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Murder by Proxy [Blackout] ** (1954, Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies) – Classic Movie Review 11,082

‘EXPLODES… in a sinister network of evil!’ The 1954 British crime film noir Murder by Proxy [Blackout] stars Dane Clark as a down-and-out offered money to marry a beautiful young heiress (Belinda Lee).  ‘EXPLODES… in […]

Apr, 08

Blackout *** (1950, Maxwell Reed, Dinah Sheridan, Patric Doonan) – Classic Movie Review 11,081

Robert S Baker and Monty Berman’s twisty 1950 British noir crime drama mystery thriller Blackout stars Dinah Sheridan and Maxwell Reed. This effective short 1950 British black and white support feature from the producer-director Robert S Baker […]

Apr, 08

The Man Between ***½ (1953, James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef) – Classic Movie Review 10,950

‘Terror! Vice! Violence! He stopped at nothing!’ James Mason stars as the mystery man in the middle of Carol Reed’s atmospheric Fifties Cold War film noir espionage thriller/ crime drama The Man Between (1953), based […]

Feb, 22

Roadhouse Girl [Marilyn] **** (1953, Sandra Dorne, Maxwell Reed, Leslie Dwyer, Vida Hope) – Classic Movie Review 10,863

Sandra Dorne stars as the super seductive Marilyn, a garage owner’s young wife, lusted after by a brooding drifter mechanic (Maxwell Reed), in the 1953 noir crime drama Roadhouse Girl [Marilyn]. ‘NO ESCAPE… from this […]

Feb, 01

Five Days [Paid to Kill] ** (1954, Dane Clark, Cecile Chevreau, Paul Carpenter, Anthony Forwood, Thea Gregory) – Classic Movie Review 10,648

The 1954 British black and white film Five Days [Paid to Kill] is a moody, decently plotted crime thriller, with a goodish cast to make it work: Dane Clark, Cecile Chevreau, Paul Carpenter and Anthony […]

Dec, 11

Another Man’s Poison **½ (1951, Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel, Barbara Murray) – Classic Movie Review 10,345

‘She Had Everything You Could Give A Woman To Torment A Man!’ Bette Davis (fresh from her All About Eve triumph) and her Hollywood director Irving Rapper came to England to try their luck with […]

Sep, 24

Hatter’s Castle *** (1942, Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Emlyn Williams, Beatrice Varley) – Classic Movie Review 10,199

Director Lance Comfort’s 1941 British noir drama Hatter’s Castle has the tasty prospect of starring Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Emlyn Williams and Beatrice Varley, along with Enid Stamp-Taylor, Henry Oscar, Tony Bateman, June […]

Aug, 19

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