Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Man in the Net ** (1959, Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster) – Classic Movie Review 12,060

Director Michael Curtiz’s plodding, flaccid 1958 film noir thriller The Man in the Net, adapted from Hugh Wheeler (writing as Patrick Quentin)’s 1956 novel Man in a Net, stars a rather past his prime Alan Ladd […]

Apr, 13 · in Reviews

Man of Marble [Człowiek Z Marmuru] **** (1977, Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Tadeusz Łomnicki) – Classic Movie Review 12,059

Director Andrzej Wajda’s masterly 1978 investigation of Polish history takes the form of an inquiry conducted by an enthusiastic, dissident film-school graduate documentarist, Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda in her first role), into the life of a […]

Apr, 13 · in Reviews

Siege of Syracuse [L’Assedio di Siracusa] ** (1960, Rossano Brazzi, Tina Louise, Sylva Koscina, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gino Cervi) – Classic Movie Review 12,058

Director Pietro Francisci’s 1960 Italian historical drama film Siege of Syracuse [L’Assedio di Siracusa] stars Rossano Brazzi, Tina Louise, Sylva Koscina, Enrico Maria Salerno, and Gino Cervi. It focuses on the Roman Siege of Syracuse […]

Apr, 13

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End *** (1980, Patrick Magee, Denise Coffey, Vivian Stanshall, J G Devlin, Harry Fowler, Sheila Reid, Jeremy Child, Liz Smith) – Classic Movie Review 12,057

Director Steve Roberts’s 1980 British cult comedy film Sir Henry at Rawlinson End is based on the character created by Vivian Stanshall of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and stars Trevor Howard as Sir Henry […]

Apr, 12

The Sellout **½ (1952, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond, Thomas Gomez, Everett Sloane, Cameron Mitchell, Karl Malden) – Classic Movie Review 12,056

MGM’s 1952 crime film noir The Sellout stars Walter Pidgeon as a big-city newspaper editor who digs the dirt on a corrupt small-town sheriff and finds his life threatened. Audrey Totter also stars notably as […]

Apr, 11

Main Street after Dark ** (1945, Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter, Dan Duryea, Hume Cronyn, Dorothy Morris) – Classic Movie Review 12,055

The pleasingly played 1945 noir crime drama film Main Street after Dark stars Edward Arnold as Lieutenant Lorrigan, who takes a dim view of a criminal family of pickpockets (Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter). […]

Apr, 11

The Green Glove *** (1952, Glenn Ford, Cedric Hardwicke, Geraldine Brooks, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 12,054

The Green Glove (1952) script is by Charles Bennett. The whole stolen bejewelled gauntlet idea is a MacGuffin, which reminds us that Bennett is best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. Director Rudolph Maté’s […]

Apr, 10

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