Other Reviews

This is a "catch all" page for capsule reviews or full synopses of films which do not fall into one of the other categories on this site. They may be "Great Movies", or just fun to watch films which were NOT directed by Alfred Hitchcock, NOR were they Academy Award Best Picture winners, NOR are they considered Essential or Obscure by me, the author of this content. However, they may be (or may have been) listed as TCM Picks occasionally.

• 'G' Men (1935) - full review!
• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
• 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
• 49th Parallel (1941)
• Absent Minded Professor, The (1961)
• Across the Pacific (1942) - full review!
• Action in the North Atlantic (1943) - full review!
• Actress, The (1953) - full review!
• Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - full review!
• After the Thin Man (1936)
• Ah, Wilderness! (1935) - full review!
• Airport (1970)
• Alamo, The (1960)
• Alexis Zorbas (1964)
• Alfie (1966)
• Algiers (1938) - full review!
• Alibi Ike (1935)
• All My Sons (1948) - full review!
• All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
• All Through the Night (1942)
• Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (1938) - full review!
• Anchors Aweigh (1945)
• Angel Face (1952) - full review!
• Anna Christie (1930)
• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1950) - full review!
• Annie Oakley (1935) - full review!
• Arrangement, The (1969) - full review!
• Arrowsmith (1931) - full review!
• Baby Doll (1956)
• Baby Face (1933) - full review!
• Bachelor in Paradise (1961) - full review!
• Bachelor Party, The (1957) - full review!
• Back From Eternity (1956) - full review!
• Band Wagon, The (1953)
• Barefoot Contessa, The (1954)
• Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949)
• Barretts of Wimpole Street, The (1934)
• Becky Sharp (1935)
• Bells Are Ringing (1960)
• Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945)
• Berlin Express (1948)
• Best Man, The (1964) - full review!
• Between Two Worlds (1944) - full review!
• Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
• Big Heat, The (1953)
• Big Sky, The (1952) - full review!
• Bill of Divorcement, A (1932) - full review!
• Billy Budd (1962) - full review!
• Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) - full review!
• Black Book, The (1949)
• Black Fury (1935) - full review!
• Blood on the Sun (1945)
• Blossoms in the Dust (1941) - full review!
• Blume in Love (1973)
• Body Snatcher, The (1945)
• Boom Town (1940)
• Bordertown (1935) - full review!
• Born to Be Bad (1950) - full review!
• Born to Dance (1936) - full review!
• Born to Kill (1947) - full review!
• Bride Came C.O.D., The (1941)
• Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1955) - full review!
• Brigadoon (1954)
• Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) - full review!
• Brother Orchid (1940)
• Buck Privates (1941)
• Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• Buddy Holly Story, The (1978)
• Bullitt (1968)
• BUtterfield 8 (1960) - full review!
• Bye Bye Birdie (1963) - full review!
• Cabin in the Sky (1943)
• Caddy, The (1953) - full review!
• Call Me Madam (1953)
• Canterville Ghost, The (1944)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) - full review!
• Captains of the Clouds (1942) - full review!
• Carefree (1938)
• Carmen Jones (1954)
• Casanova Brown (1944) - full review!
• Catered Affair, The (1956)
• Charly (1968)
• Cheyenne Social Club, The (1970) - full review!
• Cimarron (1960) - full review!
• Cincinnati Kid, The (1965) - full review!
• City for Conquest (1940) - full review!
• Clash By Night (1952)
• Cleopatra (1934)
• Cleopatra (1963)
• Cockeyed Miracle, The (1946)
• Cocoanuts, The (1929)
• Colorado Territory (1949) - full review!
• Come and Get It (1936) - full review!
• Come Blow Your Horn (1963) - full review!
• Come Live With Me (1941)
• Comedians, The (1967)
• Comrade X (1940) - full review!
• Conformist, The (1970)
• Conquest (1937)
• Country Girl, The (1954)
• Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The (1955)
• Cover Girl (1944) - full review!
• Cowboy (1958) - full review!
• Crowd Roars, The (1938)
• Cry 'Havoc' (1943) - full review!
• Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) - full review!
• Dallas (1950) - full review!
• Damsel in Distress, A (1937) - full review!
• Dangerous (1935) - full review!
• Dark Angel, The (1935) - full review!
• Dark Command (1940) - full review!
• Darling Lili (1970) - full review!
• Death of a Cyclist (1955) - full review!
• Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
• Desk Set (1957)
• Desperate Journey (1942)
• Destination Tokyo (1943)
• Detective Story (1951)
• Devil's Disciple, The (1959)
• Disraeli (1929)
• Dive Bomber (1941) - full review!
• Divorce American Style (1967)
• Divorcee, The (1930)
• Dr. Cyclops (1940)
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
• Dream Wife (1953) - full review!
• Drowning Pool, The (1975)
• Each Dawn I Die (1939) - full review!
• Easter Parade (1948)
• Edge of the City (1957)
• Edison, the Man (1940) - full review!
• Enchanted Cottage, The (1945) - full review!
• Entertainer, The (1960)
• Escape (1940)
• Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) - full review!
• Evelyn Prentice (1934) - full review!
• Facts of Life, The (1960) - full review!
• Family Affair, A (1937) - full review!
• Farewell to Arms, A (1932)
• Fastest Gun Alive, The (1956)
• Father Goose (1964)
• FBI Story, The (1959) - full review!
• Fighting 69th, The (1940)
• Fighting Seabees, The (1944) - full review!
• Firecreek (1968) - full review!
• Five Came Back (1939) - full review!
• Flying Down to Rio (1933)
• Flying Tigers (1942)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• Fountainhead, The (1949)
• Freshman, The (1925)
• Front Page, The (1931)
• Front, The (1976)
• Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
• Gambit (1966)
• Garden of Allah, The (1936)
• Gaslight (1940) - full review!
• Gathering of Eagles, A (1963) - full review!
• Gay Divorcee, The (1934)
• Gazebo, The (1959) - full review!
• General Died at Dawn, The (1936)
• Genevieve (1953)
• George Washington Slept Here (1942) - full review!
• Georgy Girl (1966)
• Germania anno zero (1948)
• Glenn Miller Story, The (1953) - full review!
• Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
• Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) - full review!
• Golden Boy (1939)
• Goldwyn Follies, The (1938) - full review!
• Good Guys and the Bad Guys, The (1969) - full review!
• Good News (1947) - full review!
• Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
• Graduate, The (1967)
• Great Lie, The (1941)
• Great Waltz, The (1938)
• Green Dolphin Street (1947) - full review!
• Green Pastures, The (1936)
• Guardsman, The (1931)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) - full review!
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
• Hallelujah! (1929)
• Hang 'Em High (1968)
• Hangmen Also Die! (1943) - full review!
• Hard Way, The (1943)
• Harvey Girls, The (1946)
• Hasty Heart, The (1949) - full review!
• Hatari! (1962)
• He Walked By Night (1948)
• He Who Gets Slapped (1924) - full review!
• Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• Hell is for Heroes (1962) - full review!
• Here Comes the Groom (1951) - full review!
• Hi, Nellie! (1934) - full review!
• High Society (1956)
• His Kind of Woman (1951)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• Hollywood Canteen (1944) - full review!
• Home from the Hill (1960) - full review!
• Hondo (1953) - full review!
• Hot Millions (1968) - full review!
• Hour of the Gun (1967) - full review!
• House on 56th Street, The (1933) - full review!
• How the West Was Won (1962) - full review!
• Hurricane, The (1937) - full review!
• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
• Hustler, The (1961) - full review!
• I Love You Again (1940)
• I Never Sang for My Father (1970) - full review!
• I Want You (1951) - full review!
• I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
• Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952) - full review!
• In Name Only (1939)
• In This Our Life (1942)
• Interiors (1978)
• Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
• Invisible Stripes (1939)
• It Should Happen to You (1954) - full review!
• It's a Wonderful World (1939)
• It's Always Fair Weather (1955) - full review!
• It's Love I'm After (1937)
• Ivanhoe (1952)
• Jimmy the Gent (1934)
• Johnny Eager (1942)
• Joker is Wild, The (1957) - full review!
• Jour se lève, Le (1939) - full review!
• Journey, The (1959) - full review!
• Juarez (1939)
• Judge Priest (1934) - full review!
• Julia Misbehaves (1948) - full review!
• Julie (1956) - full review!
• June Bride (1948)
• Kameradschaft (1931)
• Kid From Brooklyn, The (1946)
• Kid Glove Killer (1942)
• Kim (1950)
• King Solomon's Mines (1950)
• Kiss Me Kate (1953)
• Kiss, The (1929) - full review!
