Derek Winnert

Deadfall *** (1968, Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2421

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s plush and alluring British 1968 French Riviera crime caper with dark psychological and sexual overtones is brought to life by capable character studies from Michael Caine, Eric Portman and Nanette Newman. The […]

Apr, 22 · in Reviews

Funeral in Berlin **** (1966, Michael Caine, Oskar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi) – Classic Movie Review 2419

Michael Caine returns for his second spy thriller in the Sixties Harry Palmer film trilogy, with Bond director Guy Hamilton at the helm, in 1966’s Funeral in Berlin.  Michael Caine returns for his second spy […]

Apr, 22 · in Reviews

Billion Dollar Brain *** (1967, Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley) – Classic Movie Review 2420

Michael Caine’s third and last movie in his 1960s trilogy as author Len Deighton’s bespectacled British private eye, ex-secret agent Harry Palmer is directed by the wayward but wildly talented Ken Russell in 1967. Having […]

Apr, 22

The Ipcress File ***** (1965, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd, Gordon Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 2,418

Michael Caine stars as Harry Palmer in the 1965 British spy film The Ipcress File, based on Len Deighton’s 1962 novel. Director Sidney J Furie’s modishly stylish 1965 spy thriller The Ipcress File showcases Michael Caine, who gives one of his most […]

Apr, 22

Gambit *** (1966, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 2417

Director Ronald Neame’s entertaining, modish 1966 comedy thriller Gambit stars Michael Caine in his first Hollywood movie, made at Universal Studios, California. It casts him as Harry, an ambitious London cat burglar who embroils dancer […]

Apr, 21

A Letter to Three Wives **** (1949, Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 2416

Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz (All About Eve, Cleopatra) won the Oscars for Best Director and Best Screenplay for his work on this delightful 1949 suburban satire, examining the thorny question of husband and wife relationships.  […]

Apr, 21

Stonehearst Asylum *** (2014, Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson) – Movie Review

Most entertaining old-style horror movie, set in the creepy asylum of the title, with an exceptionally plush production and highly amusing tongue-in-cheek turns from Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine and David Thewlis. Taking it all very seriously, […]

Apr, 21

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