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Sunstruck *** (1972, Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon, John Meillon, Dawn Lake, Peter Whittle, Bobby Limb) – Classic Movie Review 10,772

Director James Gilbert’s 1972 Australian romantic comedy drama Sunstruck stars Harry Secombe, who is ideally cast as Stanley Evans, an amiable but reticent Welsh teacher who acts on a poster he sees offering work in […]

Jan, 09

Anna and the King ** (1999, Jodie Foster, Yun-Fat Chow, Bai Ling) – Classic Movie Review 10,678

Director Andy Tennant’s 1999 historical biopic Anna and the King stars Jodie Foster as widowed British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens, who goes to Bangkok in 1862 to rule the enormous brood of the stern King Mongkut […]

Dec, 17

Term of Trial *** (1962, Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles, Terence Stamp, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 10,559

The compelling 1962 British realist drama film Term of Trial is about a student (Sarah Miles) who develops a crush on her schoolteacher (Laurence Olivier), leading him into serious trouble. ‘I always knew she was […]

Nov, 18

China ** (1943, Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 10,102

Director John Farrow’s 1943 propaganda war film China stars Alan Ladd, in a typical role for him as cynical, tough guy profiteer Mr David Jones, who has a change of heart as Pearl Harbor and […]

Jul, 29

Good Morning [Ohayô] **** (1959, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû, Kôji Shitara, Masahiko Shimazu) – Classic Movie Review 9671

Good Morning [Ohayô] (1959) is a gently mocking Japanese comedy of social manners from director Yasujirô Ozu that centres on the refusal of Keitarô Hayashi (Chishû Ryû) to buy a television set for his two […]

Apr, 24

Topaze **** (1951, Fernandel, Hélène Perdrière, Marcel Vallée, Jacqueline Pagnol, Pierre Larquey) – Classic Movie Review 9520

Marcel Pagnol directs the 1951 French comedy film Topaze, remaking his own 1936 film Topaze, based on his 1928 play of the same name, again as Topaze, this time starring Fernandel and Hélène Perdrière. It […]

Mar, 17

Mad About Men ** (1954, Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, Anne Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9367

Director Ralph Thomas’s amiable 1954 Technicolor fantasy comedy Mad about Men again stars Glynis Johns, who revisits her mermaid tale for this sequel to 1948’s hit Miranda, in which flirty mermaid Miranda and stuffy gymnastics teacher […]

Feb, 11

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