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Dirty Mary Crazy Larry *** (1974, Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey and Roddy McDowall) – Classic Movie Review 11,182

PETER FONDA drivin’ hard!! SUSAN GEORGE ridin’ easy!!… Director John Hough’s 1974 non-stop action thriller Dirty Mary Crazy Larry stars Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey and Roddy McDowall, and is […]

May, 08

Marry the Girl ** (1935, Sonnie Hale, Winifred Shotter, Hugh Wakefield, Judy Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 11,181

The 1935 British black and white comedy film Marry the Girl is directed by Maclean Rogers, who wrote the screenplay with Kathleen Butler, adapting the 1930 Aldwych stage farce Marry the Girl, written by George […]

May, 07

Kong vs Godzilla [Kingu Kongu tai Gojira] ** (1962, Tadao Takashima, Yû Fujiki, Kenji Sahara) – Classic Movie Review 11,179

Director Ishirō Honda’s quaint and hysterical but fondly remembered 1962 Japanese kaiju monster movie King Kong vs Godzilla [Kingu Kongu tai Gojira] is the third film in the Godzilla franchise, and the first of two […]

May, 07

Just My Luck ** (1933, Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Davy Burnaby, Robertson Hare) – Classic Movie Review 11,178

A shy teacher takes over the running of a hotel in the 1933 British black and white farcical comedy film Just My Luck, directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Davy Burnaby […]

May, 07

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

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