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The Teckman Mystery *** (1954, Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver, Michael Medwin, Duncan Lamont) – Classic Movie Review 10,046

Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver, Michael Medwin and Duncan Lamont star in the 1954 British black and white film noir Cold War mystery thriller The Teckman Mystery, another intriguing case for crime writer Philip […]

Jul, 16

The First of the Few [Spitfire] **** (1942, Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John) – Classic Movie Review 9384

Lots of exciting aerial sequences, a good dash of sentiment and an appropriately stiff-lipped script help to make Leslie Howard’s 1942 black and white wartime tribute The First of the Few [Spitfire] a thoroughly affecting […]

Feb, 14

The Earth Dies Screaming ** (1964, Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters) – Classic Movie Review 9242

Director Terence Fisher’s 1964 British sci-fi horror quickie The Earth Dies Screaming is cheap and cheerful. [Spoiler alert] Robots have turned most folk in England into zombies. Well we knew all this telly watching wouldn’t […]

Jan, 08

The Man in the Sky [Decision Against Time] ** (1957, Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars, Walter Fitzgerald, Eddie Byrne, Lionel Jeffries, Donald Pleasence, Jeremy Bodkin) – Classic Movie Review 7993

Director Charles Crichton’s 1957 black and white drama The Man in the Sky [Decision Against Time] is Boys’ Own adventure stuff with a brave – some might even say foolhardy – test pilot John Mitchell (Jack […]

Jan, 08

Test Pilot **** (1938, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, Lionel Barrymore) – Classic Movie Review 5481

Director Victor Fleming’s thrilling and splendidly romantic 1938 aviation adventure tale of machismo in the air, and romance and comedy on the ground is delivered with all of the vintage MGM studio’s polish and know-how. […]

May, 19

Chain Lightning *** (1950, Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey) – Classic Movie Review 4,950

Humphrey Bogart stars in Warner Bros’ 1950 black and white aerospace film Chain Lightning as ex-World War Two flying ace Matt Brennan, offered a job by aircraft mogul Leland Willis (Raymond Massey) as chief test […]

Jan, 27

Crack-Up *** (1936, Peter Lorre, Brian Donlevy, Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan, Thomas Beck, Kay Linaker) – Classic Movie Review 3.322

Director Malcolm St Clair’s tense and entertaining 1936 espionage thriller film Crack-Up stars Peter Lorre as Colonel Gimpy, a ruthless spy boss whose organisation of dastardly foreign spies is trying to get its hands on the […]

Feb, 04

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