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The Collector **** (1965, Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne) – Classic Movie Review 8681

Director William Wyler’s 1965 The Collector stars Terence Stamp as a dangerously withdrawn, deranged bank clerk and butterfly collector called Freddie Clegg, who decides to collect human specimens, and abducts a young woman art student […]

Jul, 07

Pardon Us *** (1931, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilfred Lucas, Walter Long, James Finlayson) – Classic Movie Review 7364

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have fun sending up prison movies in ‘THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH TALKING PICTURE’. Director James Parrott’s hour-long 1931 black and white comedy Pardon Us (aka Jailbirds) finds Stan Laurel and […]

Jul, 29

‘Breaker’ Morant [Breaker Morant] ***** (1980, Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Lewis Fitz-Gerald) – Classic Movie Review 7331

Director Bruce Beresford’s powerful and authentic 1980 drama ‘Breaker’ Morant is one of the gems of the first wave of the New Australian Cinema. It is 1901, in the Transvaal. British adventurer Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant (Edward […]

Jul, 23

Breakheart Pass ** (1975, Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland, Charles Durning, Ed Lauter) – Classic Movie Review 6780

Director Tom Gries’s 1975 movie vehicle for Charles Bronson is Western murder mystery hokum based on a novel by Alistair MacLean, in which people are being mysteriously bumped off on a train with medical supplies […]

Mar, 09

A Time to Love and a Time to Die **** (1958, John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 6669

John Gavin made two films with German-born director Douglas Sirk in the late Fifties – A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) and Imitation of Life (1959) – that greatly raised his profile. Gavin won […]

Feb, 10

The Desert Song **** (1953, Gordon MacRae, Kathryn Grayson, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey) – Classic Movie Review 5739

Director Bruce Humberstone skillfully revives the antique show for his enjoyable 1953 musical adventure The Desert Song, with ideal stars in Gordon MacRae, Kathryn Grayson, Steve Cochran and Raymond Massey. This third film of Sigmund […]

Jul, 09

Two Flags West **** (1950, Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler, Cornel Wilde) – Classic Movie Review 5679

Director Robert Wise’s stirring 1950 Western Two Flags West, based on a true incident that was also used in Major Dundee (1965), is splendidly acted, especially by Joseph Cotten, Jeff Chandler, Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, […]

Jun, 28

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