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Posts Tagged "murder"

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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land ** (1952, Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Greene, Jean Willes, Lester Matthews) – Classic Movie Review 7700

Director Lew Landers’s 1952 adventure Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land is another in Columbia Pictures’ 16-film Jungle Jim series (1948-55), starring Johnny Weissmuller who had retired after 16 years as the screen’s most famous […]

Oct, 24

The Mean Season **** (1985, Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan, Richard Masur, Richard Bradford, Joe Pantoliano, Andy Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 7652

Director Phillip Borsos’s 1985 neo noir The Mean Season is a gripping, powerful, atmospheric crime thriller with an excellent role for Kurt Russell as Malcolm Anderson, the Miami newspaper reporter used as a public mouthpiece […]

Oct, 09

Lizzie *** (2018, Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Denis O’Hare, Kim Dickens ) – Movie Review

The tragic tale of Lizzie Borden offers a grand role for Chloë Sevigny, which she takes on eagerly in director Craig William Macneill’s psychological thriller Lizzie, based on the shocking, infamous 1892 murders. It is […]

Oct, 02

Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion [Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto] **** (1970, Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio) – Classic Movie Review 7622

Co-writer/ director Elio Petri’s admirable Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion [Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto] stars Gian Maria Volontè as a newly elevated police inspector in charge of murder […]

Sep, 27

99 River Street **** (1953, John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter) – Classic Movie Review 7555

Cult director Phil Karlson’s excellent little-known 1953 film noir crime melodrama 99 River Street is a satisfying walk on the wild side that keeps up a cracking pace from start to finish, with Franz Planer’s […]

Sep, 10

Backfire *** (1950, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O’Brien, Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Ed Begley) – Classic Movie Review 7554

The 1950 film noir crime thriller Backfire is a satisfyingly complicated and labyrinthine murder mystery. Gordon MacRae stars as war vet searching for his framed murder-suspect buddy (Edmond O’Brien) and tangling with a femme fatale […]

Sep, 09

They Won’t Believe Me **** (1947, Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer) – Classic Movie Review 7553

Director Irving Pichel’s excellent 1947 film noir thriller They Won’t Believe Me stars Robert Young, who is well cast way outside his usual friendly, sympathetic mould in a chilling role as Larry Ballentine, a spineless […]

Sep, 09

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