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Portrait of Alison *** (1955, Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester, Geoffrey Keen) – Classic Movie Review 10,255

Director Guy Green’s 1955 black and white British mystery crime film Portrait of Alison [Postmark for Danger] is an amazingly convoluted and satisfyingly entertaining whodunit thriller, based on Francis Durbridge’s popular Fifties TV serial, about […]

Sep, 01

Destination Gobi *** (1953, Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter) – Classic Movie Review 10,253

‘ADVENTURE AS FIERY AND FURIOUS AS THE FLAMING SANDS OF CHINA’S GOBI DESERT!’ Director Robert Wise’s 1953 drama Destination Gobi, his first film in colour, is an engrossing war adventure about US Navy men on […]

Sep, 01

Scalawag ** (1973, Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand) – Classic Movie Review 10,252

Kirk Douglas directs himself in the 1973 adventure film Scalawag as Pete, a ‘yo-ho-ho’ one-legged pirate searching for hidden treasure in Mexico. Scalawag is an unsubtle reworking of Treasure Island, with decent sets, costumes and […]

Sep, 01

Posse *** (1975, Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins, James Stacy, Luke Askew, David Canary, Alfonso Arau) – Classic Movie Review 10,251

The 1975 Western film Posse stars Kirk Douglas as Texas right-wing lawman Howard Nightingale, who leads a posse to capture the infamous outlaw Jack Strawhorn (Bruce Dern). Director Kirk Douglas’s 1975 Western film Posse stars […]

Sep, 01

Posse from Hell ** (1961, Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Zohra Lampert) – Classic Movie Review 10,250)

Director Herbert Coleman’s 1961 Posse from Hell stars Audie Murphy, who rides in as a tough former gunfighter called Banner Cole, heading the search for a murderous band of four ex-cons, all convicted killers who […]

Aug, 31

The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] **** (1975, Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila) – Classic Movie Review 10,249

Director Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 Swedish film The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] is a magical filming of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s great opera, eavesdropping on a performance at Drottningholm’s 18th century court theatre in Stockholm. With Sven Nykvist’s […]

Aug, 31

Easy Living *** (1949, Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufts, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 10,215

Director Jacques Tourneur’s 1949 Easy Living stars Victor Mature as football star Pete Wilson, who matures and realises the game doesn’t make him or his greedy wife Liza (Lizabeth Scott) happy. His retired buddy Tim […]

Aug, 23

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