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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands *** (1948, Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton) – Classic Movie Review 9690

The excellent 1948 film noir thriller Kiss the Blood Off My Hands stars Burt Lancaster as a fugitive who killed a man in a fight and hides away in a lonely nurse (Joan Fontaine)’s apartment. […]

Apr, 30

Caught on a Train **** (1980, Peggy Ashcroft, Michael Kitchen, Wendy Raebeck) – Classic Movie Review 9679

Director Peter Duffell’s riveting 1980 Caught on a Train stars Peggy Ashcroft as Frau Messner, an imperious Austrian lady who terrifies young Briton Peter (Michael Kitchen) on an overnight train passing through Germany, in writer […]

Apr, 26

Murder Is Easy *** (1982, Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland, Helen Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 9,654

The 1982 crime mystery thriller film Murder Is Easy stars Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland and Helen Hayes in an atmospheric and good-looking adaptation of a complex 1939 Agatha Christie novel. Director Claude […]

Apr, 19

Merci la Vie * (1991, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Michel Blanc, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gérard Depardieu) – Classic Movie Review 9597

Writer-director Bernard Blier’s 1991 French film Merci la Vie stars an impressive line-up in Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Depardieu, Michael Blanc, Annie Girardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Carmet, Catherine Jacob and Thierry Frémont. But, despite […]

Apr, 05

The First Great Train Robbery [The Great Train Robbery] *** (1978, Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down) – Classic Movie Review 9502

‘Steal from a moving train? Whoever heard of such a thing!’ All aboard the London to Folkestone express for writer-director Michael Crichton’s 1979 Victorian crime caper, The First Great Train Robbery [The Great Train Robbery], […]

Mar, 13

Runaway Train *** (1985, Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay) – Classic Movie Review 9481

Director Andrei Konchalovsky’s 1985 Cannon Group adventure movie Runaway Train is a solid but over-blown mythical action thriller, with outsize performances by Jon Voight and Eric Roberts as escaping prisoners on an out-of-control train speeding […]

Mar, 08

A Winter’s Tale [A Tale of Winter] [Conte d’hiver] **** (1992, Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Michel Voletti, Hervé Furic) – Classic Movie Review 9463

Writer-director Eric Rohmer’s 1992 A Winter’s Tale [A Tale of Winter] [Conte d’hiver] is his beguiling Tale of the Four Seasons about a pretty young hairdresser called Félicie (Charlotte Véry), who has a holiday romance […]

Mar, 05

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