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The Frightened Man ** (1952, Dermot Walsh, Charles Victor, Barbara Murray) – Classic Movie Review 12,309

John Gilling’s 1952 crime thriller The Frightened Man comes from Robert S Baker and Monty Berman’s Tempean Films, who made TV’s The Saint in the Sixties.  Writer/ director John Gilling’s 1952 British black and white […]

Sep, 17

Just William *** (1940, Dicky Lupino, Fred Emery, Basil Radford, Amy Veness, Iris Hoey, Roddy McDowall, Norman Robinson, Peter Miles) – Classic Movie Review 11,862

Director Graham Cutts’s boisterous 1940 British comedy Just William is based on the beloved stories of Richmal Crompton, and stars Dicky Lupino, Fred Emery, Basil Radford, Amy Veness, Iris Hoey, Roddy McDowall, Norman Robinson, and […]

Jan, 19

Dirty Work ** (1934, Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare, Lilian Bond, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 11,176

Director Tom Walls’s flimsy and cobwebby 1934 British black and white crime comedy Dirty Work is a gossamer fine Ben Travers farce with a plot that you could virtually see through if you held it […]

May, 06

Rough Cut ** (1980, Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven) – Classic Movie Review 6787

Director Don Siegel’s 1980 penultimate movie stars Burt Reynolds as twinkling, sophisticated jewel thief Jack Rhodes, with one eye on the jewels and the other on the ladies. Reynolds is rightly compared to Cary Grant, […]

Mar, 10

That Riviera Touch ** (1966, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Suzanne Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 6573

Director Cliff Owen’s 1966 French Riviera caper comedy is the second of only three films from beloved British comic duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Following The Intelligence Men (1965), Morecambe and Wise’s second attempt […]

Jan, 17

‘C’-Man *** (1949, Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Harry Landers) – Classic Movie Review 5265

Dean Jagger stars as US Customs Department Agent Cliff Holden, who is in hot pursuit of the thieving gem-runners who have murdered his buddy co-worker, in producer-director Joseph Lerner’s breezy, tough-edged, quick-moving realist 1949 B-movie […]

Apr, 07

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