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- The Replacement Killers *** (1998, Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang, Jürgen Prochnow, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr, Carlos Gomez) – Classic Movie Review 13,970
- Coyote Ugly *** (2000, Piper Perabo, John Goodman, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko, Melanie Lynskey, Bridget Moynahan, Tyra Banks, LeAnn Rimes, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 13,969
- Shadow of Fear *** (1964, Paul Maxwell, Clare Owen, Anita West, Alan Tilvern, John Arnatt, Eric Pohlmann, Reginald Marsh, John Sutton, Anthony Wager, Colin Tapley) – Classic Movie Review 13,968
- Race Street **** (1948, George Raft, Marilyn Maxwell, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Harry Morgan, Gale Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 13,967
- Swamp Fire ** (1946, Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Virginia Grey, Carol Thurston) – Classic Movie Review 13,966
- Dangerous Partners *** (1945, James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Gwenn, Audrey Totter, Warner Anderson, Felix Bressart, Mabel Paige, John Warburton, Henry O’Neill, Grant Withers) – Classic Movie Review 13,965
- A Dangerous Profession **** (1949, George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O’Brien, Jim Backus, Bill Williams, Roland Winters) – Classic Movie Review 13,964
- Bad Girl **** (1931, Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell, William Pawley, Frank Darien) – Classic Movie Review 13,963
- Pick-Up *** (1933, Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, William Harrigan) – Classic Movie Review 13,962
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Flesh ** (1932, Wallace Beery, Karen Morley, Ricardo Cortez, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 11,575
Director John Ford’s 1932 MGM black and white drama Flesh stars Wallace Beery, Karen Morley, Ricardo Cortez and Jean Hersholt. The story is by Edmund Goulding, and the screenplay is by Leonard Praskins (adaptation), Edgar […]
The Flemish Farm ** (1943, Clive Brook, Clifford Evans, Jane Baxter, Philip Friend) – Classic Movie Review 11,574
Director Jeffrey Dell’s 1943 British film The Flemish Farm is an honourable and conscientious if not particularly distinguished morale-boosting World War Two war drama, apparently based on fact. A well known, respected film in its […]
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ** (1934, Pauline Lord, W C Fields, ZaSu Pitts, Evelyn Venable) – Classic Movie Review 11,573
Director Norman Taurog’s humorous 1934 Paramount Pictures comedy-drama film Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is worth watching for the performers and the laughs, even if the antique emotional manipulation seems too crude today. W […]
Mrs Pollifax-Spy * (1971, Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould, Albert Paulsen, John Beck, Dana Elcar) – Classic Movie Review 11,572
‘Before she joined the CIA, Mrs Pollifax thought Red China was a set of dishes.’ Director Leslie H Martinson’s 1971 spy comedy Mrs Pollifax-Spy stars Rosalind Russell as the title character, and finds the always […]
Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle *** (1994, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, Andrew McCarthy, Wallace Shawn) – Classic Movie Review 11,570
Jennifer Jason Leigh is very effective as the mannered acid wit and writer Dorothy Parker in Alan Rudolph’s posh and good-looking but gossipy and suitably bitchy 1994 biopic Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle, from a […]
Emergency Wedding [Jealousy] * (1950 Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, Willard Parker, Una Merkel, Alan Reed, Eduard Franz) – Classic Movie Review 11,546
Director Edward Buzzell 1950 comedy feature film Emergency Wedding (Jealousy in the UK) stars Larry Parks and Barbara Hale. It is a contrived, artificial and mediocre remake of the not specially impressive You Belong to […]
Backdraft *** (1991, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick, J T Walsh.) – Classic Movie Review 11,534
Director Ron Howard’s 1991 American action thriller film Backdraft stars Kurt Russell as hotheaded but stalwart fireman Lieutenant Stephen “Bull” McCaffrey and William Baldwin as his younger brother Probationary Firefighter Brian McCaffrey, who fight blazes, battle each other […]