Derek Winnert

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Father Brown, Detective *** (1934, Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas, Gertrude Michael, Robert Loraine) – Classic Movie Review 12,828

The pleasing 1934 American mystery thriller film Father Brown, Detective is a good little go at G K Chesterton’s 1910 story The Blue Cross. It stars Walter Connolly as the crime-solving cleric and Paul Lukas […]

Mar, 16

Confession [The Deadliest Sin] ** (1955, Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton, John Bentley, Peter Hammond) – Classic Movie Review 12,253

‘MOST AMAZING CRIME DRAMA OF THE YEAR! The Door Past Which No Law Could Go.’ Director Ken Hughes’s 1955 British black and white crime drama Confession [The Deadliest Sin] stars Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton, John […]

Jul, 28

Prince of Darkness ** (1987, Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount) – Classic Movie Review 12,025

John Carpenter’s 1987 return to the horror film stars Donald Pleasence as a priest who calls in a quantum physicist professor (Victor Wong) and his students when a mysterious ancient cylinder with green liquid is […]

Mar, 26

The Rosary Murders **½ (1987, Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Josef Sommer, Belinda Bauer) – Classic Movie Review 11,850

Director Fred Walton’s 1987 American neo-noir mystery thriller The Rosary Murders is based on a novel by William X Kienzle, and stars Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Josef Sommer and Belinda Bauer. A disturbed Detroit priest-and […]

Jan, 16

Monsieur Vincent *** (1947, Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Dux) – Classic Movie Review 11,611

Popular and respected in its day, Maurice Cloche’s sincere and moving award-winning 1947 French film Monsieur Vincent tells episodically the story of Vincent de Paul, the 17th century priest, charity worker, social worker and saint, […]

Sep, 29

The Angel Wore Red [La Sposa Bella] * (1960, Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio De Sica, Finlay Currie) – Classic Movie Review 11,401

‘A FUGITIVE… With a Price On His Head! A WOMAN… With a Price On Her Love!’: When Ava met Dirk in the 1960 film The Angel Wore Red… shot on location in Italy with members of […]

Jul, 18

Nazarín **** (1959, Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo) – Classic Movie Review 11,369

Director Luis Buñuel’s powerful and darkly surreal 1959 black and white Mexican satirical drama Nazarín stars Francisco Rabal as Catholic priest Father Nazario, who is despised when he wanders among the poor in the footsteps […]

Jul, 05

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