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Machine Gun McCain ** (1969, John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Britt Ekland, Gabriele Ferzetti) – Classic Movie Review 11,024

The tough 1969 Italian action crime gangster thriller film Machine Gun McCain [Gli Intoccabili] stars John Cassavetes as the rough and ready ex-con criminal Hank McCain, out to avenge himself on Mafia hoods by robbing […]

Mar, 14

Fools’ Parade [Dynamite Man from Glory Jail] **½ (1971, James Stewart, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Anne Baxter, Kurt Russell) – Classic Movie Review 10,901

Fools’ Parade (1971) has a good cast in James Stewart, George Kennedy, Kurt Russell, Strother Martin and Anne Baxter, but it is an uninspiring title for a Western. They changed it in the UK to […]

Feb, 10

Tap *** (1989, Gregory Hines, Suzzanne Douglas, Sammy Davis Jr) – Classic Movie Review 10,710

‘Sometimes, no matter what, you can’t escape the rhythm.’ Writer-director Nick Castle’s 1989 musical drama Tap stars Gregory Hines as footloose Max Washington, just released from prison, who can’t decide between a life of crime […]

Dec, 27

Turn the Key Softly *** (1953, Yvonne Mitchell, Terence Morgan, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison) – Classic Movie Review 10,549

Director Jack Lee’s ambitious and compelling 1953 black and white British crime drama Turn the Key Softly stars Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins and Kathleen Harrison as three women in trouble getting used to their lives […]

Nov, 16

Girls in Prison ** (1956, Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Adele Jergens) – Classic Movie Review 10,001

‘What happens to girls without men?’ The campy 1956 psychotronic film Girls in Prison stars Richard Denning, Joan Taylor and Adele Jergens. In 1956, even a film called Girls in Prison had a male star. […]

Jul, 05

Sitting Target ** (1972, Oliver Reed, Jill St John, Ian McShane, Edward Woodward, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones) – Classic Movie Review 9954

Director Douglas Hickox’s 1972 Sitting Target is a vicious, crude and undistinguished but often exciting and vaguely credible crime thriller with Oliver Reed and Ian McShane going into overdrive as Harry Lomart and Birdy Williams, […]

Jun, 24

The Ceremony ** (1963, Laurence Harvey, Sarah Miles, Robert Walker Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9395

Robert Walker Jr started his film career with strong roles in The Hook (1963) and The Ceremony (1963), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male as Laurence Harvey’s […]

Feb, 16

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