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The Bargee ** (1964, Harry H Corbett, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Griffith, Eric Sykes, Julia Foster, Miriam Karlin, Eric Barker, Derek Nimmo) – Classic Movie Review 11,476

Director Duncan Wood’s 1964 British comedy The Bargee stars Harry H Corbett as a canal barge lothario called Hemel Pike and Ronnie Barker as his illiterate cousin Ronnie. Writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson tried to […]

Aug, 13

Trio *** (1950, James Hayter, Michael Hordern, Anne Crawford, Nigel Patrick, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 10,076

Directors Ken Annakin and Harold French’s 1950 drama Trio is the second W Somerset Maugham anthology film (after Quartet, a hit in 1948), with three well cast, amusing and satisfyingly enjoyable yarns. The three short […]

Jul, 23

Stanley & Iris *** (1990, Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz) – Classic Movie Review 5537

Director Martin Ritt’s 1990 drama stars Robert De Niro as Stanley Cox, a hard-working diner cook who is one of 27 million Americans over the age of 17 who cannot read or write. Jane Fonda […]

Jun, 02

Spitfire ** (1934, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 3,940

Katharine Hepburn is a great actress, of course, but playing an illiterate hillbilly mountain girl is quite beyond her, especially one called Trigger Hicks! Director John Cromwell’s 1934 drama film Spitfire stars a miscast Katharine Hepburn, […]

Jun, 26

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