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Treasure Island **** (1950, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Finlay Currie, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 2058
Ah, ha, Jim lad! The inimitable, or very imitable, Robert Newton is an absolute knockout in the 1950 adventure film Treasure Island as the best-ever eccentric pirate captain Long John Silver. Go on, Talk Like […]
The Abominable Dr Phibes **** (1971, Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith, Terry-Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1,937
Vincent Price gleefully seizes his opportunity in his ideal role as crazed, vengeful Dr Anton Phibes, in the blood-lusty 1971 black comedy horror movie The Abominable Dr Phibes. Director Robert Fuest’s blood-lusty 1971 black comedy […]
The Way Ahead **** (1944, David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald) – Classic Movie Review 1806
Director Carol Reed’s 1944 World War Two morale-boosting drama The Way Ahead is adapted from Eric Ambler’s story in an excellent, rousing screenplay by himself and future two-time Oscar-winning actor Peter Ustinov (Spartacus, Topkapi). Reed […]
Rockets Galore! *** (1958, Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, Roland Culver, Jean Cadell, Gordon Jackson, Ronnie Corbett) – Classic Movie Review 1642
Co-producer/ director Michael Relph’s belated 1958 sequel to the 1949 hit Whisky Galore! is friendly, pleasant and amusing, but not always sparkling and sometimes sluggish. Nice though it is, it doesn’t have quite the same spark […]
Hobson’s Choice ***** (1954, Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Prunella Scales) – Classic Film Review 342
The charismatic Charles Laughton’s expertly judged, delightfully quirky and magnetically larger-than-life performance as 19th-century shop owner Henry Hobson is a greatly loved, career-peak for this admired actor. It is the heart and soul and central […]