Derek Winnert

Reviews

Devil and the Deep *** (1932, Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Cary Grant) – Classic Movie Review 11,278

Director Marion Gering’s 1932 Paramount Pictures black and white romantic drama Devil and the Deep stars Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Laughton, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant. An extraordinary cast rescues a sinking love-triangle melodrama, as psychotically […]

Jun, 06

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss [The Amazing Adventure] [Romance and Riches] ** (1936, Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne) – Classic Movie Review 11,277

Director Alfred Zeisler’s 1936 black and white romantic comedy drama The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss [The Amazing Adventure] [Romance and Riches] stars Bristol-born Cary Grant, who came back to Britain for this routine and […]

Jun, 06

The Last Outpost *** (1935, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Gertrude Michael) – Classic Movie Review 11,276

Directors Charles Barton and Louis J Gasnier’s 1935 Paramount Pictures black and white romantic action adventure film The Last Outpost stars Cary Grant, Claude Rains and Gertrude Michael. This forgotten film is one of Grant’s […]

Jun, 06

This Is the Night **** (1932, Lili Damita, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Thelma Todd, Cary Grant) – Classic Movie Review 11,275

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1932 Paramount Pictures pre-Code comedy film This Is the Night stars Lili Damita, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Thelma Todd and Cary Grant in his film debut. Amorous confusion reigns as ladykiller Gerald Grey (Young) tries to seduce […]

Jun, 06

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 Trojan Women ** (1971, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas) – Classic Movie Review 11,273

Writer/ producer/ director Michael Cacoyannis’s 1971 drama The Trojan Women stars the formidable quartet of women, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave and Irene Papas. Top quality acting from the four remarkable actresses lifts a […]

Jun, 05

Sniper *** (1993, Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 11,272

‘One Shot. One Kill. No Exceptions.’ Director Luis Llosa’s 1993 Sniper stars Billy Zane as American rookie Richard Miller, who is helicoptered into South America to join US Marine veteran Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) on […]

Jun, 05

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