Tuesday, 8 January 2019

THE TRAP (1946) Directed by Howard Bretherton

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I have a real soft spot for these Charlie Chan films, especially those starring Sidner Toler as the Chinese detective. Warner Oland ha...
Monday, 19 November 2018

LE MAINS D'ORLAC (1960) Directed by Edmond T. Greville

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This the French language version of  the 1960 French/English co-production THE HANDS OF ORLAC starring Mel Ferrer. In his documentary, MY...
Tuesday, 15 May 2018

BLAST OF SILENCE (1961) Directed by Allen Baron

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BLAST OF SILENCE is a real curiosity. Made in 1961 on what looks like a miniscule budget it is very much a precursor to Jean-Pierre Me...
Friday, 20 April 2018

JIGSAW (1949) Directed by Fletcher Markle

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 A real curiosity. Made by a group of film-makers with vaguely left wing politics and anti-fascist intentions this badly made, acted and ...
Thursday, 19 April 2018

DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (1954) Directed by Richard Quine.

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Leaving Andy Hardy and Judy Garland behind, in the early 50's Mickey Rooney set out to toughen his image with film like this one and ...
Sunday, 8 April 2018

THE STREET WITH NO NAME (1948) Directed by William Keighley.

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Post WW2 Twentieth Century Fox produced a series of semi-documentary style thrillers that promoted the work of the F.B.I and the U.S. S...
Monday, 19 March 2018

HELL'S ISLAND (1955) Directed by Phil Karlson.

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I n Interesting B-Movie noir (in colour) written by Maxwell Shane with uncredited contributions by director Karlson and star Payne. Al...