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The Underworld Story *** (1950, Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Mary Anderson, Howard Da Silva) – Classic Movie Review 3657

Excellent, telling performances from Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Mary Anderson and Howard Da Silva spark director Cy Endfield’s gritty 1950 crime drama thriller The Underworld Story, based on a story by Craig Rice. […]

May, 04

Fourteen Hours **** (1951, Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Jeffrey Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 3390

Director Henry Hathaway’s ultra-tense, meticulously crafted 1951 film noir thriller is an absolutely excellent one. The exteriors are imaginatively shot on location on the streets of New York City. The building used was demolished in 1967 […]

Feb, 20

The Great Gatsby *** (1974, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles) – Classic Movie Review 2630

Director Jack Clayton’s painstaking, beguilingly romantic 1974 version of the great F Scott Fitzgerald novel of 1925 is the third movie of the classic work. It is lit up with captivating performances headed by Robert […]

Jun, 22

The Great Gatsby *** (1949, Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Shelley Winters, Howard Da Silva) – Classic Movie Review 2628

Not a lot of people know this. There were already two movie versions of the F Scott Fitzgerald classic novel even before Robert Redford played Jay Gatsby in 1974 and long before Leonard DiCaprio played […]

Jun, 22

The Blue Dahlia ***** (1946, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Doris Dowling, Howard Da Silva, Tom Powers, Hugh Beaumont, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright) – Classic Movie Review 1,012

The great 1946 film noir crime thriller The Blue Dahlia stars Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix, and boasts Raymond Chandler’s first and only original screenplay. Chandler called her ‘Moronica’ Lake and Ladd a […]

Mar, 29

M *** (1951, David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Norman Lloyd, Luther Adler, Glenn Anders) – Classic Movie Review 772

Director Joseph Losey’s faithful 1951 remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang classic, relocated to 50s California, is an intriguing and disturbing film noir thriller. But it’s surprisingly bloodless and proves one of his disappointments. Despite its […]

Jan, 30

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