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The Main Attraction * (1962, Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan, Mai Zetterling, Kieron Moore, Yvonne Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 11,233

‘He’s In Trouble With That “Suzie Wong” Girl’ Director Daniel Petrie’s 1962 romance The Main Attraction stars clean-cut Pat Boone, in an unlikely piece of casting, as a sexy young American singer called Eddie, a […]

May, 23

Sammy Going South [A Boy Ten Feet Tall] *** (1963, Edward G Robinson, Fergus McClelland, Constance Cummings) – Classic Movie Review 11,232

‘Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!’ Director Alexander Mackendrick’s 1963 adventure Sammy Going South [A Boy Ten Feet Tall] is based on the novel by W H Canaway and is a heartwarming […]

May, 22

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid ** (1987, Shashi Kapoor, Claire Bloom, Frances Barber, Ayub Khan-Din, Roland Gift) – Classic Movie Review 11,231

Director Stephen Frears’s 1987 comedy drama Sammy and Rosie Get Laid stars Shashi Kapoor, Claire Bloom, Ayub Khan-Din, Frances Barber and Roland Gift. Thirty years on, former Indian government minister Rafi Rahman (Kapoor), returns for […]

May, 22

The Magic of Lassie *** (1978, James Stewart, Alice Faye, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 11,230

Director Don Chaffey’s 1978 The Magic of Lassie is a tuneful but tame musical reworking of the 1943 family favourite Lassie Come Home, with a story in which trade baron Jamison (Pernell Roberts) reclaiming Lassie […]

May, 22

The Brotherhood **** (1968, Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg, Murray Hamilton, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe De Santiis) – Classic Movie Review 11,229

Martin Ritt’s 1968 Technicolor Mafia crime thriller film The Brotherhood stars Kirk Douglas, Irene Papas, Alex Cord and Luther Adler.  Director Martin Ritt’s 1968 Technicolor Mafia crime thriller film The Brotherhood stars Kirk Douglas as Frank Ginetta, a […]

May, 22

The Proud Valley **** (1940, Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack) – Classic Movie Review 11,201

Director Pen Tennyson’s 1940 Ealing Studios black and white drama The Proud Valley stars Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman and Edward Rigby. In a Welsh coal mining valley, Welsh choir-leading coal miner Dick Parry (Edward Chapman) […]

May, 12

Convoy **** (1940, Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell, Albert Lieven) – Classic Movie Review 11,200

Director Pen Tennyson’s 1940 British Ealing Studios black and white flag-waving war film Convoy is a suitably laid-back, grace-under-fire portrayal of everyday World War Two seafaring existence. It is his third and last film. But […]

May, 12

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