Derek Winnert

Somewhere in the Night ***½ (1946, John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte) – Classic Movie Review 3320

Director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1946 crime thriller has a familiar set-up and fairly predictable plot development, though it is often an involving, gripping movie. And Mankiewicz manages to pull it out of the rut and turn it […]

Feb, 04 · in Reviews

Bedazzled *** (1967, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Barry Humphries, Michael Bates) – Classic Movie Review 3321

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s 1967 British comedy is a slick and amusing vehicle for the beloved comedy team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, who also provide the original story, with the screenplay credited to Cook. And Moore also […]

Feb, 04 · in Reviews

The Crooked Way *** (1949, John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew) – Classic Movie Review 3319

Director Robert Florey’s 1949 film noir melodrama stars John Payne as a decorated amnesiac World War Two war veteran called Eddie Rice, who sustains a head wound in combat and is treated at a San Francisco […]

Feb, 03

Crack-Up *** (1946, Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 3,318

RKO’s entertaining 1946 Hitchcock-style film noir thriller Crack-Up stars Pat O’Brien as a museum art expert probing a forgery scam.  RKO’s entertaining 1946 Hitchcock-style American film noir espionage thriller film Crack-Up stars Pat O’Brien in […]

Feb, 03

Hollow Triumph [The Scar] *** (1948, Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz) – Classic Movie Review 3317

Director Steve Sekely’s well-done, sterling 1948 film noir Hollow Triumph [The Scar] stars Paul Henreid as medical school dropout John Muller, a thief and murderer desperately trying to escape the vindictive big-time gambler he stole […]

Feb, 03

The Amazing Mr X [The Spiritualist] *** (1948, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell, Richard Carlson) – Classic Movie Review 3,316

The 1948 American horror thriller film noir The Amazing Mr X [The Spiritualist] tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket, and is famed for its noir cinematography by John Alton. Director Bernard Vorhaus’s intriguing and effectively handled 1948 B-movie film noir mystery thriller The […]

Feb, 03

Dad’s Army **** (1971, Arthur Lowe, John le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee, Liz Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 3,315

Director Norman Cohen’s 1971 vintage British comedy film Dad’s Army is set in 1939 in Walmington-on-Sea, England, where George Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), manager of St Martin’s Bank, forms the town’s platoon of the Local Defence […]

Feb, 02

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