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The Man Upstairs *** (1958, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison) – Classic Movie Review 8823

Director Don Chaffey’s 1958 black and white British thriller The Man Upstairs stars Richard Attenborough in the downbeat but involving story of apartment block tenant Peter Watson, The Man Upstairs who is having a nervous […]

Aug, 12

The Assassin [L’Assassino] *** (1961, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni, Salvo Randone, Andrea Checci) – Classic Movie Review 8609

Director Elio Petri’s 1961 Italian black and white crime thriller The Assassin [L’Assassino] [The Ladykiller of Rome] stars Marcello Mastroianni as rich but dodgy antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli, who is arrested and accused of murdering […]

Jun, 18

Puppet on a Chain ** (1971, Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen, Vladek Sheybal) – Classic Movie Review 8379

Director Geoffrey Reeve’s 1971 British thriller Puppet on a Chain is the always-popular macho action movie, based on the novel by Alistair MacLean, in which spies root out drug runners in Amsterdam, giving an obvious […]

Apr, 18

Breezy *** (1973, William Holden, Kay Lenz, Roger C Carmel) – Classic Movie Review 8360

Sometimes, very rarely, Clint Eastwood surprises audiences by showing that he can be in a romantic, much softer mood, as with The Bridges of Madison County. Here, back in 1973 the Eastwood-directed romance Breezy, with […]

Apr, 12

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment * (1985, Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, David Graf) – Classic Movie Review 8342

Director Jerry Paris’s 1985 comedy Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment is a mostly unfunny sequel to the 1984 hit Police Academy that sees the gang now graduated from the Police Academy and issued with […]

Apr, 07

Police Academy 3: Back in Training ** (1986, Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 8341

The topical theme of budget cutbacks threatening the closure of the academy is a solid enough base for director Jerry Paris’s 1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training, the rickety second sequel to the 1984 […]

Apr, 07

Ruthless People **** (1986, Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold) – Classic Movie Review 8232

Directors Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker’s 1986 Ruthless People is a hugely entertaining black comedy starring Danny DeVito as Sam Stone, a horrible hubby scheming to bump off his strident wife Barbara (Bette […]

Mar, 12

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