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Sunset Pass ** (1946, James Warren, Nan Leslie, John Laurenz, Jane Greer, Robert Barrat) – Classic Movie Review 11,512

Director William Berke’s 1946 hour-long American black and white Western film Sunset Pass is based on the novel by Zane Grey, and stars James Warren, Nan Leslie, John Laurenz, Jane Greer, Robert Barrat, Harry Woods, […]

Aug, 24

On the Buses * (1971, Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Stephen Lewis, Bob Grant) – Classic Movie Review 6873

Director Harry Booth’s 1971 movie stars Reg Varney as Stan Butler and Doris Hare as his mum in this poor first spin-off from the inexplicably popular 60s and 70s British TV comedy series, which ran […]

Apr, 01

Murder by Death **** (1976, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood) – Classic Movie Review 6788

Director Robert Moore’s clever and witty 1976 comedy parodies a number of famous detectives, with Peter Sellers indulging himself as Sidney Wang in a spoof of Charlie Chan, Peter Falk as Sam Diamond in a spoof […]

Mar, 11

Dick Barton Strikes Back *** (1949, Don Stannard, Bruce Walker, Sebastian Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 6578

Hammer’s 1949 British thriller film Dick Barton Strikes Back is the middle episode of the Dick Barton trilogy. Don Stannard is back as Special Agent Dick Barton fighting spies out to send atomic rays from […]

Jan, 19

The Killer Shrews ** (1959, James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon, Baruch Lumet) – Classic Movie Review 3915

‘Your skin will crawl with fear at their nearness’. Jay Simms’s story imagines a group of people are being terrorised on an isolated island by giant voracious shrews during a hurricane. A mad doctor is making humans half […]

Jun, 29

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot **** (1974, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey) – Classic Movie Review 3167

Young writer-director Michael Cimino’s exciting 1974 thriller finds Clint Eastwood on his best form as Thunderbolt, a hardened artilleryman bank robber who flees from jail, chums up with Lightfoot, an aimless, flippant, irresponsible, irreverent young punk (Jeff […]

Dec, 18

Silver Streak **** (1976, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan) – Classic Movie Review 3066

Writer Colin Higgins and director Arthur Hiller’s sparkling 1976 train-set comedy thriller Silver Streak has a golden streak and is a hilarious suspense ride. It was the start of a winning partnership of four star […]

Nov, 15

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