The Diamond Wizard aka The Diamond is a 1954 British film noir crime film starring Dennis O’Keefe, Margaret Sheridan and Philip Friend. It is based on the 1952 novel Rich Is the Treasure by Maurice Procter. There seems to be an issue as to who directed The Diamond Wizard. According to the British Film Institute…
Blu-ray Review: Dancing with Crime & The Green Cockatoo
Cohen Media packages together two early British film noirs. As counterpoints to their American films, these films offer unique British favored crime stories. Of the two, Dancing with Crime (1947) is the more interesting post-war thriller. There is plenty of sleaze and repressed anger under the surface. The Green Cockatoo is in rough condition considering…