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  Five Graves to Cairo 1943

  ★★★ Watched 18 Jun 2022

  Decent enough potboiler involves Franchot Tone going undercover as a hotel servant/double agent to Rommel, of all people. Tense enough, well paced and plotted.

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  A Foreign Affair 1948

  ★★★ Watched 23 Jun 2022

  Decent comedy drama has uptight Congresswoman Arthur falling in love with Marlene Dietrich's guy; sort of plays like a more upbeat Third Man.

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  Obsession 1949

  ★★★ Watched 29 Jun 2022

  Interesting thriller about Newton kidnapping his wife's lover with the intent of murdering him later in order to commit the perfect crime. Good stuff, well filmed and plotted with a good slightly Columboesque detective played by one of the Caldecott/Smith(?) guys .

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  The Ring 1927

  ★★½ Watched 05 Jul 2022

  Slow moving and sparsely soap about love triangle between bargain basement boxer, his fiancee/wife, and his new boss the big world champion. Some nice Hitchockian touches but mostly blah. Some racist bits.

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