Derek Winnert

Gonks Go Beat * (1965, Kenneth Connor, Frank Thornton, Barbara Brown, Iain Gregory, Terry Scott, Reginald Beckwith, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Desmonde, Arthur Mullard) – Classic Movie Review 11,830

Gonks are a 1960s novelty toy and collectible, created by English inventor Robert Benson, inspiring the 1965 film Gonks Go Beat. It makes you proud to be British! Producer-director Robert Hartford-Davis’s 1965 British novelty sci-fi […]

Jan, 06 · in Reviews

The Black Castle *** (1952, Richard Greene, Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr, Paula Corday) – Classic Movie Review 11,829

‘Terror Stalks Its Turreted Battlements… and Horror Crawls the Catacombs Beneath! This is the Night that Horror Walks on Two Feet!’ Director Nathan Juran’s 1952 black and white horror thriller The Black Castle stars Richard […]

Jan, 05 · in Reviews

The Black Bird * (1975, George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 11,828

Writer-director David Giler’s 1975 comedy The Black Bird is a genial but lame parody of the John Huston film version of The Maltese Falcon (1941), or possibly comedy sequel to The Maltese Falcon, that would have been more welcome […]

Jan, 04

Black Gunn * (1972, Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr, Luciana Paluzzi) – Classic Movie Review 11,827

Director Robert Hartford-Davis’s 1972 crime action thriller Black Gunn is a rather poor, and dismayingly weakly made blaxploitation movie, with Jim Brown as Gunn, a rich nightclub owner on the trail of mafia capo and […]

Jan, 04

Black Fury *** (1935, Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan) – Classic Movie Review 11,826

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1935 American crime film Black Fury is one of Warner Bros’ commendable series of 30s social problem pictures with the star who specialised in them, Paul Muni. He plays Joe Radek, a […]

Jan, 04

Black Gold * (1962, Philip Carey, Diane McBain, James Best, Fay Spain, Claude Akins, William Phipps) – Classic Movie Review 11,825

Director Leslie H Martinson’s 1962 black and white adventure film Black Gold stars Philip Carey, Diane McBain, James Best, Fay Spain, Claude Akins and William Phipps, and is based on a story by Harry Whittington. […]

Jan, 04

Black Gold *** (1947, Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille) – Classic Movie Review 11,824

Director Phil Karlson’s 1947 American Cinecolor drama film Black Gold stars Anthony Quinn and Katherine DeMille, and is based on a story by Caryl Coleman. It was then Monogram Pictures’ most expensive film, their first […]

Jan, 03

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