Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "B movie"

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A Matter of Choice ** (1963, Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody, Ballard Berkeley, Malcolm Gerard, Michael Davis) – Classic Movie Review 12,596

The implausible though engaging enough 1963 low-budget British noir drama film A Matter of Choice stars Anthony Steel and Jeanne Moody. Director Vernon Sewell said: ‘Oh it was a disaster… a bloody awful movie.’ Director […]

Jul, 28

Little Mister Jim ** (1946, Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins, James Craig, Frances Gifford) – Classic Movie Review 11,264

Director Fred Zinnemann’s wafer-thin, scarcely winsome 1946 MGM black and white film Little Mister Jim tells the tale of life on an army post, with Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins as the mildly diverting little star playing […]

Jun, 02

Assignment – Paris ** (1952, Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders, Audrey Totter) – Classic Movie Review 11,240

Yes it is Assignment Paris but Destination Budapest. And assignment Robert Parrish, who conscientiously directs Dana Andrews as Jimmy Race, a US Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter sent by his editor behind the Iron […]

May, 25

Mask of Dust ** (1954, Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, Peter Illing, Alec Mango) – Classic Movie Review 11,141

Director Terence Fisher’s 1954 black and white British Hammer Films action adventure motor racing drama Mask of Dust [Race for Life] is based on the novel The Last Race by Jon Manchip White, and stars Richard […]

Apr, 27

Human Cargo *** (1936, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Alan Dinehart, Ralph Morgan, Rita Hayworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,031

‘A PAGE TORN FROM THE FILES OF THE SECRET SERVICE!’ Director Allan Dwan’s 1936 20th Century Fox black and white action crime drama Human Cargo is based on the novel I Will Be Faithful by Kathleen […]

Mar, 18

Crimes at the Dark House *** (1940, Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves) – Classic Movie Review 10,868

Producer-director George King’s luridly melodramatic 1940 British black and white B-movie thriller Crimes at the Dark House gleefully turns the classic 1859 Wilkie Collins mystery novel The Woman in White into another absurdly amusing, over-the-top […]

Feb, 02

The Night of January 16th ** (1941, Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Nils Asther) – Classic Movie Review 10,797

Director William Clemens’s 1941 Paramount Pictures black and white mystery crime drama B-movie The Night of January 16th stars Ellen Drew as secretary Kit Lane who is actually the brunt of an embezzlement scam involving […]

Jan, 16

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