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Chicago Deadline *** (1949, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy, Gavin Muir) – Classic Movie Review 10,103

Director Lewis Allen’s 1949 crime film noir Chicago Deadline is a very decent little newspaper melodrama starring Alan Ladd as Chicago newsman Ed Adams, an ace reporter who probes the story of a woman found […]

Jul, 29

Gambling on the High Seas ** (1940, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 10,074

Director George Amy’s 1940 Warner Bros black and white crime drama Gambling on the High Seas is a short and snappy though not very sharp semi-thriller remaking the 1935 Bette Davis-George Brent vehicle Special Agent. […]

Jul, 22

Scandalous (1984, Robert Hays, Pamela Stephenson, John Gielgud, M Emmet Walsh, Jim Dale, Ron Travis) – Classic Movie Review 9882

‘Sir John Gielgud’s a Japanese spy… a down-and-out drunk… a wealthy aristocrat and a grandfather punk! Pamela Stephenson’s classy, she’s brassy… a French maid who mixes seduction with deduction.’ Director Rob Cohen’s 1984 Scandalous is […]

Jun, 09

Goodbye, My Fancy * (1951, Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy) – Classic Movie Review 9609

Director Vincent Sherman’s 1951 Goodbye, My Fancy stars Joan Crawford, who is miscast in Madeleine Carroll’s stage role in Fay Kanin’s play, as Agatha Reed, a US Congress woman in a love tussle with old […]

Apr, 06

Elvis on Tour *** (1972, Elvis Presley) – Classic Movie Review 9304

Elvis Presley’s last film Elvis on Tour (1972) is ‘a close-up of the birth and life of an American phenomenon’, according to producer-directors Pierre Adidge and Robert Abel (who also made Mad Dogs and Englishmen). […]

Jan, 26

Trail of the Vigilantes *** (1940, Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9252

Director Allan Dwan’s 1940 Trail of the Vigilantes stars unlikely 30s and 40s Hollywood heartthrob Franchot Tone, in his only appearance in a Western, as Kansas, the frontier newsman going undercover to hunt down a […]

Jan, 11

Each Dawn I Die **** (1939, James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan) – Classic Movie Review 9,245

Warner Bros’ typically punchy 1939 film noir crime melodrama Each Dawn I Die stars James Cagney as a reporter framed by a corrupt DA and jailed for manslaughter. He is uniquely paired with George Raft […]

Jan, 09

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