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- They Came to a City *** (1944, John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley, Renee Gadd, A E Matthews) – Classic Movie Review 12,868
- The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady ** (1940, Warren William, Eric Blore, Jean Muir, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 12,867
- One Little Indian * (1973, James Garner, Vera Miles, Pat Hingle, John Doucette, Morgan Woodward, Andrew Prine, Jodie Foster) – Classic Movie Review 12,866
- The Castaway Cowboy ** (1974, James Garner, Vera Miles, Robert Culp, Eric Shea) – Classic Movie Review 12,865
- The Flying Scot [Mailbag Robbery] *** (1957, Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford) – Classic Movie Review 12,864
- Trezor [Vault] **** (2018, Anger Zsolt, Péter Scherer, Tasnádi Bence, Bezerédi Zoltán, Gabriella Hámori, Ferenc Elek, Kőszegi Ákos) – Classic Movie Review 12,863
- Lock Up ** (1989, Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, John Amos, Darlanne Fluegel, Frank McRae, Sonny Landham, Tom Sizemore) – Classic Movie Review 12,862
- Stupid Boy [Garçon Stupide] *** (2004, Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov, Rui Alves) – Classic Movie Review 12,861
- The Class [Entre Les Murs] **** (2008, Stars François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio) – Classic Movie Review 12,860
- George Washington Slept Here *** (1942, Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Percy Kilbride, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel, William Tracy, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 12,859
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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 […]
The Big Operator *** (1959, Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, Ray Danton) – Classic Movie Review 10,121
Director Charles F Haas’s 1959 crime thriller The Big Operator [Anatomy of a Syndicate] stars Mickey Rooney as a union racketeer called Little Joe Braun, who sets off on the rampage when the US Senate […]
Rock, Pretty Baby! *** (1956, Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten, Fay Wray, Shelley Fabares) – Classic Movie Review 9861
‘I’m the victim of the greatest social disease of our generation: parents.’ – Angelo Barrato (Sal Mineo). Director Richard Bartlett’s engaging 1956 American low-budget youth-oriented comedy musical movie Rock, Pretty Baby stars Sal Mineo, John […]
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington **** (1987, Joan Hickson, Maurice Denham, Joanna David, Mona Bruce, Jean Boht, Juliette Mole, David Beames) – Classic Movie Review 9635
The agreeable 1987 TV movie Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington stars Joan Hickson in her ninth case as the BBC’s Miss Marple, based on Agatha Christie’s novel. Miss Marple’s friend Mrs McGillicuddy sees a murder […]
The Mambo Kings ***** (1992, Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Pablo Calogero, Desi Arnaz Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9530
Producer-director Arne Glimcher’s brilliant, beguling 1992 musical drama The Mambo Kings is the musical film as a style object. Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas star in a soulful love story with music about two brothers […]
Great Balls of Fire! ** (1989, Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, John Doe) – Classic Movie Review 9507
Goodness, gracious! It’s Dennis Quaid giving an amusing caricature of a performance as legendary Fifties rocker Jerry Lee Lewis, in the 1989 stylised comic-book biopic Great Balls of Fire!, which reunites Dennis Quaid with Jim […]
My Life as a Dog [Mitt liv som hund] **** (1985, Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén) – Classic Movie Review 9100
‘It could have been worse. I’ve actually been lucky. If you compare… My Life as a Dog’ Set in the Fifties, director Lasse Hallström’s magical bitter-sweet 1985 film My Life as a Dog [Mitt liv […]