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The Lady Is Willing *** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Stanley Ridges, Arline Judge) – Classic Movie Review 9619

Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1942 The Lady Is Willing is a frothy, mostly appealing, Forties-period romantic comedy in which an eccentric Broadway showgirl, Elizabeth Madden (the incomparable Marlene Dietrich effectively cast against type), is so desperate […]

Apr, 08

Mix Me a Person ** (1962, Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden, Adam Faith) – Classic Movie Review 9613

Young Adam Faith (aged 22) stars as Harry Jukes, who is unjustly convicted of a cop killing, but finds a champion in his lawyer Philip Bellamy QC (Donald Sinden)’s wife, psychiatrist Dr Anne Dyson (Anne […]

Apr, 07

A Midnight Clear **** (1992, Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, Frank Whaley, John C McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 9611

Writer-director Keith Gordon’s 1992 war drama A Midnight Clear is a moving anti-war tale adapted from William (Birdy) Wharton’s novel by director Gordon, filming in City Park, Utah, ironically during the Gulf War. It tells […]

Apr, 07

Goodbye, My Fancy * (1951, Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 9609

Director Vincent Sherman’s 1951 Goodbye, My Fancy stars Joan Crawford, who is miscast in Madeleine Carroll’s stage role in Fay Kanin’s play, as Agatha Reed, a US Congress woman in a love tussle with old […]

Apr, 06

The Midnight Man *** (1974, Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 9608

Burt Lancaster stars in the 1974 murder mystery thriller The Midnight Man as Jim Slade, an ex-homicide-cop, released from jail after shooting his wife and lover, who becomes mixed up in a student girl’s murder […]

Apr, 06

The Food of the Gods * (1976, Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino, Jon Cypher) – Classic Movie Review 9570

Writer-director Bert I Gordon’s 1976 low-budget exploitation quickie The Food of the Gods is a silly, gooey chiller, adapted from an H G Wells story, about gunge from the ground that creates monsters of insects […]

Mar, 28

Un Condamné à Mort S’est Échappé [A Man Escaped] ***** (1956, François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock) – Classic Movie Review 9554

Director Robert Bresson’s 1956 French film Un Condamné à Mort S’est Échappé ou Le Vent Souffle où il Veut [A Man Escaped] is the brilliantly made, stark, true story of a captured French Resistance fighter, […]

Mar, 24

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