• Kitty Foyle (1940)
• Knute Rockne All American (1940)
• La Strada (1954)
• Lady in the Lake (1947)
• Last Gangster, The (1937) - full review!
• Last Hurrah, The (1958)
• Last Picture Show, The (1971)
• Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) - full review!
• Left Handed Gun, The (1958)
• Les Girls (1957)
• Light in the Piazza (1962)
• Lili (1953) - full review!
• Little Women (1949) - full review!
• Logan's Run (1976)
• Lonelyhearts (1958) - full review!
• Lost Patrol, The (1934)
• Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) - full review!
• Love Letters (1945) - full review!
• Loved One, The (1965)
• Lover Come Back (1961)
• Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) - full review!
• Lusty Men, The (1952) - full review!
• Macao (1952)
• MacKintosh Man, The (1973)
• Madame Curie (1943) - full review!
• Madame X (1966)
• Madigan (1968)
• Magnificent Obsession (1954)
• Magnificent Yankee, The (1950)
• Male Animal, The (1942)
• Man from Laramie, The (1955) - full review!
• Mannequin (1937) - full review!
• Marie Antoinette (1938) - full review!
• Marked Woman (1937) - full review!
• Masque of the Red Death, The (1964)
• Mata Hari (1931)
• Maytime (1937)
• McLintock! (1963) - full review!
• Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) - full review!
• Merry Widow, The (1934)
• Midnight Lace (1960)
• Midnight Mary (1933) - full review!
• Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) - full review!
• Min and Bill (1930) - full review!
• Miracle in the Rain (1956) - full review!
• Miracle Woman, The (1931) - full review!
• Mogambo (1953)
• Morning Glory (1933)
• Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) - full review!
• Mr. Skeffington (1944)
• Murder at the Gallop (1963)
• Murder By Death (1976)
• Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
• Music Box, The (1932) - full review!
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
• My Name is Nobody (1973)
• Mystery of Mr. X, The (1934) - full review!
• Never on Sunday (1960) - full review!
• Night and Day (1946)
• Night Must Fall (1937)
• Night to Remember, A (1958)
• Nobody Lives Forever (1946) - full review!
• Not as a Stranger (1955) - full review!
• Nothing Sacred (1937)
• Objective, Burma! (1945)
• Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) - full review!
• Of Human Bondage (1934)
• Of Human Hearts (1938) - full review!
• Oklahoma Kid, The (1939)
• Old Acquaintance (1943)
• Old Dark House, The (1932)
• Old Maid, The (1939)
• On Borrowed Time (1939) - full review!
• On the Town (1949)
• One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) - full review!
• Opposite Sex, The (1956) - full review!
• Out of the Fog (1941) - full review!
• Pal Joey (1957) - full review!
• Paper Lion (1968)
• Passage to Marseille (1944) - full review!
• Pat and Mike (1952)
• Patch of Blue, A (1965) - full review!
• Patsy, The (1928) - full review!
• Patterns (1956) - full review!
• Pawnbroker, The (1964)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Period of Adjustment (1962) - full review!
• Peyton Place (1957)
• Phantom Lady (1944)
• Picture Snatcher (1933)
• Pirate, The (1948)
• Pocket Money (1972) - full review!
• Possessed (1947) - full review!
• Princess and the Pirate, The (1944) - full review!
• Princess O'Rourke (1943)
• Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)
• Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)
• Prize, The (1963) - full review!
• Prizefighter and the Lady, The (1933)
• Professionals, The (1966)
• Quality Street (1937)
• Quo Vadis (1951)
• Rachel and the Stranger (1948) - full review!
• Raintree County (1957) - full review!
• Rancho Notorious (1952)
• Red-Headed Woman (1932) - full review!
• Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
• Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
• Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - full review!
• Ride the High Country (1962)
• Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
• Road to Utopia (1946)
• Roberta (1935)
• Romance on the High Seas (1948) - full review!
• Romeo and Juliet (1936)
• Room Service (1938)
• Royal Wedding (1951)
• Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, The (1966)
• Sandpiper, The (1965)
• Saratoga Trunk (1945) - full review!
• Sayonara (1957)
• Scaramouche (1923)
• Scarface (1932)
• Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1934) - full review!
• Sea Wolf, The (1941)
• Secret Garden, The (1949) - full review!
• Seven Men From Now (1956)
• Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976) - full review!
• Seventh Cross, The (1944) - full review!
• Shanghai Gesture, The (1941)
• Sheepman, The (1958) - full review!
