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High and Low [Tengoku to Jigoku] ***** (1963, Toshiro Mifune) – Classic Movie Review 13,733

Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 Japanese police procedural thriller film High and Low stars Toshiro Mifune as a businessman who finds a kidnapper has abducted his chauffeur’s son in mistake for his own boy. Director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 […]

Sep, 23

You Pay Your Money ** (1957, Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton, Honor Blackman) – Classic Movie Review 13,282

The 1957 British crime drama B film You Pay Your Money is a sturdy and energetic filler thriller, based on Michael Cronin’s novel about kidnapping and rare book smuggling. It stars Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton […]

Dec, 03

Union Station **** (1950, William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,079

The suspenseful 1950 film noir Union Station stars William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald and Nancy Olson. A villain (Lyle Bettger) abducts a blind teenage girl (Allene Roberts) for the ransom, but a tough police lieutenant (William […]

Apr, 21

The Prince of Pennsylvania ** (1988, Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan) – Classic Movie Review 12,028

Writer-director Ron Nyswaner’s inventive 1988 black comedy drama film The Prince of Pennsylvania stars Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, and Amy Madigan. Keanu Reeves plays Rupert Marshetta, an oddball misfit youngster in love with […]

Mar, 27

The Enemy ** (2001, Luke Perry, Roger Moore, Olivia D’Abo, Horst Buchholz, Tom Conti) – Classic Movie Review 11,868

Director Tom Kinnimont’s 2001 film The Enemy is a tense, fast-moving, old-style action thriller, based on a novel by Desmond Bagley and starring Luke Perry, Roger Moore, Olivia D’Abo, Horst Buchholz and Tom Conti. In […]

Jan, 21

Rider from Tucson *** (1950, Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Veda Ann Borg, Douglas Fowley, Marshall Reed, Warren Phipps, Elaine Riley) – Classic Movie Review 11,504

Director Lesley Selander’s 1950 RKO Pictures black and white hour-long Western film Rider from Tucson stars Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Veda Ann Borg, Douglas Fowley, Marshall Reed, Warren Phipps and Elaine Riley. Cowpunchers Dave Saunders […]

Aug, 22

The Squeeze ***½ (1977, Stacy Keach, David Hemmings, Edward Fox, Stephen Boyd, Carol White, Freddie Starr) – Classic Movie Review 11,430

Director Michael Apted’s 1977 gangster film The Squeeze is a tough and gritty Seventies British action thriller aping an American genre, in which disgraced, alcoholic detective Jim Naboth (Stacy Keach), fired from the police force […]

Jul, 29

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