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My Dear Miss Aldrich *** (1937, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O’Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon) – Classic Movie Review 11,262

‘The Season’s Gayest Love Story!’ A young, attractive Nebraska newspaper heiress, Miss Martha Aldrich (Maureen O’Sullivan), repeatedly clashes with the stubborn managing editor (Walter Pidgeon) of the New York paper she has inherited. His attitude […]

Jun, 02

Kill Me Tomorrow ** (1957, Pat O’Brien, Lois Maxwell, George Coulouris, Tommy Steele) – Classic Movie Review 11,137

Director Terence Fisher’s 1957 black and white thriller Kill Me Tomorrow stars Pat O’Brien as hard-drinking old reporter Bart Crosbie, who desperately needs money to finance an operation for his son, so falsely he owns […]

Apr, 26

Final Appointment ** (1954, John Bentley, Eleanor Summerfield, Hubert Gregg) – Classic Movie Review 11,133

Terence Fisher’s spirited but routine 1954 British black and white crime thriller film Final Appointment stars John Bentley and Eleanor Summerfield as a newsman and his helper probing the murders of war veterans. Director Terence […]

Apr, 24

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man *** (1962, Richard Beymer, Paul Newman, Susan Strasberg, Arthur Kennedy, Jessica Tandy, Diane Baker, Corinne Calvet) – Classic Movie Review 10,733

Director Martin Ritt’s 1962 drama Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man stars Richard Beymer as Ernest Hemingway’s young, immature and restless semi-autobiographical hero, here called Nick Adams, who leaves his rural Michigan home to experience […]

Jan, 01

Angels in the Outfield *** (1951, Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,347

Director Clarence Brown’s 1951 black and white sports drama and family fantasy comedy Angels in the Outfield [Angels and the Pirates] is a sweet and strange slice of MGM religious fantasy with Paul Douglas as […]

Sep, 25

Timeslip ** (1955, Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne) – Classic Movie Review 10,304

Director Ken Hughes’s weird 1956 British sci-fi espionage thriller film Timeslip [The Atomic Man] stars Gene Nelson and Faith Domergue as a US newsman and his girlfriend, who stumble across a near-drowned man, who turns […]

Sep, 14

Under Fire ****½ (1983, Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris) – Classic Movie Review 10,303

The sizzling 1983 film Under Fire is an absolutely thrilling, first-rate political action thriller about the Nicaragua conflict in 1979, with Gene Hackman and Nick Nolte at their best as compromised newsmen. Director Roger Spottiswoode’s […]

Sep, 14

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