Derek Winnert

Traitor’s Gate [Das Verrätertor] ** (1964, Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Klaus Kinski, Catherine Schell) – Classic Movie Review 11,274

Director Freddie Francis’s 1964 black and white West German-British co-production Traitor’s Gate [Das Verrätertor] is a decent, compelling, atmospheric Edgar Wallace crime thriller about two brothers who organise a group of criminals in a scam to […]

Jun, 05 · in Reviews

The Trojan Women ** (1971, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas) – Classic Movie Review 11,273

Writer/ producer/ director Michael Cacoyannis’s 1971 drama The Trojan Women stars the formidable quartet of women, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave and Irene Papas. Top quality acting from the four remarkable actresses lifts a […]

Jun, 05 · in Reviews

Sniper *** (1993, Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 11,272

‘One Shot. One Kill. No Exceptions.’ Director Luis Llosa’s 1993 Sniper stars Billy Zane as American rookie Richard Miller, who is helicoptered into South America to join US Marine veteran Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) on […]

Jun, 05

Sin Takes a Holiday *** (1930, Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,271

Director Paul L Stein’s 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy Sin Takes a Holiday stars Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna and Basil Rathbone in brightly played performances. The fairly witty screenplay by Horace Jackson is based on […]

Jun, 04

Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] ** (1953, Edward G Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K T Stevens, Porter Hall, Joan Vohs) – Classic Movie Review 11,270

Director Arnold Laven’s efficient and gripping 1953 documentary-style black and white film noir police procedural cop thriller Vice Squad [The Girl in Room 17] is a neat example of the genre then in vogue, and […]

Jun, 04

The Vanquished ** (1953, John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray, Lyle Bettger) – Classic Movie Review 11,269

John Payne stars as Rockwell Grayson, a Confederate soldier who is freed after the American Civil War and returns home, and finds he has to defeat the town crooks, led by patriarch Roger Hale (Lyle […]

Jun, 04

Vanity Fair ** (1932, Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent, Montagu Love, Anthony Bushell) – Classic Movie Review 11,268

Myrna Loy appears in her first starring role in director Chester M Franklin’s 1932 black and white romantic drama Vanity Fair, an early sound ‘modern version’ adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s famous 1848 classic novel. […]

Jun, 04

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