Derek Winnert

Dark Command *** (1940, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 5519

A year after they starred together in Stagecoach, John Wayne and Claire Trevor are paired again for director Raoul Walsh’s 1940 Republic Western. Walter Pidgeon also stars as Will Cantrell who changes his profession from […]

May, 29 · in Uncategorized

Black Angel **** (1946, Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 5518

Director Roy William Neill’s complex, stylish, satisfying top-drawer 1946 film noir mystery thriller Black Angel is securely based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich (aka William Irish). June Vincent stars as nightclub singer Catherine Bennett who […]

May, 29 · in Reviews

Pièges [Personal Column] **** (1939, Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa, Erich von Stroheim) – Classic Movie Review 5517

Hollywood director Robert Siodmak’s 1939 last French film is a striking romantic thriller starring Maurice Chevalier as Robert Fleury, a charming singing nightclub owner but prime suspect in a serial murder case. Someone is bumping […]

May, 29

Lured [Personal Column] **** (1947, Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff) – Classic Movie Review 5,516

Douglas Sirk’s 1947 film noir serial killer thriller Lured really is a bit of a little gem. It is quite creepy – Lucille Ball as a dancer in danger and lots of old guys, among […]

May, 29

Two Smart People *** (1946, Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Hugo Haas) – Classic Movie Review 5515

Director Jules Dassin’s 1946 thriller is a somewhat down-bill, down-at-heel mix of film noir, crime caper, romance and humorous chase drama starring Lucille Ball and Lloyd Nolan as confidence trickster Ricki Woodner and sheriff Bob […]

May, 29

The Dark Corner **** (1946, Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix, Mark Stevens, Kurt Kreuger, Cathy Downs) – Classic Movie Review 5514

Mark Stevens stars in director Henry Hathaway’s tough-edged 1946 black-and-white film noir as Bradford Galt, a hard-nosed private detective with a record as an ex-con, who is set up for a homicide charge when an old enemy […]

May, 29

Tammy, Tell Me True ** (1961, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 5513

Director Harry Keller’s 1961 follow-up film to the first hit Tammy and the Bachelor has Sandra Dee taking over from Debbie Reynolds as kind-hearted Tammy Tyree as she smirks and schmoozes her way through college, […]

May, 28

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