Derek Winnert

Reviews

It Happened Here **** (1964, Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, Bart Allison) – Classic Movie Review 11,244

‘The Story of Hitler’s England. What would have happened if the German Army had crossed the English Channel.’  Writer-directors Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo’s intelligent, partly-amateur 1964 black and white film by two clever, very […]

May, 26

Sword in the Desert ** (1949, Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler) – Classic Movie Review 11,243

Director George Sherman’s 1949 controversial American black and white historical war action drama Sword in the Desert is notable for being the first American film to deal with the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, for […]

May, 26

Berlin Correspondent ** (1942, Virginia Gilmore, Dana Andrews, Mona Maris) – Classic Movie Review 11,242

‘He Lived Thru A Nazi Nightmare You’ll Never Forget!’ Director Eugene Forde’s 1942 wartime propaganda thriller Berlin Correspondent tells the amusingly daft tale of a US radio correspondent broadcaster Bill Roberts (Dana Andrews) in Berlin […]

May, 25

The Unholy *** (1988, Trevor Howard, Ben Cross, Hal Holbrook, Ruben Rabasa, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 11,241

Director Camilo Vila’s 1988 horror The Unholy stars Trevor Howard as blind priest Father Silva, who takes on the forces of Satan, in this powerful, solidly plotted chiller. Ben Cross and Hal Holbrook co-star as […]

May, 25

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

Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster [Duel of the Space Monsters] * (1965, Marilyn Hanold, James Karen, Lou Cutell) – Classic Movie Review 11,239

So-bad-it’s-good 1965 sci-fi cult film Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster features neither Dr Frankenstein nor Frankenstein’s monster but instead tells the story of a facially-damaged android robot who fights alien invaders. Director Robert Gaffney’s truly terrible […]

May, 25

Michael Shayne: Private Detective ***½ (1940, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 11,238

Lloyd Nolan stars as Brett Halliday’s wisecracking private detective Michael Shayne in the first of the actor’s seven 20th Century Fox support thrillers. Director Eugene Forde’s 1940 black and white mystery thriller Michael Shayne: Private […]

May, 24

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