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Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror ** (1938, George Curzon, Tod Slaughter, Greta Gynt) – Classic Movie Review 10,875

The 1938 British crime thriller Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror stars George Curzon as sleuth Sexton Blake who investigates a case of stolen stamps and a worldwide organisation of masked criminals. Director George King’s […]

Feb, 03

Night Editor *** (1946, William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 10,602

Director Henry Levin’s nifty, well set-up 1946 Columbia Pictures B-movie black and white film noir thriller Night Editor is based on a popular radio programme about the graveyard-shift police beat reporters at fictional newspaper called […]

Nov, 29

A Mind to Murder ** (1995, Roy Marsden, Frank Finlay, Jerome Flynn, Robert Pugh, George Costigan, Robert East, David Hemmings) – Classic Movie Review 10,449

Roy Marsden’s portrayal of Adam Dalgliesh in Anglia Television’s P D James detective series spans 15 years from Death of an Expert Witness (1983) to A Certain Justice (1998). The series began as adaptations in […]

Oct, 22

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman *** (1982, Billie Whitelaw, Paul Freeman, Pippa Guard) – Classic Movie Review 10,444

Director Christopher Petit’s 1982 crime mystery thriller An Unsuitable Job for a Woman is an intriguing and largely successful if too tricksy film version of P D James’s twisting 1972 novel featuring her female detective […]

Oct, 21

Ghoulies IV * (1994, Peter Liapis, Barbara Alyn Woods, Stacie Randall) – Classic Movie Review 10,326

Director Jim Wynorski’s 1994 Ghoulies IV brings back original Ghoulies star Peter Liapis, who played he boy summoned up the terrible terrors in the 1984 first episode, and now works as a policeman in Los […]

Sep, 19

The Hard Way ** (1991, Michael J Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang) – Classic Movie Review 10,212

Director John Badham ‘s contrived 1991 The Hard Way stars Michael J Fox, playing famous Hollywood action star actor Nick Lang, who joins the police to see life as it really is, and joins forces […]

Aug, 22

Search for Danger * (1949, John Calvert, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell) – Classic Movie Review 10,132

Director Jack Bernhard’s 1949 black and white thriller Search for Danger is the third and last of John Calvert’s Falcon films, made by the low-budget Film Classics company, and the very end of a series of […]

Aug, 04

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