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The Murder Man *** (1935, Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, James Stewart, Harvey Stephens, William Collier Sr, Bobby Watson, William Demarest, Robert Barrat) – Classic Movie Review 12,119

Director Tim Whelan’s 1935 American crime-drama film The Murder Man is Spencer Tracy’s first film for MGM, a humble, quickly made thriller with Tracy as a tough crime reporter called Steve Grey, who kills financier Harvey […]

May, 14

Mr Topaze *** (1961, Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray, Herbert Lom, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 9517

Peter Sellers directs himself in the 1961 British comedy Mr Topaze, starring in an old role previously played by John Barrymore in Topaze back in 1933, as an upright French school teacher fired when he […]

Mar, 16

Shanghai * (1935, Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Warner Oland) – Classic Movie Review 8690

‘Love Hurls a Challenge… At a Law As Old as Civilization Itself!’ Director James Flood’s turgid 1935 romantic melodrama Shanghai stars Loretta Young as an American woman called Barbara Howard, who stands by a Shanghai financier […]

Jul, 09

Indiscreet **** (1958, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, David Kossoff, Phyllis Calvert, Megs Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 3083

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s 1958 British-made Technicolor romantic comedy Indiscreet is glitzy fluff, filmed where it is set in London. It finds the ideal star pairing in Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, who put polish on the piece. Grant plays […]

Nov, 23

Arbitrage **** (2012, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling) – Movie Review

My goodness, haven’t we got all grown up all of a sudden? Though it’s a bit of a shock to see Richard Gere white haired, wrinkly and playing 60 (he’s actually 63 in fact), this […]

Oct, 22

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