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Invisible Stripes *** (1939, George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Humphrey Bogart) – Classic Movie Review 5077

William Holden stars with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart in the Warner Bros gangster flick Invisible Stripes (1939). In the first of their two films together, George Raft and Humphrey Bogart make a good team […]

Feb, 28

King of the Underworld *** (1939, Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson) – Classic Movie Review 5,067

‘EXCITEMENT…WITH THE SILENCERS OFF!’ Director Lewis Seiler’s 1939 Warner Bros thriller film stars Humphrey Bogart and Kay Francis and is based on the story Dr Socrates by W R Burnett. Francis stars as Dr Carol […]

Feb, 26

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown ½ (1987, Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, John P Ryan, Perry Lopez, Soon-Tek Oh) – Classic Movie Review 5051

Director J Lee Thompson’s tawdry and disreputable 1987 action thriller is the third sequel to Death Wish (1974). It once again stars Charles Bronson, at the age of 66 still playing wrinkled part-time vigilante, architect Paul […]

Feb, 23

Patriots Day **** (2016, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J K Simmons, Alex Wolff, Michelle Monaghan) – Movie Review

Patriots Day is strong, gripping, rousing real-life thriller stuff, vibrantly telling story of the 15 April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath. Mark Wahlberg makes a very good, everyman hero as police officer Sgt […]

Feb, 22

The Slender Thread **** (1965, Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Edward Asner, Dabney Coleman, Paul Newlan) – Classic Movie Review 5037

Director Sydney Pollack’s auspicious 1965 feature film début The Slender Thread stars Sidney Poitier as Alan Newell, a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis centre as a telephone social worker. The film was nominated […]

Feb, 20

Hold Your Man **** (1933, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin) – Classic Movie Review 4982

Rapier Thirties wit Anita Loos wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for director Sam Wood’s wisecracking, love-at-first-sight 1933 romantic comedy Hold Your Man about a crook and a moll especially for MGM’s great stars […]

Feb, 18

The Offence **** (1972, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Ian Bannen, Vivien Merchant, Derek Newark) – Classic Movie Review 5010

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1972 British thriller is extremely powerful stuff with a riveting performance from Sean Connery, leaving James Bond behind as Detective Sergeant Johnson, a half-crazed cop who metes out violently rough treatment to […]

Feb, 06

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