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ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND ROCK HUDSON IN 'THE MIRROR CRACK'D'

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Title: THE MIRROR CRACK'D Year: 1980 Director: Guy Hamilton Rating: ***1/2 The most breezily enjoyable of the John Brabourne/Richard Goo...

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CHARLES BRONSON 'SOMEONE BEHIND THE DOOR' ANTHONY PERKINS

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Year: 1971 Title: SOMEONE BEHIND THE DOOR Rating: ***1/2 French shot/English speaking psychological thriller mirroring François Truffaut mir...

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ORSON WELLES PUTS ANTHONY PERKINS THROUGH 'THE TRIAL'

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Anthony Perkins in Orson Welles's THE TRIAL Year: 1962 Rating: ***1/2 Before his final William Shakespeare adaptation CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT...

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ORSON WELLES WARTIME CRIME POTBOILER 'JOURNEY INTO FEAR'

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Joseph Cotten in JOURNEY INTO FEAR Director: Norman Foster Producer: Orson Welles Year 1943 rating **** An entertaining, lightweight crime ...

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STANLEY BAKER TRUCKS WITH PEGGY CUMMINS IN 'HELL DRIVERS'

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Title: HELL DRIVERS Year: 1957 Rating: **** Cheating with the sped-up effect ala Keystone Cop films, the hauling-trucks for HELL DRIVERS pic...

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STANLEY BAKER IN 'VIOLENT PLAYGROUND' WITH PETER CUSHING

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Title: VIOLENT PLAYGROUND Year: 1958 Rates: **** A year after playing brothers in HELL DRIVERS , making Stanley Baker famous and putting cam...

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STANLEY BAKER AND GINGER ROGERS IN 'BEAUTIFUL STRANGER'

STANLEY BAKER AND GINGER ROGERS IN 'BEAUTIFUL STRANGER' STANLEY BAKER AND GINGER ROGERS IN 'BEAUTIFUL STRANGER'

Title: BEAUTIFUL STRANGER AKA TWIST OF FATE Year: 1954 Rating: ***1/2 "I stole it... I am innocent," Herbert Lom says to Stanley B...

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VAL GUEST DIRECTS STANLEY BAKER IN HAMMER'S 'HELL IS A CITY'

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Poster Art of John Crawford & Lois Daine for HELL IS A CITY Year: 1960 Rates: *** * * The second and final Hammer feature with Val Guest...

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OLIVER REED REBELS THROUGH HAMMER'S 'THESE ARE THE DAMNED'

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Title: THESE ARE THE DAMNED aka THE DAMNED Year: 1962 Rating: **** Hammer's THESE ARE THE DAMNED has a double-edged title starting with ...

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WILLIAM LUCAS AND KENNETH COPE STEAL 'DATELINE DIAMONDS'

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Title: DATELINE DIAMONDS Year: 1965 Rating: ***1/2 An otherwise nifty heist caper... with an agenda to promote the British band SMALL FACES....

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MARK STEVENS IN 'CRY VENGEANCE' FEATURING SKIP HOMEIER

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Title: CRY VENGEANCE Year: 1954 Rating: ***1/2 With the exception of a second-act move from an American big city to rural Alaska, the film n...

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DON SIEGEL'S THEATRICAL 'THE LINEUP' STARRING ELI WALLACH

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Year: 1958 Rating: ****1/2 Brazen and bizarre crime flick beginning with a police investigation of what turns out being heroin smuggled thro...

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BRIAN KEITH AND KERWIN MATTHEWS IN '5 AGAINST THE HOUSE'

BRIAN KEITH AND KERWIN MATTHEWS IN '5 AGAINST THE HOUSE' BRIAN KEITH AND KERWIN MATTHEWS IN '5 AGAINST THE HOUSE'

Title: 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE Year: 1955 Rating: ** There are more snags in making 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE a decent heist-noir-thriller than the st...

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SAMUEL FULLER'S TOKYO-BASED FILM NOIR 'HOUSE OF BAMBOO'

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Cameron Mitchell's the boss's thug in HOUSE OF BAMBOO Year: 1955 Rating: **** One of Sam Fuller's greatest movies is a Noir rema...

