Derek Winnert

The Shakedown ** (1960, Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Donald Pleasence, Bill Owen, Robert Beatty, Harry H Corbett) – Classic Movie Review 12,207

‘Models were the bait for BLACKMAIL!’ Director John Lemont’s 1960 British crime thriller The Shakedown stars Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Donald Pleasence, Bill Owen, Robert Beatty, and Harry H Corbett. Hazel Court plays a pretty […]

Jun, 27 · in Reviews

Action in Arabia ** (1944, George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart, Robert Armstrong, H B Warner, Alan Napier) – Classic Movie Review 12,206

George Sanders stars  in RKO’s 1944 adventure thriller film Action in Arabia as a resourceful American newspaperman in Damascus unravelling a colleague’s murder while sabotaging a Nazi plot to destroy the Suez Canal. Director Léonide […]

Jun, 27 · in Reviews

Shake Hands with Murder ** (1944, Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks, Douglas Fowley) – Classic Movie Review 12,205

Producer-director Albert Herman’s 1944 crime noir comedy mystery thriller B-movie Shake Hands with Murder stars Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks, and Douglas Fowley, is made by American Productions, and is released by the low-budget distributor Producers […]

Jun, 27

Seven Cities of Gold ** (1955, Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter, Rita Moreno) – Classic Movie Review 12,204

‘This is the story of the making and the forging of California when men chose gold or God the sword or the Cross’ Director Robert D Webb’s 1955 historical adventure DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope film […]

Jun, 27

711 Ocean Drive *** (1950, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger) – Classic Movie Review 12,203

Director Joseph M Newman’s 1950 Columbia Pictures black and white crime noir film 711 Ocean Drive stars Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru and Otto Kruger. Edmond O’Brien stars as ingenious racketeer Mal Granger, who memorably outwits bookie syndicate […]

Jun, 26

Off Beat *** (1986, Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna, Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Fred Gwynne) – Classic Movie Review 12,202

Judge Reinhold recalls Off Beat (1986) as ‘a little love story they tried to sell as a comedy. It wasn’t marketed right, but I was proud of it.’  Judge Reinhold stars as roller-skating bookworm young librarian […]

Jun, 26

Down to Earth ** (1947, Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Roland Culver, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason) – Classic Movie Review 12,201

They liked to put Rita Hayworth in musicals, but unfortunately she couldn’t sing. She said the 1947 musical comedy film Down to Earth was the least favourite of all her films. Director Alexander Hall’s 1947 […]

Jun, 26

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