Derek Winnert

Les Tontons Flingueurs [Crooks in Clover] * (1963, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Sabine Sinjen, Claude Rich) – Classic Movie Review 12,303

Director Georges Lautner’s 1963 French crime comedy film Les Tontons Flingueurs [Crooks in Clover] is exceptionally slack and lame, a waste of talent and a bit of a waste of time. The pathetic lowbrow slapstick […]

Sep, 11 · in Reviews

Europa ’51 **** (1952, Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina) – Classic Movie Review 12,302

Writer/ director Roberto Rossellini’s 1952 Italian neorealist film Europa ’51 [The Greatest Love] stars Ingrid Bergman, who (though she is dubbed into Italian by Lydia Simoneschi) does well as an American socialite in Rome who […]

Sep, 10 · in Reviews

Eternally Yours *** (1939, Loretta Young, David Niven, Broderick Crawford, Hugh Herbert, Billie Burke, C Aubrey Smith) – Classic Movie Review 12,301

Most capable, attractive performances from Loretta Young and David Niven as sparring spouses enliven director Tay Garnett’s appealingly zany, above-routine 1939 screwball comedy film Eternally Yours. Young plays an American heiress married to Niven’s British […]

Sep, 09

House of Secrets [Triple Deception] ** (1956, Michael Craig, Brenda De Banzie, Barbara Bates, Gérard Oury, Julia Arnall) – Classic Movie Review 12,300

The lively, well-crafted 1956 British crime thriller film House of Secrets stars Michael Craig, who was the Rank Organisation’s bright new star when he appeared in this yarn about warring gangs of smugglers and counterfeiters. […]

Sep, 08

Every Home Should Have One (1970, Marty Feldman, Judy Cornwell, Shelley Berman, Hy Hazell, Julie Ege, Patrick Cargill, Jack Watson, Penelope Keith, Dinsdale Landen, Moray Watson) – Classic Movie Review 12,299

Director Jim Clark’s leeringly smutty 1970 British comedy Every Home Should Have One [Think Dirty] stars the unique, irreplaceable Marty Feldman, and wastes the talents of some much subtler comedic actors (Shelley Berman, Judy Cornwell, […]

Sep, 07

Going Home *** (1971, Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro, Jan-Michael Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 12,298

Going Home (1971): Harry Graham (Robert Mitchum) is going home after 13 years in prison. His son (Jan-Michael Vincent) still wants to see him hang. Producer/ director Herbert B Leonard’s 1971 drama film Going Home […]

Sep, 04

En cas de malheur [Love Is My Profession] **** (1958, Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère, Franco Interlenghi) – Classic Movie Review 12,297

When Jean Gabin met Brigitte Bardot: the beautiful 1958 French romantic drama film En cas de malheur [Love Is My Profession].  Director Claude Autant-Lara’s rather beautiful 1958 French romantic drama film En cas de malheur […]

Sep, 04

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