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Swamp Women ** (1956, Carole Mathews, Beverly Garland, Marie Windsor, Mike Connors, Ed Nelson, Susan Cummings) – Classic Movie Review 3979

Director Roger Corman’s 1956 American adventure film noir crime film Swamp Women stars Carole Mathews, Beverly Garland, and Marie Windsor, along with Mike Connors and Ed Nelson. Three women break jail and head for a […]

Jul, 05

Moonfleet *** (1955, Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindors, Jon Whiteley) – Classic Movie Review 3905

Director Fritz Lang’s lively but cardboard-looking 1955 vintage costume adventure, based freely on J Meade Falkner’s classic story, is way off Lang’s usual territory. It is somewhat shakily made as what looks like a chore […]

Jun, 23

The Saint’s Double Trouble *** (1940, George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi, Donald MacBride, John F Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 3223

Director Jack Hively’s 1940 crime thriller The Saint’s Double Trouble is the fourth episode of the RKO Pictures The Saint series, and the third for George Sanders as Simon Templar, aka The Saint, all entirely […]

Jan, 03

The Falcon’s Adventure ** (1946, Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward Brophy, Robert Warwick, Myrna Dell, Steve Brodie, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 3220

‘Death-Ring Stalks Diamond Queen In Miami-Manhattan Murder Axis!’ You’ve got to agree with our sleuthing hero Tom Lawrence aka The Falcon (Tom Conway) when he says ‘Racing dogs and industrial diamonds – that’s a strange […]

Jan, 02

Blood and Wine **** (1996, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis, Jennifer Lopez) – Classic Movie Review 2998

Jack Nicholson re-teams in 1996 with director Bob Rafelson (The King of Marvin Gardens, Five Easy Pieces) for the pounding lowlife thriller Blood and Wine, with the slogan ‘There is no honour amongst thieves’ (amongst […]

Oct, 20

Looney Tunes: Back in Action *** (2003, Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Heather Locklear, Joan Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 2559

Director Joe Dante’s 2004 movie finds Warner Bros following up their 1996 Space Jam hit with a new mix of animation and live action. This time Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny are embroiled in twin […]

Jun, 05

Modesty Blaise *** (1966, Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde) – Classic Movie Review 2267

The normally very serious-minded Joseph Losey reunites in 1966 with Dirk Bogarde, his star from The Servant and King and Country, for an engaging, kitsch, tongue-in-cheek Avengers-style Swinging Sixties comic spy spoof based on the […]

Mar, 15

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