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The Golden Horde *** (1951, Ann Blyth, David Farrar, George Macready, Richard Egan, Peggie Castle, Marvin Miller) – Classic Movie Review 13,579

‘The great adventure of all the ages!’ The 1951 Technicolor film The Golden Horde is more colourful escapist nonsense from the Fifties, about the medieval clash of Christian crusaders and merciless Mongols led by evil […]

Jun, 19

Life in Danger *** (1959, Derren Nesbitt, Julie Hopkins) – Classic Movie Review 13,578

‘Terror rules as a mad killer on-the-loose rips a town apart! The tense 1959 British second feature thriller film Life in Danger stars Derren Nesbitt and Julie Hopkins. ‘Terror rules as a mad killer on-the-loose rips a town apart!’ The […]

Jun, 18

Curtain Up *** (1952, Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Joan Rice, Kay Kendall, Michael Medwin) – Classic Movie Review 13,577  

The little known but essential 1952 British theatre-set comedy film Curtain Up memorably teams Margaret Rutherford and Robert Morley. Director Ralph Smart’s little known but essential 1952 British comedy film Curtain Up teams Margaret Rutherford […]

Jun, 17

Castle in the Air *** (1952, David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford, Barbara Kelly, A E Matthews, Patricia Dainton) – Classic Movie Review 13,576

The lightly appealing 1952 British comedy film Castle in the Air is based on a play by Alan Melville, and stars David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford and Barbara Kelly. Director Henry Cass’s 1952 slightly […]

Jun, 17

An Honourable Murder ** (1960, Norman Wooland, Margaretta Scott, Lisa Daniely, Douglas Wilmer, Philip Saville, John Longden) – Classic Movie Review 13,575  

The 1960 British second feature drama film An Honourable Murder is a modern-day reworking of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, set in the City of London corporate world. Director Godfrey Grayson’s inventive and interesting if none too convincing or specially rewarding 1960 […]

Jun, 16

Breathing [Atmen] **** (2011, Thomas Schubert, Gerhard Liebmann, Georg Friedrich, Karin Lischka) – Classic Movie Review 13,574

Thomas Schubert stars as a 19-year-old inmate in a juvenile detention centre, working in a morgue pending his application for parole, in the 2011 drama film Breathing [Atmen]. Thomas Schubert stars as Roman Kogler, a 19-year-old inmate in an Austrian […]

Jun, 15

The Savage ** (1952, Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 13,573

‘WHITE MAN by birth! SAVAGE by heart!’ The 1952 Technicolor Western film The Savage stars Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen and Joan Taylor. ‘WHITE MAN by birth! SAVAGE by heart!’’ Fearless warrior loved by two […]

Jun, 14

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