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Red Ball Express *** (1952, Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Sidney Poitier, Charles Drake, Judith Braun, Hugh O’Brian, Jacqueline Duval, Jack Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 7675

Director Budd Boetticher’s 1952 World War Two-set wartime adventure Red Ball Express follows the route of the truck division of the title in their desperate journey through enemy-occupied French territory delivering supplies to General Patton’s […]

Oct, 19

On the Double *** (1961, Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Diana Dors, Margaret Rutherford) – Classic Movie Review 7643

Co-writer/ producer/ director Melville Shavelson’s 1961 On the Double provides a witty title for a witty Danny Kaye comedy in which he plays Private First Class Ernie Williams, an American GI who specialises in impersonations […]

Oct, 07

Battle of the Bulge **** (1965, Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Ty Hardin, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 6,241

Ken Annakin’s truly epic 1965 World War Two wartime action film Battle of the Bulge is a sweeping, involving, often exciting battle movie. Robert Shaw stars in the real-life story about an ace commanding Panzer […]

Nov, 13

Au Revoir Les Enfants ***** (1987, Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette) – Classic Movie Review 1927

Writer-director Louis Malle’s haunting 1987 semi-autobiographical spellbinder, based on a searingly traumatic event in his childhood, is an exquisitely made, heart-breaking real-life story of appalling cruelty and inhumanity that resonates in the widest context. Set in […]

Dec, 07

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