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- Whispering Smith Hits London [Whispering Smith vs Scotland Yard] ** (1952, Richard Carlson, Greta Gynt, Herbert Lom, Rona Anderson, Alan Wheatley, Dora Bryan, Reginald Beckwith, Stanley Baker, Danny Green) – Classic Movie Review 12,886
- Miss MacTaggart Won’t Lie Down *** (1966, Barbara Mullen, Eric Woodburn, Andrew Downie) – Classic Movie Review 12,885
- Death in Buenos Aires [Muerte en Buenos Aires] *** (2014, Demián Bichir, Chino Darín, Carlos Casella) – Classic Movie Review 12,884
- The Last Stop in Yuma County **** (2023, Jim Cummings, Faizon Love, Jocelin Donahue, Richard Brake, Michael Abbott Jr, Connor Jones, Connor Paolo, Robin Bartlett) – Classic Movie Review 12,883
- Ripley ***** (2024, Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn) – Classic Movie Review 12,882
- The History Boys **** (2006, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Dominic Cooper, Russell Tovey) – Classic Movie Review 12,881
- John and Julie *** (1955, Colin Gibson, Leslie Dudley, Moira Lister, Noelle Middelton, Constance Cummings, Wilfrid Hyde White, Sidney James, Peter Sellers) – Classic Movie Review 12,880
- Double Exposure * (1954, John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 12,879
- Charlotte’s Web *** (1973, voices of Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Martha Scott, Agnes Moorehead, Rex Allen) – Classic Movie Review 12,878
- Sunset Across the Bay **** (1975, Gabrielle Daye, Harry Markham, Bob Peck, Peter Sallis) – Classic Movie Review 12,877
Posts Tagged "1950s"
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Cry Vengeance ** (1954, Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Skip Homeier, Joan Vohs, Douglas Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 8915
Director Mark Stevens’s routine, semi-tough 1954 film noir thriller Cry Vengeance also stars Stevens as violent ex-cop Vic Barron, who hunts the villain, apparently Tino Morelli (Douglas Kennedy), who framed him and put him in […]
The Lemon Drop Kid *** (1951, Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, William Frawley) – Classic Movie Review 8705
Director Sidney Lanfield’s pleasing 1951 black and white comedy stars Bob Hope as New York City swindler Sidney Milburn, aka The Lemon Drop Kid, a race-track tout who owes big bucks to a gangster crook […]
Mister Cory *** (1957, Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Charles Bickford, Kathryn Grant) – Classic Movie Review 8083
Director Blake Edwards’s 1957 film noir-style crime comedy drama Mister Cory stars Tony Curtis twinkles pleasantly in this fairly droll and engaging movie about the street-smart young Mister Cory (Curtis). Mister Cory is a charming […]
Let Him Have It *** (1991, Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Paul Reynolds, Tom Bell, Clare Holman) – Classic Movie Review 8015
The Derek Bentley-Christopher Craig policeman murder case in Fifties London is recreated with flair and great attention to period accuracy by director Peter Medak in the 1991 drama Let Him Have It, following his 1990 […]
Stan & Ollie **** (2018, Steve Coogan, John C Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones) – Movie Review
Stan & Ollie (2018) is a labour of love, a loving tribute to Laurel and Hardy, with brilliant impersonations of the duo by Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, and clever re-creations of their routines, songs […]
The House with a Clock in Its Walls ** (2018, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan) – Movie Review
With its thin, rather lame story, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is not great for adults but it is well produced in retro style, quite funny, quite scary, and ideal for its […]
Inventing the Abbotts *** (1997, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Will Patton, Kathy Baker) – Classic Movie Review 7588
Director Pat O’Connor’s amusing, offbeat 1997 romantic drama Inventing the Abbotts is packed full of entertaining, oddball characters, well played by a talented ensemble cast. It is written by Ken Hison, based on a story by […]