#britishcinema — Public Fediverse posts

Act of Murder (1964), a British Edgar Wallace B-movie, involves a romantic triangle and from the start the plot twists come thick and fast. A psychological thriller with lots of paranoia and a pleasingly hard-edged nasty streak. Great stuff.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/act-of-murder-1964.html

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We Shall See, a 1964 British Edgar Wallace thriller with some nasty emotional betrayals and twisted relationships. At the centre is a woman who thinks everyone hates her. Turns out to be more interesting and quirky than you expect. Good film.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/06/we-shall-see-1964.html

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Sidney J. Furie's The Snake Woman, an ultracheap 1961 UK horror movie that is better than you might expect. A girl is believed to be an evil serpent-woman. A beautiful exotic snake-woman. Well-made atmospheric film.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-snake-woman-1961.html

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The other great Carol Reed-Graham Greene collaboration, a year before The Third Man, was The Fallen Idol (1948). A story of growing up, of trust, of lies and of secrets. Lies and secrets can be well-intentioned but have bad results. Great film.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-fallen-idol-1948.html

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The Spider and the Fly is a 1949 British crime thriller directed by Robert Hamer. Cop Maubert obsessively hunts master criminal Philippe and hopes to use Philippe's mistress to trap him. Quite good but with an out-of-left-field ending.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-spider-and-fly-1949.html

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Madonna of the Seven Moons is a 1945 British Gainsborough melodrama but melodrama is hardly an adequate word to describe this truly bizarre film. It's beyond mere melodrama. Over-the-top, outrageously excessive, a delight from start to finish.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2017/08/madonna-of-seven-moons-1945.html

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The Man in Grey (1943), first of the great Gainsborough British melodramas.

With James Mason as a dissipated, cruel dangerous nobleman and Margaret Lockwood doing the bad girl thing as only she could.

Packs as much twisted romance and illicit sexuality into its running time as it can. An out-and-out melodrama and an unashamed bodice ripper but very stylish and great fun.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-man-in-grey-1943.html

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