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13 Rue Madeleine **** (1947, James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Frank Latimore) – Classic Movie Review 2602

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1947 wartime spy thriller stars James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte and Frank Latimore. Like the previous year’s Cloak and Dagger, it is a tribute to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in […]

Jun, 14

Journey into Fear **** (1942, Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 2,412

Norman Foster’s nailbiting 1942 film noir adventure thriller Journey into Fear bears more than a hint of the stamp of Orson Welles, who started the production, directed his own scenes, assembled a lot of his […]

Apr, 20

The Damned [La caduta degli dei] **** (1969, Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Berger, Helmut Griem) – Classic Movie Review 2,232

Luchino Visconti’s rich and ambitious 1969 historical drama film The Damned [La caduta degli dei] stars Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin and Helmut Berger in his breakthrough role. Director Luchino Visconti’s rich and ambitious 1969 saga of […]

Mar, 02

To Be or Not To Be ***** (1942, Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 1,943

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, Ernst Lubitsch’s controversial 1942 wartime comedy drama film To Be or Not To Be is incredibly daring, funny and poignant. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard (in her last […]

Dec, 10

Night Train to Munich **** (1940, Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, James Harcourt, Felix Aylmer, Roland Culver) – Classic Movie Review 1,832

Carol Reed’s fast-moving, enjoyable 1940 thriller film Night Train to Munich is written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. It brings back Margaret Lockwood as the heroine, and Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as cricket-mad […]

Nov, 11

Fury **** (2014, Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman) – Movie Review

Brad Pitt stars as battle-hardened American army sergeant named Wardaddy, who commands a Sherman tank called Fury and her five-man crew. They set out on a do-or-die mission to wipe out as many German SS […]

Oct, 22

The Stranger **** (1946, Edward G Robinson, Orson Welles, Loretta Young) – Classic Movie Review 1680

Director/star Orson Welles’s third movie after Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons is a less ambitious genre piece, but his underrated 1946 paranoia film noir thriller The Stranger is a darkly glowing little gem. An […]

Sep, 16

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