Derek Winnert

Never Mention Murder **½ (1964, Dudley Foster, Maxine Audley, Peter Butterworth, Michael Coles, Pauline Yates) – Classic Movie Review 3,681

Dudley Foster stars as a creepy murderous chief surgeon in the tense, gripping and worthwhile 1964 Edgar Wallace crime thriller Never Mention Murder. Director John Nelson Burton’s 1964 British second feature mystery film Never Mention […]

May, 09 · in Reviews

Never on Sunday [Pote Tin Kyriaki] **** (1959, Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas, Titos Vandis) – Classic Movie Review 3680

A triumph for writer, producer, director, star Jules Dassin and his actress wife Melina Mercouri, this lusty 1959 romantic comedy drama is a vivacious delight all round, with delightful performances, a sparkling script and a […]

May, 09 · in Uncategorized

Z ***** (1969, Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant) – Classic Movie Review 3679

The real-life 1963 murder of prominent Greek leftist Gregorios Lambrakis forms the basis for this brilliant, fast-paced political thriller from political film-maker Constantin Costa-Gavras that won the 1970 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (Algeria). […]

May, 08

Little Caesar ***** (1931, Edward G Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 3678

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s pioneering 1931 film noir-style movie is a classic Warner Bros Thirties gangster movie, voted in the top 10 all-time greatest gangster films by the American Film Institute. Edward G Robinson permanently etches himself into […]

May, 08

The Roaring Twenties ***** (1939, James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 3677

Director Raoul Walsh’s essential, rousing 1939 gangster movie stars James Cagney in one of his key roles. It’s a tale of three buddies trying survive in Prohibition America after fighting together in World War One. Cagney […]

May, 08

Irma La Douce *** (1963, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi) – Classic Movie Review 3676

Director Billy Wilder makes the bold decision to film a musical by dumping all the original popular Broadway show’s songs for his 1963 comedy Irma La Douce. Apparently he did not feel comfortable staging song […]

May, 08

Hunted [The Stranger in Between] **** (1952, Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Elizabeth Sellars, Kay Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 3675

Director Charles Crichton’s 1952 British noir thriller stars Dirk Bogarde as Chris, a murderer on the run who is joined by a small boy, the six-year-old Robbie (Jon Whiteley), running away from the home he […]

May, 08

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