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The Mercenaries [Dark of the Sun] *** (1968, Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown, Kenneth More, Peter Carsten) – Classic Movie Review 9071

Wilbur Smith’s second published novel The Dark of the Sun (1965), about mercenaries during the Congo Crisis, was filmed as The Mercenaries (1968) starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux. Director Jack Cardiff’s 1968 MGM British movie The Mercenaries [Dark of the […]

Nov, 15

The North Star ** (1943, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Ann Harding, Farley Granger, Jane Withers, Erich von Stroheim, Dean Jagger) – Classic Movie Review 8883

Director Lewis Milestone’s 1943 romantic wartime drama The North Star is an embarrassing, unreal pro-Soviet propaganda piece on behalf of the post-German invasion American-Russian alliance, about Nazis invading a Russian farming community in the Ukraine […]

Sep, 08

Gasbags *** (1941, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox) – Classic Movie Review 8557

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1940 zany British comedy Gasbags is a wartime slapstick farce from the Crazy Gang, with a fairly imaginative script by the talented Val Guest and Marriott Edgar, the pair who wrote Will […]

Jun, 05

The Holcroft Covenant (1985, Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer) – Classic Movie Review 8526

Director John Frankenheimer’s 1985 The Holcroft Covenant is a risible political thriller based on Robert Ludlum’s potboiling yarn about the clash over the fate of a $4,000 million potentially dangerous bequest by a German General […]

May, 31

Eyes in the Night *** (1942, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed) – Classic Movie Review 8,371

The 1942 MGM black and white American crime mystery thriller film Eyes in the Night is a slightly unusual wartime whodunit starring Edward Arnold as a blind detective called Duncan ‘Mac’ Maclain.  Director Fred Zinnemann’s […]

Apr, 17

Nazi Agent **** (1942, Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher) – Classic Movie Review 8345

Jules Dassin is promoted from MGM’s short subjects unit and directs the tense, often exciting 1942 black and white wartime drama feature Nazi Agent effectively, and the fine cast adds a lot of allure. Nazi […]

Apr, 08

Caboblanco [Cabo Blanco] * (1980, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda) – Classic Movie Review 8316

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1980 Charles Bronson vehicle Caboblanco [Cabo Blanco] is a faintly absurd, ineptly made romantic adventure thriller, remotely based on Casablanca apparently, but without properly understanding its appeal. One-time Nazis, fleeing post-World […]

Mar, 31

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