Average rating: 4.50   90% from 2 members


Call Northside 777

stunning drama

Key Largo

my favourite of the big ones

Mr Smith Goes To Washington

justice!

The African Queen

epic

Rear Window

simply superb
  • Rear Window on DVD (1954)
    Starring: Grace Kelly,  Wendell Corey,  Thelma Ritter
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The weather is getting hotter, and photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and nothing to do--that is, nothing to do but spy on his neighbours through their open windows across the way in the apartment complex. There's an attractive and scantily clad ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 21,300 members

High Sierra

not as great as treasures of sierra madre but great
  • High Sierra on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Humphrey Bogart,  Ida Lupino,  Alan Curtis
    Director: Raoul Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A gangster called Roy Earle assists in a hotel hold-up in return for being sprung from prison. He then attempts to go straight, but his luck quickly runs out.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 558 members

Destry Rides Again

love his vibe with dietrich so natural

The Big Sleep

classic

Rope

like a play but better- one shot
  • Rope on DVD (1948)
    Starring: James Stewart,  John Dall,  Farley Granger
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder case (from which two other films, COMPULSION and SWOON, were also derived), ROPE both challenges and terrifies the audience. Alfred Hitchcock disdained the whodunit crime story, which he felt lacked emotional force, and ROPE shows the director's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 5,052 members

The Maltese Falcon

awesome plot
  • The Maltese Falcon on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Humphrey Bogart,  Mary Astor,  Sidney Greenstreet
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the duplicitous Brigid, the perfumed Mr. Cairo, and the scheming Fat Man. Huston's brilliant directorial debut is aided by ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 10,338 members




Average rating for this collection: Average rating: 4.50   90% from 2 members

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