Derek Winnert

Marie-Octobre **** (1959, Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Serge Reggiani, Bernard Blier, Paul Meurisse, Noël Roquevert, Lino Ventura, Robert Dalban) – Classic Movie Review 10,864

‘Eight men and a woman… one betrayed the man Marie-Octobre really loved.’ Director Julien Duvivier’s 1959 black and white French drama Marie-Octobre [Secret Meeting] stars Danielle Darrieux, who is superb as Marie-Octobre in this gripping […]

Feb, 01 · in Reviews

Roadhouse Girl [Marilyn] **** (1953, Sandra Dorne, Maxwell Reed, Leslie Dwyer, Vida Hope, Ferdy Mayne) – Classic Movie Review 10,863

Sandra Dorne stars as the super-seductive Marilyn, a garage owner’s young wife, lusted after by a brooding drifter mechanic (Maxwell Reed), in the 1953 British B-film noir Roadhouse Girl [Marilyn]. ‘NO ESCAPE… from this kind of […]

Feb, 01 · in Reviews

Destiny *** (1944, Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis, Frank Craven, Grace McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 10,862

Director Reginald Le Borg’s 1944 Universal Pictures black and white noir-style crime drama Destiny has a most curious history. It was excised from the final print of another film and then expanded into more than double […]

Feb, 01

The Scamp [Strange Affection] *** (1957, Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison, Colin Petersen) – Classic Movie Review 10,861

Director Wolf Rilla’s drama 1957 The Scamp [Strange Affection] is an appealing small-time drama, with Richard Attenborough as kindly school teacher Stephen Leigh, who befriends the eponymous wild character Tod, played by 11-year-old child star Colin […]

Feb, 01

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ***** (1974, Cicely Tyson, Michael Murphy, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Odetta) – Classic Movie Review 10,860

Director John Korty’s triumphant 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, based on the novel by Ernest J Gaines, is classic television. Cicely Tyson stars in the lead role as Jane Pittman, along […]

Jan, 31

Compañeros [Vamos a matar, compañeros] **** (1970, Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Fernando Rey) – Classic Movie Review 10,852

Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance and Fernando Rey star in the 1970 Technicolor and Techniscope spaghetti Western film Compañeros, one of director Sergio Corbucci’s admired classics. Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1970 Technicolor and Techniscope spaghetti […]

Jan, 31

Flesh and Fantasy *** (1943, Edward G Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Benchley, Charles Winninger, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 10,859

Director Julien Duvivier’s 1943 black and white Flesh and Fantasy is a fantasy anthology film of three polished tales of the macabre, linked by club chatterer Robert Benchley, who muses amusingly on the subject of […]

Jan, 31

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