Derek Winnert

Reviews

Blood on the Moon **** (1948, Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 10,604

Robert Wise’s first-class 1948 RKO black-and-white psychological Western film noir stars Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston and Walter Brennan. It is a Martin Scorsese favourite. ‘The deadliest range war ever to EXPLODE on the screen!’ Director Robert Wise’s first-class […]

Nov, 30

Dial 1119 [The Violent Hour] *** (1950, Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King) – Classic Movie Review 10,601

The neat and tidy 1950 film noir support thriller Dial 1119 is directed by the nephew of MGM boss Louis B Mayer, and stars Marshall Thompson as a deranged escaped killer holding hostage the customers […]

Nov, 29

The All American [The Winning Way] ** (1953, Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long, Mamie Van Doren) – Classic Movie Review 10,599

Director Jesse Hibbs’s 1953 Universal International Pictures black and white American football drama The All American [The Winning Way] stars Tony Curtis as the college football player Nick Bonelli who rejects sport for studies after […]

Nov, 28

The All-American Boy * (1973, Jon Voight, Anne Archer, Nancie Phillips, Art Metrano) – Classic Movie Review 10,598

Writer-director Charles Eastman’s 1973 American drama film The All-American Boy stars Jon Voight as Vic Bealer, a moody young boxer from a small town in Texas, whizzed to success and worried about tomorrow. Known by […]

Nov, 28

All Through the Night **** (1942, Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Peter Lorre, Judith Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 10,597

‘Gangdom turns its gats on the Gestapo.’ Director Vincent Sherman’s wisecracking 1942 Warner Bros black and white crime mystery thriller All Through the Night stars Humphrey Bogart as Broadway gambler ‘Gloves’ Donahue, who leads the […]

Nov, 28

Beau Ideal ** (1931, Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young, Irene Rich, Lester Vail, Frank McCormick, George Rigas) – Classic Movie Review 10,596

Percival Christopher Wren’s 1927 novel Beau Ideal is adapted by RKO Radio Pictures into a rather feeble and uninvolving talkie follow-up to the silent classics Beau Geste and (1926) Beau Sabreur (1928), with John Geste […]

Nov, 28

Beau Sabreur (1928, Gary Cooper, Evelyn Brent, Noah Beery Sr, William Powell, Roscoe Karn) – Classic Movie Review 10,595

In this 1928 Paramount silent version of Percival Christopher Wren’s famous story Beau Sabreur, young Gary Cooper stars as Beau, the French officer who is despatched by his uncle-general (Frank Reicher) to fight the Riffs […]

Nov, 28

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