Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Johnny Come Lately ** (1943, James Cagney, Grace George, Marjorie Main, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 11,447

Director William K Howard’s 1943 drama Johnny Come Lately [Johnny Vagabond] stars James Cagney as down-on-his-luck newsman Tom Richards, who is in court on trial for being a vagrant in the small American town of […]

Aug, 05 · in Reviews

Beach Blanket Bingo ** (1965, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, Linda Evans, Paul Lynde, Don Rickles) – Classic Movie Review 11,446

“These kids are nuts.” Frankie (Frankie Avalon) takes up skydiving, prompting Dee Dee (Annette Funicello) also to try free-falling, in the 1965 fifth beach party film Beach Blanket Bingo. Director William Asher’s 1965 American International […]

Aug, 04 · in Reviews

Johnny Concho *** (1956, Frank Sinatra, Keenan Wynn, William Conrad, Phyllis Kirk, Wallace Ford, John Qualen, Jean Byron, Claude Akins, Dorothy Adams) – Classic Movie Review 11,445

Johnny Concho (1956) is Frank Sinatra’s first Western, playing against type as the villainous anti-hero. Director Don McGuire’s pseudo-psychological 1956 black and white Western film Johnny Concho stars Frank Sinatra as the mean and boastful […]

Aug, 04

Johnny Cool *** (1963, Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 11,444

Johnny Cool (1963): ‘Headline-Hot! The Terror Behind “Cosa-Nostra” – The Brotherhood of Crime! The International Murder Machine They Couldn’t Turn Off!’ Director William Asher’s 1963 low-budget ($500,000) black and white neo-noir crime thriller Johnny Cool is […]

Aug, 04

The Shadow on the Window *** (1957, Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Jerry Mathers) – Classic Movie Review 11,443

Director William Asher’s 1957 American Columbia Pictures black and white film noir crime thriller The Shadow on the Window stars Philip Carey [Phil Carey], Betty Garrett and John Drew Barrymore [John Barrymore Jr], with Jerry […]

Aug, 03

Abandon ** (2002, Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union) – Classic Movie Review 11,442

The 2002 psychological thriller Abandon stars Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel and Gabrielle Union, and is written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut, loosely based on the novel Adams […]

Aug, 03

Abandoned *** (1949, Dennis O’Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall, Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau) – Classic Movie Review 11,442

The tense 1949 crime film noir thriller Abandoned stars Dennis O’Keefe as a crime reporter who helps a woman (Gale Storm) to try to find her missing sister, an unmarried mother. The trail leads to […]

Aug, 03

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