Derek Winnert

The Killers **** (1964, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins, Norman Fell) – Classic Movie Review 2394

Director Don Siegel’s complex and satisfying 1964 American neo noir crime film The Killers is the second Hollywood adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 short story, following the hit 1946 version The Killers. Siegel’s film was thought so tough, […]

Apr, 15 · in Reviews

The Tin Drum [Die Blechtrommel] ***** (1979, David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler) – Classic Movie Review 2,392

David Bennent, Mario Adorf and Angela Winkler star in the 1979 Oscar-winning film The Tin Drum. Co-writer/director Volker Schlöndorff’s astounding and quite extraordinary 1979 surrealistic black comedy film The Tin Drum [Die Blechtrommel] deservedly pulled off […]

Apr, 14 · in Reviews

Tension **** (1949, Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 2,391

MGM’s gripping, moody 1949 film noir crime thriller Tension stars Richard Basehart as a timid pharmaceutical expert who plots to assume a fake identity and kill the boyfriend of his brassy, faithless wife (Audrey Totter). […]

Apr, 14

The Set-Up ***** (1949, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford) – Classic Movie Review 2,388

Robert Wise’s great 1949 fight game movie The Set-Up stars Robert Ryan in a knockout performance as a has-been fighter who won’t take a dive. Director Robert Wise’s great 1949 fight game movie The Set-Up […]

Apr, 14

Body Heat ***** (1981, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna) – Classic Movie Review 2387

‘When it gets hot, people start to kill each other.’ Writer/ debut director Lawrence Kasdan’s 1981 neo film noir Body Heat stars Kathleen Turner, who is thrilling in her movie début as a sexy socialite […]

Apr, 14

Body and Soul ***** (1947, John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 2386

Director Robert Rossen’s vintage, hard-hitting classic 1947 boxing movie is a knockout. It is hailed as the first great film about boxing and can be viewed as a moral tale about the destructive evil temptation […]

Apr, 13

Detective Story **** (1951, Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O’Donnell, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 2,385

William Wyler’s 1951 sturdy and thoughtful film noir crime drama Detective Story provides a great role for Kirk Douglas as hard-nosed cop Detective Jim McLeod. Producer-director William Wyler’s 1951 sturdy and thoughtful Paramount Pictures film […]

Apr, 13

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