Derek Winnert

Mr Ricco *** (1975, Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Thalmus Rasulala, Denise Nicholas, Cindy Williams, Geraldine Brooks, Frank Puglia) – Classic Movie Review 6720

Paul Bogart’s 1975 MGM crime thriller Mr Ricco sees the ever likeable Dean Martin in his final star role as Mr Joe Ricco, a criminal attorney in San Francisco up to his neck in cases.  […]

Feb, 21 · in Reviews

Gambling Lady *** (1934, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien, Claire Dodd, C Aubrey Smith, Robert Barrat, Philip Reed) – Classic Movie Review 6,719

The 1934 romantic thriller film Gambling Lady stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lady Lee, who heads off to the gaming tables, and encounters murder, blackmail and handsome Joel McCrea. Director Archie Mayo’s 1934 romantic drama mystery […]

Feb, 21 · in Reviews

Who’s Got the Action? * (1962, Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Eddie Albert, Walter Matthau, Paul Ford, John McGiver, Jack Albertson, Ned Glass) – Classic Movie Review 6718

Director Daniel Mann’s 1962 comedy stars Dean Martin as Steve Flood, a lawyer who is all too often to be found at the race track, and Lana Turner as his wife Melanie, resorting to devious […]

Feb, 21

Week-End at the Waldorf *** (1945, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Robert Benchley, Edward Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 6717

MGM’s expensive, sprightly 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf remakes Grand Hotel, relocated to wartime New York City, and the Waldorf-Astoria, with amiable performances from Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon and Van Johnson. Director Robert […]

Feb, 21

We Who Are Young ** (1940, Lana Turner, John Shelton, Gene Lockhart, Grant Mitchell, Henry Armetta) – Classic Movie Review 6716

Lana Turner and John Shelton star as young office workers Margy and Bill, who break the rules of the firm that they both work for by secretly marrying, and then get into financial difficulty when […]

Feb, 21

Keep Your Powder Dry * (1945, Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Susan Peters, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Johnson, Natalie Schafer, June Lockhart, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 6715

‘Gals IN UNIFORM…IN ACTION…IN LOVE! They’re strictly G.I.’ Director Edward Buzzell’s well-meaning but seemingly hastily concocted 1945 movie tells the story of some plucky American women who do their bit for the war effort after […]

Feb, 21

Battleground **** (1949, Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Marshall Thompson, Scotty Beckett) – Classic Movie Review 6714

Director William Wellman’s important and distinguished, if necessarily grim 1949 iconic war movie won Oscars for its screenplay by Robert Pirosh, who was involved in the actual Battle of the Bulge, and for Paul C […]

Feb, 21

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