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Tony Rome **** (1967, Frank Sinatra, Jill St John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland, Jeffrey Lynn, Sue Lyon, Lloyd Bochner, Robert J Wilke) – Classic Movie Review 3994
The sizzling 1967 neo-noir thriller film Tony Rome finds Frank Sinatra enjoying a classic hard-boiled detective role as tough Miami private investigator Tony Rome, an ex-cop who lives on a powerboat called Straight Pass. Director […]
McQ ** (1974, John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Al Lettieri) – Classic Movie Review 3414
John Wayne stars as Detective Lieutenant Lon McQ, a Dirty Harry-style cop on the trail of the hood who killed his best friend and partner. This leads McQ to uncover corrupt elements in the police […]
Gumshoe **** (1971, Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule, Carolyn Seymour, Fulton Mackay) – Classic Movie Review 3328
Director Stephen Frears’s excellent 1971 British neo-noir retro-gangster yarn provides a heaven-sent acting opportunity for Albert Finney as Eddie Ginley, a music-hall comedian/ nightclub bingo caller who really wants to be Dashiell Hammett’s legendary fictional […]
Gone Baby Gone **** (2007, Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 3285
The year 2007 was a great one for Casey Affleck. Hot on the heels of his Oscar-nominated performance in The Assassination of Jesse James comes his equally riveting turn as a rookie private detective hired […]
The Saint’s Return [The Saint’s Girl Friday] *** (1953, Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance, Sydney Tafler, Charles Victor, Harold Lang, Diana Dors, Jane Carr) – Classic Movie Review 3,228
Hammer Films’ 1953 British crime mystery thriller film The Saint’s Return is a very watchable revival, with Louis Hayward cast once again after a 15-year gap as Simon Templar. ‘When he hits London…blondes…bullets…and blackmail…set him […]
The Drowning Pool *** (1975, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Melanie Griffith, Tony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, Coral Browne) – Classic Movie Review 2,935
The 1975 mystery thriller film The Drowning Pool stars Paul Newman, reprising his role as Ross MacDonald’s cynical private eye Lew Harper in the sequel to his 1966 hit Harper [The Moving Target]. Director Stuart […]
Time to Kill **** (1942, Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Ethel Griffies, James Seay, Doris Merrick) – Classic Movie Review 2497
Time to Kill (1942) is the first screen adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel The High Window and the final Michael Shayne film starring Lloyd Nolan made at Fox, which then closed down their popular B-movie […]