Derek Winnert

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Cosh Boy *** (1953, James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres, Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold) – Classic Movie Review 11,116

‘Call me a gangster or a mobster… but not a delinquent!’ Director Lewis Gilbert’s 1953 British black and white noir drama Cosh Boy is quite bad – but with a really good cast, and it […]

Apr, 19

Sherlock Holmes in New York *** (1976, Roger Moore, John Huston, Patrick Macnee, Charlotte Rampling, Gig Young, David Huddleston) – Classic Movie Review 11,111

Director Boris Sagal’s 1976 American mystery TV movie Sherlock Holmes in New York finds Roger Moore relishing his chance to play Sherlock Holmes, who faces his arch-enemy Professor James Moriarty (John Huston) on the streets […]

Apr, 19

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace ** (1962, Christopher Lee, Senta Berger, Thorley Walters, Ivan Desny, Hans Söhnker, Hans Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 11,110

And so the Hammer Films trio of Christopher Lee, Thorley Walters and Terence Fisher head off for Germany and C Lee gets to play Sherlock Holmes following his role as Sir Henry Baskerville in Hammer’s […]

Apr, 18

The Queen ***** (2006, Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory) – Classic Movie Review 11,104

Helen Mirren is absolutely brilliant in the title role of Queen Elizabeth II in the vastly entertaining 2006 biographical drama film, sweeping all before her on the way to winning the Academy Award for Best […]

Apr, 17

Island of Love * (1963, Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Giorgia Moll, Walter Matthau) – Classic Movie Review 11,103

Robert Preston stars as a con man promoter named Steve Blair who wants to get rich by luring romantically inclined tourists to a Greek island paradise. But he is pursued by a gangster producer called […]

Apr, 17

Island of Terror ** (1966, Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray) – Classic Movie Review 11,102

‘They lived by eating human bones… and threatened to consume the world!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1966 British film Island of Terror [The Creepers] is a fairly shuddersome sci-fi horror movie starring Peter Cushing and Edward […]

Apr, 17

Isn’t It Romantic ** (1948, Veronica Lake, Billy De Wolfe, Patric Knowles, Mona Freeman, Mary Hatcher, Roland Culver) – Classic Movie Review 11,101

Director Norman Z McLeod’s 1948 black and white Paramount film Isn’t It Romantic stars Veronica Lake as Candy Cameron, who has two sisters (Mona Freeman, Mary Hatcher) and prefers conman Rick Brannon (Patric Knowles), a […]

Apr, 16

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