Derek Winnert

Strangler’s Web ***½ (1965, John Stratton, Pauline Munro, Griffith Jones, Gerald Harper, Maurice Hedley, Michael Balfour) – Classic Movie Review 13,289

An aging showgirl is murdered on Hampstead Heath, but whodunit? The entertaining and satisfying 1965 Edgar Wallace Mysteries thriller film Strangler’s Web stars John Stratton, Pauline Munro, Griffith Jones and Gerald Harper. Director John Moxey’s […]

Dec, 08 · in Reviews

Doublecross ** (1956, Donald Houston, Fay Compton, Delphi Lawrence, William Hartnell, Anton Diffring, Frank Lawton) – Classic Movie Review 13,288

The 1956 British crime thriller film Doublecross is based on Kem Bennett’s spy story The Queer Fish, and stars Donald Houston, Fay Compton, Delphi Lawrence, William Hartnell, Anton Diffring, and Frank Lawton. Director Anthony Squire’s […]

Dec, 07 · in Reviews

Go for Broke! *** (1951, Van Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 13,287

MGM’s 1951 black and white war film Go for Broke! stars Van Johnson in a strong, decent World War Two movie centring on the brave American soldiers of Japanese descent. Writer/ director Robert Pirosh’s 1951 […]

Dec, 06

Burnt by the Sun [Utomlyonnye solntsem] **** (1994, Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menshikov, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Nadezhda Mikhalkova) – Classic Movie Review 13,285

Nikita Mikhalkov’s highly regarded 1994 Russian drama film Burnt by the Sun won the Grand Prix at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and the 1995 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Writer/ producer / director […]

Dec, 06

The Brain Machine **½ (1955, Elizabeth Allan, Patrick Barr, Maxwell Reed) – Classic Movie Review 13,286

‘HE’S ESCAPED! The man with murder on the brain!’ Ken Hughes’s enjoyable 1955 British sci-fi crime film The Brain Machine stars Elizabeth Allan, Patrick Barr and Maxwell Reed. ‘HE’S ESCAPED! The man with murder on […]

Dec, 06

Burnt Evidence *** (1954, Jane Hylton, Duncan Lamont, Donald Gray, Meredith Edwards, Cyril Smith, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 13,284

The 1954 British second feature mystery thriller film Burnt Evidence stars Jane Hylton, Duncan Lamont, Donald Gray, Meredith Edwards, Cyril Smith and Irene Handl. The 1954 British second feature drama mystery thriller film Burnt Evidence […]

Dec, 05

Game for Vultures (1979, Richard Harris, Richard Roundtree, Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Sven-Bertil Taube, Denholm Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 13,283

The 1979 British thriller film Game for Vultures is based on Michael Hartmann’s novel, and stars Richard Harris, Richard Roundtree, Ray Milland, Joan Collins. ‘In every war there are those who kill… and those who […]

Dec, 05

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