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The Mad Game *** (1933, Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Ralph Morgan, J Carrol Naish, John Miljan, Howard Lally, Matt McHugh, Kathleen Burke) – Classic Movie Review 12,779

Spencer Tracy is excellent as a bootlegging gangster, in the busy 1933 mob movie The Mad Game. Director Irving Cummings’s 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film The Mad Game stars Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor, […]

Jan, 04

Nightbeat [Night Beat] * (1947, Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Ronald Howard, Hector Ross, Christine Norden) – Classic Movie Review 12,778

Two dubious stories about Christine Norden. After she died in 1988, part of the planet Venus was named after her as a tribute to her status as Britain’s first postwar sex symbol. In 1967 she […]

Jan, 03

L’estate addosso [Summertime] *** (2016, Brando Pacitto, Matilda Lutz, Taylor Frey, Joseph Haro) – Classic Movie Review 12,777

The sweet and charming, maybe more bitter-sweet 2016 Italian romantic comedy film L’estate addosso [Summertime] just goes to show that, against all odds, four’s company. He loves her, she loves him, he loves him. Director […]

Jan, 02

Tiara Tahiti *** (1962, James Mason, John Mills, Claude Dauphin, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 12,775

Ted Kotcheff’s 1962 British comedy-drama film Tiara Tahiti is based on the novel by Geoffrey Cotterell, and stars James Mason and John Mills as wartime adversaries who meet again in Tahiti after the war. Director […]

Jan, 01

Operation Diplomat *** (1953, Guy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Patricia Dainton, Sydney Tafler, Ballard Berkeley, Anton Diffring, Brian Worth) – Classic Movie Review 12,774

John Guillermin’s hugely entertaining 1953 British crime thriller film Operation Diplomat is based on the TV serial by Francis Durbridge, and stars Guy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Patricia Dainton and Sydney Tafler. ‘INTRIGUE! that could TRIGGER […]

Jan, 01

An Englishman in New York **** (2009, John Hurt, Denis O’Hare, Jonathan Tucker, Swoosie Kurtz, Cynthia Nixon) – Classic Movie Review 12,773

John Hurt stars in the absolutely fabulous 2009 biographical film An Englishman in New York, chronicling gay English writer Quentin Crisp’s later life years in New York City after his move from London in the […]

Dec, 31

Danger by My Side * (1962, Anthony Oliver, Maureen Connell, Alan Tilvern, Bill Nagy) – Classic Movie Review 12,772

Butcher’s Film Services film Danger by My Side is a watchable if largely unremarkable British Sixties support-feature detective crime drama. Maureen Connell is pleasant company. Director Charles Saunders’s 1962 Butcher’s Film Services film Danger by […]

Dec, 31

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