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They Met in Bombay *** (1941, Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Reginald Owen, Jessie Ralph) – Classic Movie Review 6708
Director Clarence Brown’s entertaining 1941 MGM wartime comedy crime adventure stars a great vintage line-up in Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Reginald Owen and Jessie Ralph. Gable plays jewel thief Gerald Meldrick and Russell plays sophisticated […]
Desire **** (1936, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 5,409
Marlene Dietrich opined: ‘The only film I need not be ashamed of is Desire (1936). I found Gary Cooper a little less monosyllabic than before.’ ‘LOVE WAS HER PRECIOUS LOOT!’ Marlene Dietrich stars in the […]
Thief [Violent Streets] **** (1981, James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Dennis Farina) – Classic Movie Review 2714
Writer-director Michael Mann’s intriguing and involving 1981 neo-noir heist thriller Thief is his cinema début as director after the TV movie The Jericho Mile in 1979. It showcases a rich and riveting James Caan performance […]
Deadfall *** (1968, Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2421
Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s plush and alluring British 1968 French Riviera crime caper with dark psychological and sexual overtones is brought to life by capable character studies from Michael Caine, Eric Portman and Nanette Newman. The […]
The File on Thelma Jordon ***** (1949, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober) – Classic Movie Review 2,255
Robert Siodmak’s marvellous, ultra-tense 1949 film noir thriller The File on Thelma Jordon stars Barbara Stanwyck as the femme fatale in love with a jewel thief (Richard Rober). Wendell Corey co-stars as hard-drinking, unhappily married […]
Cradle 2 the Grave *** (2003, Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos, Tom Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 2203
Director Andrzej Bartowiak’s 2003 movie stars Jet Li as a Taiwanese agent who teams up with a gang boss (DMX) after a crook (Mark Dacascos) snatches DMX’s daughter (Paige Hurd) to get hold of his stolen […]
Grand Hotel ***** (1932, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore) – Classic Movie Review 1984
Going against conventional Hollywood wisdom, MGM’s trail-blazing multi-story film Grand Hotel (1932) was one of the first all-star vehicles. It was the Oscar winner for Best Picture and became one of the highest grossing pictures. […]