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Ruthless People **** (1986, Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold) – Classic Movie Review 8232
Directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker’s 1986 Ruthless People is a hugely entertaining black comedy starring Danny DeVito as Sam Stone, a horrible hubby scheming to bump off his strident wife Barbara (Bette […]
Ransom! **** (1956, Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez, Robert Keith) – Classic Movie Review 8225
Despite its good supporting cast, director Alex Segal’s 1956 film noir crime thriller Ransom! ends up as an impressive showcase for Glenn Ford, who dominates nearly every one of its scenes with his convincing performance […]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum *** (1966, Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Jack Gilford) – Classic Movie Review 8221
And a funny thing happened to the 1962 Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum on the way to the screen for this 1966 British screwball comedy. Director Richard Lester […]
The Iron Petticoat ** (1956, Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, James Robertson Justice, Noelle Middleton, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff) – Classic Movie Review 8,210
The bizarre and unexpected star teaming of Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn fails to inject many laughs into director Ralph Thomas’s good-natured but slack Ninotchka-like 1956 comedy film The Iron Petticoat. Alas, the bizarre and […]
The Franchise Affair **** (1951, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ann Stephens, Anthony Nicholls, Marjorie Fielding) – Classic Movie Review 8123
Director Lawrence Huntington’s satisfying 1951 British black and white mystery crime thriller The Franchise Affair is a plush, well-bred version of Josephine Tey’s tricksy, brilliant bestselling novel. The Franchise Affair stars Michael Denison as English […]
Sandokan the Great [Sandokan, la Tigre di Mompracem] ** (1963, Steve Reeves, Geneviève Grad, Andrea Bosic) – Classic Movie Review 7,966
Steve Reeves updates his sword-and-sandal spectaculars for the cheerful 1963 Italian historical adventure film Sandokan the Great about the pirate-prince Sandokan rebelling against the forces of Queen Victoria. US Mr World and Mr Universe Steve […]
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown ** (1957, Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker, Fred Clark, Adolphe Menjou, Una Merkel) – Classic Movie Review 7928
Based on a novel by Sylvia Tate, director Norman Taurog’s 1957 crime comedy The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown is an interesting but tasteless comedy version of No Orchids for Miss Blandish, in which Jane Russell plays […]