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Devil Bat’s Daughter ** (1946, Rosemary La Planche, John James, Michael Hale, Nolan Leary) – Classic Movie Review 3,736

Rosemary La Planche, the 1941 Miss America, stars in Devil Bat’s Daughter (1946) as Nina, the daughter of Bela Lugosi’s character in 1940’s The Devil Bat. Rosemary La Planche, the 1941 Miss America, stars in […]

May, 22

Garde à Vue [The Inquisitor] **** (1981, Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand) – Classic Movie Review 3703

Co-writer/ director Claude Miller’s satisfying 1981 French police thriller is neatly done, atmospheric, gripping and very dark. It won four French César Awards in 1982 – Best Actor (Michel Serrault), Best Supporting Actor (Guy Marchand), Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Michel […]

May, 12

Under Suspicion **½ (2000, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci, Thomas Jane) – Classic Movie Review 3,702

The intriguing 2000 thriller film Under Suspicion stars Gene Hackman as a smug lawyer suspected of a girl’s murder, who becomes involved in mind games with the investigating police officer (Morgan Freeman). Director Stephen Hopkins’s […]

May, 12

Blood of Dracula [Blood Is My Heritage] * (1957, Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis, Gail Ganley) – Classic Movie Review 3.699

Sandra Harrison stars as a schoolgirl who turns into a vampire under hypnosis, in Herbert L Strock’s 1957 horror movie Blood of Dracula. ‘She Will GIVE YOU Nightmares… FOR EVER!’ Director Herbert L Strock’s 1957 […]

May, 11

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein ** (Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway) – Classic Movie Review 3697

Whit Bissell returns as a different character in director Herbert L Strock’s pretty dreadful 1958 follow-up to I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), with the acting, writing and direction all over the place. This American International Pictures […]

May, 11

Song of the Thin Man *** (1947, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Dean Stockwell, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 3685

Director Edward Buzzell’s 1947 MGM comedy crime thriller Song of the Thin Man plays a bitter-sweet song, as it is farewell to married couple sleuths Nick and Nora Charles in their sixth and final MGM […]

May, 09

Little Caesar ***** (1931, Edward G Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 3678

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s pioneering 1931 film noir-style movie is a classic Warner Bros Thirties gangster movie, voted in the top 10 all-time greatest gangster films by the American Film Institute. Edward G Robinson permanently etches himself into […]

May, 08

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