Derek Winnert

The League of Frightened Men ** (1937, Walter Connolly, Lionel Stander, Eduardo Ciannelli, Irene Hervey, Victor Kilian, Nana Bryant) – Classic Movie Review 11,213

The 1937 mystery film The League of Frightened Men stars smooth Walter Connolly, who makes a good job of playing Rex Stout’s grouchy housebound detective hero Nero Wolfe. ‘NERO WOLFE CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER […]

May, 16 · in Reviews

Meet Nero Wolfe *** (1936, Edward Arnold, Lionel Stander, Dennie Moore, Joan Perry, Victor Jory, Nana Bryant) – Classic Movie Review 11,212

The 1936 Columbia Pictures black and white mystery thriller Meet Nero Wolfe is based on the 1934 novel Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout. Edward Arnold plays the gruff, boozy, stay-at-home New York detective hero. ‘I CAN […]

May, 16 · in Reviews

Meet Mr Lucifer ** (1953, Stanley Holloway, Peggy Cummins, Jack Watling, Barbara Murray, Joseph Tomelty, Gordon Jackson, Kay Kendall) – Classic Movie Review 11,211

‘A Devil-May-Care Joker From Ealing Studios’: Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953). Director Anthony Pelissier’s 1953 British black and white Ealing Studios satirical fantasy comedy Meet Mr Lucifer stars Stanley Holloway, Peggy Cummins, Jack Watling and Barbara […]

May, 16

The Package *** (1989, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, Dennis Franz, Reni Santoni, Pam Grier) – Classic Movie Review 11,210

The 1989 thriller film The Package stars Gene Hackman as a Green Beret Sergeant who has to deliver a package – a psychotic court-martialled serviceman (Tommy Lee Jones) – from Berlin to jail in America. […]

May, 15

Blind Spot *** (1947, Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray, Sid Tomack) – Classic Movie Review 11,209

The 1947 black and white double-feature film noir crime thriller Blind Spot stars Chester Morris as a drunken thriller writer who has to try to clear his name of killing his hated publisher in the […]

May, 15

The Pad (and How to Use It) * (1966, Brian Bedford, Julie Sommars, James Farentino) – Classic Movie Review 11,208

Director Brian C Hutton’s 1966 comedy The Pad (and How to Use It) stars Brian Bedford, Julie Sommars and James Farentino, who won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer – Male. Ah, the Sixties, […]

May, 15

Blind Spot *** (1958, Robert MacKenzie, Delphi Lawrence, Gordon Jackson, Michael Caine) – Classic Movie Review 11,207

A blind American army officer, a mysterious death, a smuggling operation and a man called Johnny Brent (Michael Caine) who knows about the theft and murders… It’s the 1958 British black and white crime thriller […]

May, 14

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