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Seven Angry Men *** (1955, Raymond Massey, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget, Larry Pennell, Leo Gordon, John Smith, James Best, Dennis Weaver, Guy Williams) – Classic Movie Review 12,074
Director Charles Marquis Warren’s 1955 American Western film Seven Angry Men is a small-scale, but heartfelt biopic of abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey), the violent, 19th-century opponent of slavery. This is always an offbeat and interesting drama, kicked […]
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ***** (1974, Cicely Tyson, Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Odetta) – Classic Movie Review 10,860
Director John Korty’s triumphant 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, based on the novel by Ernest J Gaines, is classic television. Cicely Tyson stars in the lead role as Jane Pittman, along […]
Souls at Sea **** (1937, Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee) – Classic Movie Review 9182
‘Men Against The Sea! Stark Drama No Fiction Can Equal!’ Producer-director Henry Hathaway’s 1937 Souls at Sea is a popular Gary Cooper high seas action adventure about the American navy battling slave traders in the […]
Tarzan the Tiger *** (1929, Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston, Al Ferguson, Lillian Worth) – Movie Review 8090
Director Henry MacRae’s 1929 Tarzan the Tiger is a creaky but fascinating early talkie serial in 15 parts or chapters, in which the Ape Man battles slave traders to bring Jane to safety. It is […]
Shaft in Africa *** (1973, Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee) – Classic Movie Review 7624
Director John Guillermin’s 1973 action thriller Shaft in Africa is the third and final original Shaft movie, with Richard Roundtree starring again. It largely maintains the quality and toughness of the first two films, thanks […]
Sanders of the River *** (1935, Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney) – Classic Movie Review 5823
Leslie Banks stars as Edgar Wallace’s British colonial District Commissioner in Nigeria R G Sanders, who captures bad guys Lieutenant Tibbets (Robert Cochran) and J Ferguson (Martin Walker, who have sold guns and gin to the natives. […]
Beloved *** (1998, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton) – Classic Movie Review 5355
Oprah Winfrey gives up the talk show day job to be producer-star of her pet project, a lavish and reverentially handled, but ponderously achieved 1998 film version of Toni Morrison’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved. […]