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This Could Be the Night *** (1957, Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa) – Classic Movie Review 10,912

Director Robert Wise’s likeable 1957 MGM black and white and CinemaScope comedy drama This Could Be the Night stars Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas and Anthony Franciosa. Innocent school teacher Anne Leeds (Jean Simmons) takes a […]

Feb, 13

A Slight Case of Murder **** (1938, Edward G Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Willard Parker, Ruth Donnelly, John Litel) – Classic Movie Review 10,886

Warner Bros’ inventive and witty 1938 vintage black and white crime comedy film A Slight Case of Murder is great fun, with ideally cast Edward G Robinson on top comic form sending up the usual […]

Feb, 06

Stop, You’re Killing Me *** (1952, Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson, Bill Hayes, Margaret Dumont ) – Classic Movie Review 10,885

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1953 black comedy WarnerColor film Stop, You’re Killing Me stars Broderick Crawford as Remy Marko, a racketeering Prohibition-era hood who tries to clean up his act by opening an honest brewery […]

Feb, 06

Quick Millions *** (1931, Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers) – Classic Movie Review 10,784

Director Rowland Brown’s 1931 crime thriller Quick Millions stars Spencer Tracy as a go-getting lorry driver, Bugs Raymond, who gets involved with mobsters and takes protection money, and hits it big, falling for high-society beauty […]

Jan, 13

Empire State ** (1987, Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Glen Murphy, Ian Sears, Martin Landau, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 10,769

Director Ron Peck’s 1987 crime thriller Empire State is an intriguing attempt to bring the American gangster style to Britain in an adult yarn about a young Yankee mobster arriving at the title nightclub to […]

Jan, 08

Tough Guys *** (1986, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Eli Wallach, Dana Carvey) – Classic Movie Review 10,756

Septuagenarian buddies Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas unite for the seventh (and last) time for director Jeff Kanew’s 1986 film Tough Guys, an amiable, entertaining caper about elderly train robbers Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie […]

Jan, 06

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ** (1989, Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard) – Classic Movie Review 10,649

Lust, murder, food, sex, torture, revenge and cannibalism are on the menu at Le Hollandais Restaurant, for Peter Greenaway’s 1989 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Michael Gambon plays a psychotic […]

Dec, 11

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