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Ossessione [Obsession] ***** (1943, Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Juan de Landa) – Classic Movie Review 2,449

Debut director Luchino Visconti’s 1943 Italian crime thriller film Ossessione marks the second time James M Cain’s irresistible plot rang at cinema box offices. Visconti failed to get rights to the novel and the film […]

May, 02

The Creeper *** (1948, Ralph Morgan, Eduardo Ciannelli, Onslow Stevens, June Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 2445

Ralph Morgan and Onslow Stevens star as experimenting research doctors Dr Lester Cavigny and Dr Jim Bordon, who are being assisted in their work by Gwen Runstrom (June Vincent). But the doctors are clashing and […]

May, 02

Whistle Down the Wind ***** (1961, Alan Bates, Hayley Mills, Bernard Lee, Norman Bird) – Classic Movie Review 2424

Hayley Mills leads a group of three kids who find a fugitive from justice (Alan Bates) in Whistle Down the Wind. Bryan Forbes’s beautifully crafted first film as director is full of memorable performances and […]

Apr, 24

He Walked by Night **** (1948, Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, James Cardwell, Whit Bissell, Dorothy Adams, Jack Webb) – Classic Movie Review 2393

‘Savage! searing! true! From the homicide files of the Los Angeles police.’ Scott Brady and James Cardwell play the Los Angeles police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan and Chuck Jones, assigned to lead the manhunt for a […]

Apr, 16

The Body Snatcher **** (1945, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell) – Classic Movie Review 2390

Director Robert Wise’s 1945 tale of horror in old Edinburgh of 1832 is one of producer Val Lewton’s most celebrated macabre thrillers. It’s very much a work of the legendary Lewton, who co-writes the script, […]

Apr, 16

Tension **** (1949, Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 2,391

MGM’s gripping, moody 1949 film noir crime thriller Tension stars Richard Basehart as a timid pharmaceutical expert who plots to assume a fake identity and kill the boyfriend of his brassy, faithless wife (Audrey Totter). […]

Apr, 14

Julius Caesar **** (1953, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 2,383

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s fine 1953 Hollywood film of Shakespeare’s Roman play Julius Caesar assembles a grand line-up of real actors in John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern and Edmond O’Brien. Writer-director Joseph L […]

Apr, 12

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