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Gun Glory *** (1957, Stewart Granger, Rhonda Fleming, Chill Wills, Steve Rowland) – Classic Movie Review 10,556

After Rhonda Fleming had the female lead in John Sturges’s classic Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), she supported Stewart Granger in a much lesser, though still acceptable item, Gun Glory at MGM, a 1957 […]

Nov, 17

Richard’s Things ** (1980, Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Tim Pigott-Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,526

Liv Ullmann comes to Britain to play Kate, who loses her husband in an accident and finds out that he was having an affair with Josie (Amanda Redman). The two women comfort each other, and […]

Nov, 10

Lost Horizon (1973, Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 10,524

Director Charles Jarrott’s 1972 musical Lost Horizon was a British Royal Command Performance film and has a fine cast, but remaking Frank Capra’s 1937 classic Lost Horizon about an idyllic life in a Tibetan valley […]

Nov, 10

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet ** (1976, John Alderton, Colin Blakely, Lisa Harrow) – Classic Movie Review 10,512

Director Eric Till’s 1976 British comedy drama It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet [All Things Bright and Beautiful] is based on the book by James Herriot, and stars John Alderton, Colin Blakely and Lisa Harrow, […]

Nov, 08

Keep Your Seats, Please! *** (1936, George Formby, Florence Desmond, Gus McNaughton, Alastair Sim) – Classic Movie Review 10,495

The 1936 comedy Keep Your Seats, Please! stars George Formby as George Withers, who chases treasure stashed in an antique chair. BBC boss John Reith said: ‘If the public wants to hear Formby singing his […]

Nov, 03

The Raid *** (1954, Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves) – Classic Movie Review 10,447

Director Hugo Fregonese’s 1954 Panoramic Productions/ 20th Century Fox Western film The Raid stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig and Peter Graves. It is shot in beautiful Technicolor colour by […]

Oct, 22

Candy * (1968, Ewa Aulin, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Charles Aznavour, John Huston, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 10,436

Director Christian Marquand’s 1968 fantasy comedy Candy is certainly a curiosity and has the most incredible cast as its star attraction: Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, John Huston, James Coburn, Ewa Aulin, Walter Matthau, Charles Aznavour, […]

Oct, 19

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