Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) hunting down of his former friend and travelling buddy, the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) makes for a fascinating […]

May, 13

Starman ****½ (1984, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel) – Classic Movie Review 2043

Director John Carpenter delivers a stupendous, electrifying 1984 adult sci-fi fairy tale that’s tense, touching and thrilling throughout. Bruce A Evans, Raynold Gideon and Dean Reisner’s screenplay follows the story of the titular alien Starman, […]

Jan, 03

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