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Sailors Three *** (1940, Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Michael Wilding, Carla Lehmann, Jeanne De Casalis, James Hayter, John Laurie) – Classic Movie Review 10,739

Walter Forde’s 1940 British black and white comedy film Sailors Three is a silly, happy, likeable World War Two patriotic Ealing Studios musical farce, with Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert and Michael Wilding.  Director Walter Forde’s […]

Jan, 02

Attack on the Iron Coast ** (1968, Lloyd Bridges, Andrew Keir, Sue Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 10,166

Director Paul Wendkos’s 1967 Attack on the Iron Coast stars Lloyd Bridges, who leads a cheaply-made, run-of-the-mill, British-made World War Two wartime action thriller as a Canadian commando called Major Jamie Wilson commanding a suicidal […]

Aug, 12

The Gift Horse [Glory at Sea] *** (1952, Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts, James Donald, Joan Rice, Bernard Lee, Dora Bryan) – Classic Movie Review 8500

Director Compton Bennett’s 1952 black and white war adventure drama The Gift Horse [Glory at Sea] stars Trevor Howard as disliked ship’s captain Lieutenant Commander Hugh Alginon Fraser, who struggles with his crew but wins […]

May, 26

Watch Your Stern *** (1960, Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes) – Classic Movie Review 8344

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1961 British black and white comedy Watch Your Stern stars Kenneth Connor as the extraordinarily incompetent Ordinary Seaman Blissworth, who impresses admiral Sir Humphrey Pettigrew (Noel Purcell) by pretending to be the […]

Apr, 08

Against All Flags *** (1952, Errol Flynn, Maureen O’Hara, Anthony Quinn, Mildred Natwick, Robert Warwick) – Classic Movie Review 7277

‘He Ravished The Pirate Port Of Madagascar To Steal The Love Of Its Corsair Queen!’ Director George Sherman’s 1952 Against All Flags is one of Errol Flynn’s last pirate movies, with the on-form star still […]

Jul, 10

Sink the Bismarck! *** (1960, Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Karel Stepanek, Carl Mohner, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Hordern, Maurice Denham) – Classic Movie Review 6749

Esteemed British master craftsman Lewis Gilbert made his name as a director in the Fifties and Sixties with a series of hit films, often based on true stories from the Second World War, such as […]

Feb, 28

Above Us the Waves *** (1955, John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, Michael Medwin) – Classic Movie Review 6641

Director Ralph Thomas’s earnest and effective 1955 British World War Two wartime drama focuses on a brave band of British sailors (led by John Mills as commander Fraser, James Robertson Justice as admiral Ryder and John […]

Feb, 02

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