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Human Cargo *** (1936, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Alan Dinehart, Ralph Morgan, Rita Hayworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,031

‘A PAGE TORN FROM THE FILES OF THE SECRET SERVICE!’ Director Allan Dwan’s 1936 20th Century Fox black and white action crime drama Human Cargo is based on the novel I Will Be Faithful by Kathleen […]

Mar, 18

Look Back in Anger *** (1980, Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Banes, Fran Brill, Raymond Hardie) – Classic Movie Review 9809

The 1980 British film Look Back in Anger stars Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Banes and Fran Brill, and is directed by Lindsay Anderson and David Hugh Jones. The film is based on John Osborne’s classic play, […]

May, 23

Jekyll & Hyde ** (1990, Michael Caine, Cheryl Ladd, Joss Ackland) – Classic Movie Review 8276

Michael Caine reunites with writer-director David Wickes from his 1988 hit TV film Jack the Ripper for this rather less successful slab of Victoriana, the 1990 British TV film Jekyll & Hyde, made by David […]

Mar, 21

La Piscine [The Swimming Pool] *** (1969, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin, Paul Crauchet) – Classic Movie Review 3346

Director Jacques Deray’s handsome looking 1969 drama stars the formidable quartet of Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet and Jane Birkin, who give mesmerising performances. In the screenplay by Jean-Emmanuel Conil, two men (Delon and Ronet) […]

Feb, 12

I, Monster *** (1971, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven) – Classic Movie Review 3078

Director Stephen Weeks’s 1971 British horror movie I, Monster is a version of the split personality Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story in all but name. Despite the character names having been changed, it is still […]

Nov, 22

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde *** (1971, Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim) – Classic Movie Review 2891

Director Roy Ward Baker’s 1971 Hammer horror movie is the third of three Hammer Films adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, following The Ugly Duckling (1959) […]

Sep, 08

Count Yorga, Vampire *** (1970, Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Murphy, Judith Lang, Michael Macready, Donna Anders) – Classic Movie Review 2833

Writer-director Bob Kelljan’s 1970 horror movie Count Yorga, Vampire is a contemporary version of the Dracula tale, neatly relocated to Los Angeles. Robert Quarry stars as the visiting Count Yorga who pesters the life out […]

Aug, 21

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