Derek Winnert

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The Biggest Bundle of Them All *** (1968, Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch, Godfrey Cambridge, Davy Kaye, Vittorio De Sica, Edward G Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 12,429

The 1968 crime film The Biggest Bundle of them All is set in Naples, and stars Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch and Edward G Robinson. A kidnapped mobster gets a novice gang of crooks to steal […]

Feb, 23

Crackers **½ (1984, Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn) – Classic Movie Review 11,412

Director Louis Malle’s 1984 crime caper film Crackers is a lightweight comedy thriller about a group of bungling safecrackers who try to pull off a heist on a San Francisco pawnbroker’s store. The small-time thieves […]

Jul, 21

Traitor’s Gate [Das Verrätertor] ** (1964, Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Klaus Kinski, Catherine Schell) – Classic Movie Review 11,274

Director Freddie Francis’s 1964 black and white West German-British co-production Traitor’s Gate [Das Verrätertor] is a decent, compelling, atmospheric Edgar Wallace crime thriller about two brothers who organise a group of criminals in a scam to […]

Jun, 05

The Gelignite Gang ** (1956, Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne, James Kenney) – Classic Movie Review 11,139

‘From Today’s Headlines Comes The Story of Killers That Terrorized a City… and the Men and Their Women Who Blew the Lid Sky High.’ Directors Francis Searle and Terence Fisher’s 1956 humble British B-movie black […]

Apr, 27

The Diamond Mercenaries * (1976, Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O’Brian, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, O J Simpson) – Classic Movie Review 11,056

Director Val Guest’s 1975 action crime thriller adventure The Diamond Mercenaries [Killer Force] has a particularly interesting and promising mixed group of actors to recommend it and a capable director. It is filmed where it […]

Mar, 29

Dayton’s Devils ** (1968, Rory Calhoun, Leslie Nielsen, Lainie Kazan) – Classic Movie Review 11,055

‘7 MEN AND ONE WOMAN – their incredible plan – to steal a $2,500,000 military payroll!’ Director Jack Shea’s 1968 thriller Dayton’s Devils is written by Fred De Gorter, and stars Leslie Nielsen, Rory Calhoun […]

Mar, 29

Diamonds *** (1975, Robert Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 11,051

‘Diamonds Were Forever.’ Director Menahem Golan’s 1975 US/ Israel heist caper thriller Diamonds stars Robert Shaw, who cherishes a gem of a role – twin parts actually as a diamond merchant industrialist who plans a […]

Mar, 27

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