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Boardwalk **** (Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh, Kim Delgado) – Classic Movie Review 8805

Director Stephen Verona’s 1979 drama Boardwalk stars Ruth Gordon and Lee Strasberg as a beleaguered old Jewish couple, Becky Rosen and her husband David, who fight back when they are under attack from Strut (Kim Delgado)’s […]

Aug, 08

Defiance *** (1980, Jan-Michael Vincent, Theresa Saldana, Art Carney, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 8614

Director John Flynn’s 1980 vigilante crime action thriller Defiance stars Jan-Michael Vincent as New York City merchant marine sailor-drifter Tommy, who goes the Charles Bronson route and defiantly takes on an entire gang of violent […]

Jun, 20

The Young Savages *** (1961, Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 8519

Director John Frankenheimer’s second movie The Young Savages (following The Young Stranger in 1957) is a smartly handled, sincere courtroom drama with a lot of social conscience and a small slice of romance. Burt Lancaster […]

May, 30

Dancing with Crime *** (1947, Richard Attenborough, Barry K Barnes, Sheila Sim, Garry Marsh, Bill Owen) – Classic Movie Review 8498

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1947 mystery crime drama Dancing with Crime is an interesting attempt at a post-war British quickie in the American crime melodrama style starring real-life couple Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim as […]

May, 26

Stakeout on Dope Street *** (1958, Yale Wexler, Jonathan Haze, Steven Marlo, Abby Dalton) – Classic Movie Review 8369

The 1958 crime drama Stakeout on Dope Street is an interesting, still relevant fable for the late-Fifties times from the Roger Corman pool of Fifties youthful talent. Indeed the film was financed by the ever-canny […]

Apr, 16

Return from Witch Mountain **** (1978, Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann) – Classic Movie Review 8187

Director John Hough’s 1978 Walt Disney Productions family sci-fi adventure sequel to the 1975 Escape to Witch Mountain is even better than his very good original. Christopher Lee and Bette Davis star as a wicked […]

Mar, 02

Colors *** (1988, Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso) – Classic Movie Review 8101

Director Dennis Hopper’s 1988 movie Colors is a tough, in-your-face cop thriller distinguished by a grand turn by Robert Duvall as Bob Hodges, a grizzled cop teaching his impetuous young sidekick Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) […]

Feb, 06

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