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Violent City [Città violenta] *** (1970, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Jill Ireland, Umberto Orsini, Michel Constantin, Ray Saunders) – Classic Movie Review 9831

Director Sergio Sollima’s 1970 Italian-French urban crime thriller Violent City [Città violenta], stars Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland and Telly Savalas. It opens with an impressive car chase sequence on the island of St Thomas in […]

May, 27

A Black Veil for Lisa [La morte non ha sesso] *** (1968, John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Hoffmann) – Classic Movie Review 9705

Director Massimo Dallamano’s interesting, engaging and above routine 1969 international Euro mystery thriller A Black Veil for Lisa [La Morte Non Ha Sesso] finds an unexpected star in John Mills, who manfully leads this dark […]

May, 03

Gemini Man *** (Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong) – Movie Review

Director Ang Lee’s teasing and tantalising sci-fi action thriller Gemini Man offers great action, brilliant CGI, strong spy atmosphere, and two Will Smiths, one a retired hitman, Henry Brogan, and the other his younger clone […]

Oct, 07

The Pink Panther Strikes Again **** (1976, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down) – Classic Movie Review 8848

Co-writer/ director Blake Edwards’s 1976 crime comedy sequel The Pink Panther Strikes Again brings Peter Sellers back once more as bumbling Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau, who helps Scotland Yard to find kidnapped scientist Dr Hugo […]

Aug, 20

Second Chance *** (1953, Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell) – Classic Movie Review 8717

‘For the First Time –3D With Important Stars!’ Director Rudolph Maté’s 1953 3D Technicolor crime thriller Second Chance stars Robert Mitchum as troubled, hard-drinking prizefighter Russ Lambert, who falls for gangster’s moll Clare Sinclair (Linda […]

Jul, 16

Lepke *** (1975, Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan) – Classic Movie Review 8556

Director Menahem Golan’s 1974 true crime Israeli-American film Lepke is a typically Seventies violent gangster movie in the Thirties Warner Bros-style, with an inspired performance by Tony Curtis, cast against type, giving an interesting account […]

Jun, 05

The Outside Man [Un Homme Est Mort] **** (1972, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Michel Constantin) – Classic Movie Review 8436

Writer-director Jacques Deray’s 1973 The Outside Man [Un Homme Est Mort] is a compelling and robust French gangland action crime thriller, set and filmed on location in Los Angeles, California, but also shot in the […]

May, 06

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