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Posts Tagged "Hammer Films"

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The Lady Craved Excitement ** (1950, Hy Hazell, Michael Medwin, Sidney James, Thelma Grigg, Andrew Keir, Danny Green) – Classic Movie Review 11,036

Director Francis Searle’s 1950 British low-budget black and white Hammer Films production The Lady Craved Excitement is a fairly ordinary, though not too dull Fifties British B-movie comedy mystery thriller, in which the irrepressibly bubbly, […]

Mar, 22

Black Widow *** (1951, Christine Norden, Robert Ayres, Jennifer Jayne) – Classic Movie Review 9,585

Hammer Films’ 1951 British thriller film Black Widow is a version of a BBC radio serial of the day, Lester Powell’s Return from Darkness, and stars Christine Norden, Robert Ayres and Jennifer Jayne. The 1951 […]

Apr, 01

The Adventures of PC 49 *** (1949, Hugh Latimer, John Penrose, Annette D Simmonds) – Classic Movie Review 5,080

Hammer Films’ 1949 British second feature thriller film The Adventures of PC 49 is a fun adaptation of the popular BBC radio serial of the late Forties and early Fifties. Hugh Latimer stars as the […]

Feb, 28

The Mummy’s Tomb *** (1942, Lon Chaney Jr, Turhan Bey, George Zucco, Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, John Hubbard) – Classic Movie Review 3,299

Lon Chaney Jr takes over from Tom Tyler as Kharis the Mummy in Universal Pictures‘ 1942 horror movie sequel The Mummy’s Tomb. Lon Chaney Jr takes over from Tom Tyler as Kharis the Mummy in […]

Jan, 29

The Mummy’s Shroud *** (1967, André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Maggie Kimberly, Elizabeth Sellars, Michael Ripper, Roger Delgado, Catherine Lacey) – Classic Movie Review 3,272

André Morell and David Buck star as explorers who uncover the tomb of an ancient Egyptian Mummy, in director John Gilling’s 1967 Hammer horror film The Mummy’s Shroud.  ‘Warning: to every creature of flesh and […]

Jan, 29

The Devil-Ship Pirates *** (1964, Christopher Lee, John Cairney, Barry Warren, Ernest Clark, Andrew Keir, Michael Ripper, Duncan Lamont, Suzan Farmer, Natasha Pyne) – Classic Movie Review 3278

Christopher Lee stars in a good role for him as Spanish pirate ship’s captain Robeles, who suffers damage fighting on the side of the Spanish Armada and terrorises the English villagers at a small and […]

Jan, 18

X the Unknown ***½ (1956, Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley, William Lucas) – Classic Movie Review 3161

‘It rises from 2000 miles below the earth to melt everything in its path!’ That fine American star character actor Dean Jagger comes to the UK in 1956 to star as canny old Doctor Adam […]

Dec, 17

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