Derek Winnert

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Assassin for Hire *** (1951, Sydney Tafler, Ronald Howard, Katharine Blake) – Classic Movie Review 12,783

The 1951 British crime film Assassin for Hire is an unexpectedly decent little thriller starring Sydney Tafler as a London Soho contract killer led to believe wrongly that he has killed his brother. Director Michael McCarthy’s […]

Jan, 07

The Amateur * (1981, John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller) – Classic Movie Review 12,569

Charles Jarrott’s Canadian 1982 film The Amateur. The 1982 film The Amateur stars John Savage, Christopher Plummer and Marthe Keller. The classy cast works hard but is largely at a loss in this muddled spy […]

Jul, 08

Tony Arzenta – Big Guns [No Way Out] **** (1973, Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel, Roger Hanin) – Classic Movie Review 12,324

‘By mistake they killed his wife and child – THAT was a hell of a mistake!’ Yes, that’s the spoiler alert advertising, but the mistake is when the Milan-based mafia hitman Tony Arzenta tells his bosses […]

Sep, 26

Slayground (1983, Peter Coyote, Mel Smith, Billie Whitelaw) – Classic Movie Review 11,984

Director Terry Bedford’s 1983 British crime film Slayground stars Peter Coyote as a criminal called Stone running from a hitman in this unattractive, violent Thorn EMI thriller based on a novel by Donald E Westlake […]

Mar, 06

Death in a French Garden [Pèril en la Demeure] **** (1985, Anémone, Richard Bohringer, Nicole Garcia, Christophe Malavoy, Michel Piccoli, Anaïs Jeanneret) – Classic Movie Review 11,527

Michel Deville’s 1985 heady brew of a French crime mystery thriller film Death in a French Garden [Pèril en la Demeure] stars Anémone, Richard Bohringer, Nicole Garcia, Christophe Malavoy and Michel Piccoli. Director Michel Deville’s […]

Aug, 29

Delusion *** (1991, Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, Kyle Secor, Jerry Orbach, Tracey Walter, Robert Costanzo) – Classic Movie Review 11,450

Co-writer/ director Carl Colpaert’s 1991 film noir crime thriller Delusion stars Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, Kyle Secor, Jerry Orbach, Tracey Walter and Robert Costanzo. Dodgy computer wizard George O’Brien (Metzler), a half-million dollar embezzler from […]

Aug, 05

Company of Killers **½ (1970, Van Johnson, Ray Milland, John Saxon, Clu Gulager, Brian Kelly, Fritz Weaver, Susan Oliver, Diana Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,960

‘Assassins for Hire! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Killing is Big Business In the Hands of This Murder Machine!’ Director Jerry Thorpe’s 1970 film Company of Killers is a reasonably involving, well-made multi-faceted crime thriller, with plenty of […]

Feb, 24

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