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The Switch *** (1963, Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall, Conrad Phillips, Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Jerry Desmonde) – Classic Movie Review 12,125

The 1963 British crime thriller film Switch stars Zena Marshall as a woman abducted by a wrist watch smuggling gang who believe she knows too much. It is the last film of Susan Shaw, who […]

May, 18

A Soldier’s Tale ** (1989, Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Judge Reinhold, Paul Wyett) – Classic Movie Review 11,168

‘For one brief weekend, their love was all that mattered.’ Director Larry Parr’s conscientious, well-acted, low-key, touching little 1989 World War Two romantic drama A Soldier’s Tale is based on the novel by M K […]

May, 05

Across the Bridge **** (1957, Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Bernard Lee, Noel Willman, Eric Pohlmann) – Classic Movie Review 9424

Director Ken Annakin’s 1957 black and white thriller Across the Bridge stars Rod Steiger, who came to Britain to play Carl Schaffner, a scared swindler running from the London law ( Noel Willman as Chief […]

Feb, 24
The Password Is Courage **** (1962, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith) – Classic Movie Review 8,866

The Password Is Courage **** (1962, Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith) – Classic Movie Review 8,866

The expert 1962 British war drama film The Password Is Courage stars Dirk Bogarde, who is on very good form as real-life Sgt Major Charlie Coward, the British officer who kept escaping and being captured […]

Aug, 25

Khartoum *** (1966, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 8535

‘They say the Nile still runs red from the Battle of Khartoum!’ ‘Khartoum — where the Nile divides, the great Cinerama adventure begins!’ Director Basil Dearden’s 1966 adventure Khartoum is an intriguing, thoughtful and well-acted […]

Jun, 02

Ransom [The Terrorists] ** (1975, Sean Connery, Ian McShane, James Maxwell, Isabel Dean, William Fox, Jeffry Wickham) – Classic Movie Review 8224

Director Caspar Wrede’s offbeat, strained 1975 British thriller Ransom [The Terrorists] is set in Scandinavia and stars Sean Connery as a ruthless Norwegian special military police boss Colonel Tahlvik who is assigned to deal with […]

Mar, 10

How I Won the War *** (1967, Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern) – Classic Movie Review 8220

Director Richard Lester’s iconic 1967 British comedy How I Won the War is a frenzied and frantic send-up of war movies, working from a surreal script by Charles Wood, based on Patrick Ryan’s novel. It […]

Mar, 09

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