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The Disorderly Orderly *** (1964, Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Susan Oliver) – Classic Movie Review 11,175

Writer-director Frank Tashlin’s 1964 Technicolor slapstick comedy The Disorderly Orderly is one of the best from Jerry Lewis. It is nicely made by former animator Tashlin, who treats the frantic star like a cartoon character. […]

May, 06

Distant Thunder [Ashani Sanket] **** (1973, Soumitra Chatterjee, Bobita, Sandhya Roy) – Classic Movie Review 11,174

The 1973 Indian film Distant Thunder [Ashani Sanket] is director Satyajit Ray’s moving look at the horrifying effects of the Bengali famine in 1943, viewed in microcosm through the lives of a warm-hearted doctor-teacher Gangacharan […]

May, 06

Distant Thunder *** (1988, John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Keane) – Classic Movie Review 11,173

‘A hero of war. A casualty of peace. With only one hope for survival. His son.’  Director Rick Rosenthal’s 1988 drama Distant Thunder is a well-played and likeable, but clichéd and over-sentimental Canadian tearjerker, though […]

May, 06

D-Tox * (2002, Sylvester Stallone, Charles S Dutton, Polly Walker, Kris Kristofferson) – Classic Movie Review 11,172

Director Jim Gillespie’s 2002 crime film D-Tox stars Sylvester Stallone as FBI agent Jake Malloy on the trail of a serial killer targeting cops, who becomes alcoholic and attends a remote detox clinic rehabilitation camp […]

May, 06

The D.I. *** (1957, Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery) – Classic Movie Review 11,166

The black and white US Marine drama The D.I. stars Jack Webb and is produced and directed by him in 1957. It is made by Mark VII and released by Warner Bros. Jack Webb stars […]

May, 04

Fire and Ice *** (1983, Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor) – Classic Movie Review 11,165

The 1983 adult animated feature Fire and Ice is an intriguing, entertaining and eye-catching Conan the Barbarian-style sword and sorcery dark fantasy cartoon from director Ralph Bakshi, in which an evil lord, Nekron (Sean Hannon), […]

May, 04

FBI Girl *** (1951, Cesar Romero, George Brent, Audrey Totter, Tom Drake, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 11,164

Raymond Burr as Blake: ‘It would be a novelty in this great country of ours, wouldn’t it? A man running for the United States Senate with a murder charge hanging over his head.’ Producer-director William […]

May, 04

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