• Shenandoah (1965)
• Shootist, The (1976)
• Shop on Main Street, The (1965) - full review!
• Side Street (1950) - full review!
• Silk Stockings (1957)
• Singing Nun, The (1966)
• Single Standard, The (1929) - full review!
• Sister Kenny (1946) - full review!
• Skyscraper Souls (1932)
• Slender Thread, The (1965)
• Slight Case of Murder, A (1938)
• Small Town Girl (1936) - full review!
• Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
• Smilin' Through (1932) - full review!
• Smilin' Through (1941)
• Some Came Running (1958) - full review!
• Song is Born, A (1948)
• Sons of the Desert (1933) - full review!
• Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) - full review!
• Southerner, The (1945) - full review!
• Spiral Staircase, The (1946)
• Spirit of St. Louis, The (1957)
• Splendor in the Grass (1961)
• Spoilers, The (1942)
• Springfield Rifle (1952) - full review!
• Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The (1965)
• Stage Door Canteen (1943) - full review!
• Stand-In (1937) - full review!
• Star Witness, The (1931) - full review!
• Stars in My Crown (1950)
• State Fair (1945) - full review!
• Stolen Life, A (1946) - full review!
• Storm Warning (1951) - full review!
• Story of Dr. Wassell, The (1944) - full review!
• Story of G. I. Joe, The (1945)
• Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
• Stranger, The (1946)
• Strawberry Blonde, The (1941)
• Suddenly (1954)
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
• Summer Place, A (1969) - full review!
• Sundowners, The (1960)
• Svengali (1931)
• Swan, The (1956) - full review!
• Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
• Sweet Charity (1969)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
• T-Men (1947)
• Tarnished Angels, The (1958)
• Task Force (1949) - full review!
• Tea and Sympathy (1956)
• Teahouse of the August Moon, The (1956)
• Tender Mercies (1983)
• Tender Trap, The (1955)
• Test Pilot (1938)
• Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das (1933)
• Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) - full review!
• That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
• Theodora Goes Wild (1936) - full review!
• Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
• Thing from Another World, The (1951)
• Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) - full review!
• This Happy Breed (1944) - full review!
• This Is the Army (1943) - full review!
• Three Came Home (1950) - full review!
• Three Godfathers (1936)
• Three Musketeers, The (1948)
• Three on a Match (1932) - full review!
• Three Smart Girls (1936)
• Thunder Road (1958)
• Till the End of Time (1946) - full review!
• Time of Their Lives, The (1946) - full review!
• Titanic (1943) - full review!
• To Sir, with Love (1967) - full review!
• Tom Dick and Harry (1941)
• Tomorrow is Forever (1946) - full review!
• Tomorrow, the World! (1944) - full review!
• Tonight and Every Night (1945)
• Topper Returns (1941) - full review!
• Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
• Tovarich (1937) - full review!
• Trader Horn (1931) - full review!
• Tulsa (1949)
• Two for the Road (1967)
• Two for the Seesaw (1962) - full review!
• Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) - full review!
• Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
• Two Weeks With Love (1950) - full review!
• Unholy Three, The (1925) - full review!
• Uninvited, The (1944)
• Unknown, The (1927)
• Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964)
• Up in Arms (1944) - full review!
• V.I.P.s, The (1963)
• Valley of Decision, The (1945) - full review!
• Viva Villa! (1934)
• Vivacious Lady (1938) - full review!
• Vogues of 1938 (1937) - full review!
• Voice of the Turtle, The (1947)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
• Wake Island (1942)
• Waterloo Bridge (1931) - full review!
• Waterloo Bridge (1940) - full review!
• Way Out West (1937) - full review!
• Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
• Western Union (1941)
• Westfront 1918 (1930) - full review!
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• When Ladies Meet (1933)
• While the City Sleeps (1956) - full review!
• Wild Rovers (1971) - full review!
• Winning Team, The (1952) - full review!
• Without Love (1945)
• Without Reservations (1946)
• Woman of Affairs, A (1928) - full review!
• Wonder Man (1945) - full review!
• Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, The (1962) - full review!
• World of Henry Orient, The (1964)
• Wreck of the Mary Deare, The (1959) - full review!
• Written on the Wind (1956)
• Yakuza, The (1974)
• You'll Never Get Rich (1941) - full review!
• Young in Heart, The (1938) - full review!
• Young Philadelphians, The (1959) - full review!
• Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
• Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

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