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The Flame and the Arrow ***** (1950, Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas, Robin Hughes, Norman Lloyd, Nick Cravat) – Classic Movie Review 3472

Italy’s tempestuous history is profitably explored in director Jacques Tourneur’s thrilling 1950 adventure The Flame and the Arrow. It stars an amazingly athletic Burt Lancaster, who leaps from one derring-do moment to another in Warner […]

Mar, 13

The Black Book [Reign of Terror] *** (1949, Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Arlene Dahl, Beulah Bondi, Richard Hart, Arnold Moss, Norman Lloyd, Charles McGraw) – Classic Movie Review 3324

Anthony Mann’s 1949 film noir-shot adventure drama The Black Book has a complex plot and a well-researched French Revolution background.  Director Anthony Mann’s 1949 film noir-shot black and white adventure drama The Black Book [Reign […]

Feb, 05

Limelight ***** (1952, Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Sydney Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Norman Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 2549

Producer-writer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s 1952 drama with music Limelight is a beautiful film, incredibly poignant, extremely sentimental and nostalgic, but almost unbearably moving both for itself and as an encapsulation of the star’s life. The pairing […]

Jun, 01

The Unseen *** (1945, Gail Russell, Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 2278

Director Lewis Allen’s fairly involving, creepy and surprising 1945 chiller is Paramount’s less gripping but still enjoyable follow-up to their previous year’s hit The Uninvited (1944). It reunites the director with star Gail Russell, who this time plays […]

Mar, 18

Dead Poets Society **** (1989, Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles) – Classic Movie Review 1543

‘No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.’ – John Keating. Director Peter Weir’s inspiring, heart-felt 1989 triumph stars Robin Williams in one of his career best performances as a […]

Aug, 13

M *** (1951, David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Norman Lloyd, Luther Adler, Glenn Anders) – Classic Movie Review 772

Director Joseph Losey’s faithful 1951 remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang classic, relocated to 50s California, is an intriguing and disturbing film noir thriller. But it’s surprisingly bloodless and proves one of his disappointments. Despite its […]

Jan, 30

Saboteur ****½ (1942, Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Otto Kruger, Norman Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 279

Alfred Hitchcock’s thrilling 1942 World War Two pursuit thriller Saboteur is a fast, fine and stylish exercise in excitement and high anxiety. Robert Cummings stars as innocent LA aircraft munitions factory worker Barry Kane, who […]

Oct, 08

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