ROBERT MITCHUM, WILLIAM TALMAN & ROBERT RYAN IN 'THE RACKET'

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Title: THE RACKET 1951 Rating: ***1/2 While primarily focusing on the two leads, Robert Mitchum as a determined cop, McQuigg, and Robert R...

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ROBERT RYAN IN 'CITY BENEATH THE SEA' WITH ANTHONY QUINN

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Year: 1953 Rating: ** A letdown for those who love movies about treasure hunters. Unfortunately, the main character, played by a stiff Robe...

ROBERT RYAN VS RHONDA FLEMING & WILLIAM LUNDIGAN 'INFERNO'

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Poster for Ronda Fleming INFERNO Year: 1953 Rating: *** Leading and character actor Robert Ryan is difficult to root for since he played co...

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FAITH DOMERGUE WITH DAVID JANSSEN IN 'CULT OF THE COBRA'

FAITH DOMERGUE WITH DAVID JANSSEN IN 'CULT OF THE COBRA' FAITH DOMERGUE WITH DAVID JANSSEN IN 'CULT OF THE COBRA'

Poster Artwork for CULT OF THE COBRA Year: 1955 Rating: **** The kind of Horror flick epitomizing the "Body Count" aspect since, a...

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PETER O'TOOLE DIRECTING STEVE RAILSBACK AS 'THE STUNT MAN'

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Iconic devilish imagery of Peter O'Toole from THE STUNT MAN Year: 1980 Rating: **** It's no surprise director Richard Rush took a de...

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MARILYN HAMLIN & CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT IN 'SAVAGE WEEKEND'

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Title: SAVAGE WEEKEND Year Released: 1979 Rating: *** Shot in 1976 under the name THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK, when acquired by Cannon Films in ...

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VICTOR MATURE IN RICHARD FLEISCHER'S 'VIOLENT SATURDAY'

VICTOR MATURE IN RICHARD FLEISCHER'S 'VIOLENT SATURDAY' VICTOR MATURE IN RICHARD FLEISCHER'S 'VIOLENT SATURDAY'

Title: VIOLENT SATURDAY Year: 1955 Rating: ****1/2 Director Richard Fleischer crafted a tight, sparse, edgy noir also replete with enough pa...

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VICTOR MATURE AND TREVOR HOWARD BATTLE IN 'PICKUP ALLEY'

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Poster art for Pickup Alley Year: 1957 Rating: **** Sometimes those late 1950's anti-drug, jazz-soaked neo noirs feature shaky method ac...

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VICTOR MATURE WITH DIANA DORS TRUCKING IN 'THE LONG HAUL'

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Title: THE LONG HAUL Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 What begins as a kind of lightweight HELL DRIVERS with token Yankee Victor Mature joining a ...

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VICTOR MATURE AND LAIRD CREGAR IN 'I WAKE UP SCREAMING'

VICTOR MATURE AND LAIRD CREGAR IN 'I WAKE UP SCREAMING' VICTOR MATURE AND LAIRD CREGAR IN 'I WAKE UP SCREAMING'

Title: I WAKE UP SCREAMING Year: 1941 Rating: **** Originally named HOT SPOT since we begin with Victor Mature, noisily and rudely interroga...

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VICTOR MATURE WITH RICHARD WIDMARK IN 'KISS OF DEATH'

VICTOR MATURE WITH RICHARD WIDMARK IN 'KISS OF DEATH' VICTOR MATURE WITH RICHARD WIDMARK IN 'KISS OF DEATH'

Title: KISS OF DEATH Year: 1947 Rating: **** The original KISS OF DEATH is several movies in one, beginning as a tension-filled heist flick ...

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MARK STEVENS & RICHARD WIDMARK 'THE STREET WITH NO NAME'

MARK STEVENS & RICHARD WIDMARK 'THE STREET WITH NO NAME' MARK STEVENS & RICHARD WIDMARK 'THE STREET WITH NO NAME'

Title: THE STREET WITH NO NAME Year: 1947 Rating: ****1/2 Like James Cagney's more popular G-MEN, this dusty gem begins as sort of an ...

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STEVE MCQUEEN STARS IN DONALD SIEGEL'S 'HELL IS FOR HEROES'