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Voice in the Wind ** (1944, Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J Edward Bromberg, J Carrol Naish, Alexander Granach)

The 1944 film Voice in the Wind is a romantic film noir thriller about two escapees – Czech concert pianist Jan Foley (Francis Lederer) and lovely young Marya (Sigrid Gurie) – from wartime Germany re-encountering […]

Jul, 22

The Woman with No Name * (1950, Phyllis Calvert, Edward Underdown, Helen Cherry, Richard Burton, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 12,481

Director Ladislao Vajda’s 1950 British drama film The Woman with No Name stars Phyllis Calvert as Yvonne Winter, who has lost her memory because of wartime air-raid trauma in London during World War Two, and […]

Apr, 14

Portrait from Life [The Girl in the Painting] *** (1949, Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom, Patrick Holt) – Classic Movie Review 11,086

‘A psychological thriller, a captivating mystery, a tender love story – all brilliantly COMBINED INTO ONE EXCITING MOTION PICTURE’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1949 British black and white mystery romantic drama Portrait from Life [The Girl […]

Apr, 10

Someone Behind the Door [Quelqu’un derrière la porte] ** (1971, Charles Bronson, Anthony Perkins, Jill Ireland, Henri Garcin) – Classic Movie Review 9416

Charles Bronson and Anthony Perkins star in director Nicolas Gessner’s preposterous but fairly lively and engrossing 1971 Euro-thriller Someone Behind the Door [Quelqu’un derrière la porte], set in England, about an unbalanced neurosurgeon doctor Laurence […]

Feb, 23

Mister Buddwing * (1966, James Garner, Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Angela Lansbury, Katharine Ross) – Classic Movie Review 7435

The 1966 movie Mister Buddwing stars James Garner as a man who comes round on a park seat in New York’s Central Park and cannot remember who he is. Garner recalled: ‘Worst picture I ever […]

Aug, 12

Charlie Chan at the Opera **** (1936, Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Keye Luke) – Classic Movie Review 5614

‘A fiendish killer lurks at the opera! Weird! Thrilling! The Master Minds of Crime Match Wits Against Each Other!’ Sounds good, doesn’t it? And director H Bruce Humberstone’s 1936 thriller is one of the best […]

Jun, 15

Hercules Unchained [Ercole e la regina di Lidia] **½ (1959, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Primo Carnera) – Classic Movie Review 923

Co-writer/director Pietro Francisci’s inevitable 1959 sequel to his and Italy’s 1957 international blockbuster hit Hercules brings muscleman Steve Reeves back with Sylva Koscina’s Iole, now the bride of Hercules, to fight the wicked Queen Omphale of […]

Mar, 16

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