The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Read More »
Daily Archives: August 10, 2020
Assignment Redhead (1956) Maclean Rogers, Richard Denning, Carole Mathews, Ronald Adam
Murderous master criminal Dumetrius flies to London from post-war Berlin plying his trade in counterfeit money and false travel documents. Read More »
The Trumpet Blows (1934) Stephen Roberts, George Raft, Adolphe Menjou, Frances Drake
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. Read More »
Laughing Boy (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, Ramon Novarro, Lupe Velez, William B. Davidson
There were very few laughs in this phlegmatic film adaptation of the Oliver LaFarge’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Laughing Boy. Read More »
Laburnum Grove (1936) Carol Reed, Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke, Victoria Hopper
Laburnum Grove is a suburb so dull one could actually hear the tomatoes grow in the gardens. Read More »
The Girl from Parma AKA La parmigiana (1963) Antonio Pietrangeli, Nino Manfredi, Catherine Spaak, Didi Perego
Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair Read More »
The Late Show (1977) Robert Benton, Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy
Ira Wells is an aged retired Los Angeles, California based private investigator comes out of retirement when a former partner Read More »
The Elephant God AKA Joi Baba Felunath (1979) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Parinita Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee
This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares Read More »