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Legal Eagles *** (1986, Robert Redford. Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill) – Classic Movie Review 5967

Producer-director Ivan Reitman’s 1986 romantic comedy thriller provides a nice change of pace for Robert Redford as Tom Logan, a New York prosecuting assistant district attorney embroiled with with his adversary the defence lawyer Laura […]

Aug, 25

Dishonored Lady ** (1947, Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder) – Classic Movie Review 5966

Director Robert Stevenson’s intriguing 1947 film noir crime melodrama stars Hedy Lamarr as beautiful Madeleine Damien, the mysterious Manhattan magazine fashion lady suspected of larceny and murder, after she becomes a lively party girl at […]

Aug, 24

Letty Lynton **** (1932, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Nils Asther) – Classic Movie Review 5965

Director Clarence Brown’s 1932 melodrama movie Letty Lynton is an enthralling, little-known early Joan Crawford vehicle that sees our heroine donning the shoulder pads and cloche hats as Letty Lynton, a lovely wealthy socialite lady […]

Aug, 24

Dr Crippen *** (1963, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, Coral Browne, Donald Wolfit) – Classic Movie Review 5,917

Donald Pleasence is ideally cast in the 1963 British film Dr Crippen as the real-life Edwardian doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen, who was hanged in 1910 for the murder of his wife. But was he really […]

Aug, 14

Narrow Margin **** (1990, Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B Sikking, J T Walsh, M Emmet Walsh, Harris Yulin) – Classic Movie Review 5,908

Gene Hackman and Anne Archer star in the thrillingly exciting 1990 American neo-noir action thriller film Narrow Margin, reworking the 1952 RKO classic. ‘It will take you to the edge of suspense.’ Director Peter Hyams’s ultra-suspense 1990 thriller […]

Aug, 13

It’s Alive *** (1974, John P Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell, James Dixon, Michael Ansara) – Classic Movie Review 5859

‘There’s only ONE thing wrong with the Davis baby… IT’S ALIVE!’ A newly born baby turns out to be a monster who goes on the murderous rampage whenever upset, in writer-producer-director Larry Cohen’s lively, imaginative, […]

Aug, 05

Time without Pity **** (1957, Michael Redgrave, Alec McCowen, Leo McKern, Ann Todd, Peter Cushing) – Classic Movie Review 5,844

Michael Redgrave stars in Joseph Losey’s 1957 film noir Time without Pity as a hard-drinking father, who comes to London to see if he can rescue his son (Alec McCowen) from execution for murder.  Joseph […]

Aug, 02

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