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The Informers ** (1963, Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 12,138

Director Ken Annakin’s 1963 British black and white crime thriller The Informers [Underworld Informers] [The Snout] is based on Douglas Warner’s novel Death of a Snout, and stars Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Harry Andrews, Colin […]

May, 25

The Squeaker *** (1937, Edmund Lowe, Sebastian Shaw, Ann Todd, Tamara Desni, Robert Newton, Allan Jeayes, Alastair Sim) – Classic Movie Review 11,428

The venerable vintage 1937 British crime thriller The Squeaker is based on Edgar Wallace’s famous novel and play. Director William K Howard’s venerable vintage 1937 British crime thriller The Squeaker [Murder on Diamond Row] is […]

Jul, 28

Paid *** (1930, Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Marie Prevost, Kent Douglass) – Classic Movie Review 9400

Producer-director Sam Wood’s 1930 Paid [Within the Law] stars Joan Crawford as Mary Turner, who is wrongly jailed for three years as a youngster and comes out seeking justice against the men who put her […]

Feb, 18

La balance **** (1982, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet) – Classic Movie Review 9206

Richard Berry stars as L’inspecteur Mathias Palouzi, an unscrupulous cop (un flic), who forces Paris criminal Dede (Phillipe Léotard) to turn informer (police informant = la balance) and shop gang boss Roger Massina (Maurice Ronet), […]

Dec, 30

The Valachi Papers *** (1972, Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman) – Classic Movie Review 7776

Charles Bronson plays gangster and informer Joseph Valachi, who spills the beans on his real-life Mafia tale, in director Terence Young’s 1972 thriller The Valachi Papers [Joe Valachi, I Segreti di Cosa Nostra], a very […]

Nov, 11

Hangman’s House *** (1928, Victor McLaglen, June Collyer, Larry Kent, Earle Fox, Hobart Bosworth) – Classic Movie Review 7466

John Ford’s good-looking 1928 silent movie Hangman’s House is a romantic drama set in County Wicklow, Ireland. Based on a novel by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne, it is adapted by Philip Klein with scenarios by Marion Orth and with inter-titles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. […]

Aug, 18

Le Doulos ***** (1962, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly) – Classic Movie Review 3802

Writer-director Jean-Pierre Melville’s shadowy, twisting and disturbing 1962 French neo noir gangster thriller Le Doulos is adapted from the novel by Pierre Lesou. It takes its power and modernity from being a profoundly cynical and […]

Jun, 05

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