Derek Winnert

The Three Weird Sisters *** (1948, Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall) – Classic Movie Review 12,185

Director Daniel Birt’s 1948 British melodrama film The Three Weird Sisters is based on Charlotte Armstrong’s novel The Case of the Weird Sisters, and stars Nancy Price, Mary Clare, Mary Merrall, Nova Pilbeam and Raymond Lovell. Dylan Thomas had a […]

Jun, 20 · in Reviews

Talk About a Stranger *** (1952, George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Billy Gray, Lewis Stone) – Classic Movie Review 12,184

‘It Sends Chills Down Your Spine!’ MGM’s 1952 film noir mystery drama Talk about a Stranger is based on Charlotte Armstrong’s short story The Enemy, and stars George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Billy Gray and Lewis […]

Jun, 19 · in Reviews

La Rupture [The Breach] **** (1970, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Drouot, Annie Cordy, Jean Carmet, Catherine Rouvel) – Classic Movie Review 12,183

Claude Chabrol’s 1970 domestic suspense thriller film La Rupture [The Breach] is based on American writer Charlotte Armstrong’s novel The Balloon Man, and stars his then wife Stéphane Audran, along with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet, […]

Jun, 19

Que la Bête Meure [The Beast Must Die] **** (1969, Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne) – Classic Movie Review 12,182

Claude Chabrol’s suspenseful 1969 French psychological thriller film Que la Bête Meure [The Beast Must Die] is based on the 1938 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, writing as Nicholas Blake. Writer-director Claude Chabrol’s suspenseful and […]

Jun, 19

Crime Doctor *** (1943, Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins, Harold Huber, Leon Ames, Don Costello, Constance Worth, Dorothy Tree) – Classic Movie Review 12,181

Director Michael Gordon’s 1943 mystery thriller Crime Doctor is the film (based on a popular 1940-1947 American radio show by Max Marcin) that started off a series of 10 Crime Doctor features (from 1943-47), with Warner […]

Jun, 18

Just Before Dawn ** (1946, Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 12,180

‘A FACELESS KILLER ON THE LOOSE!’ Just Before Dawn (1946) is the creepy sixth Crime Doctor mystery film episode, in which bad guys make Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) deliver a killer injection. ‘A […]

Jun, 18

Dorian [Pact with the Devil] ** (2003, Malcolm McDowell, Ethan Erickson, Victoria Sanchez, Christoph Waltz, Amy Sloan) – Classic Movie Review 12,179

Malcolm McDowell and Ethan Erickson star in the 2003 film Dorian [Pact with the Devil], updated from Oscar Wilde’s novel about an ambitious young man who sells his soul to the devil, ageless while his […]

Jun, 17

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