Derek Winnert

The Mystery of Edwin Drood * (1993, Robert Powell, Nanette Newman, Gemma Craven, Jonathan Phillips) – Classic Movie Review 10,408

Writer-director Timothy Forder’s 1993 British film The Mystery of Edwin Drood stars Robert Powell, who is ideally cast but strangely subdued – exactly the wrong mode for this Grand Guignol mystery thriller – as Jasper […]

Oct, 13 · in Uncategorized

Adventures of a Taxi Driver * (1976, Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Adrienne Posta, Robert Lindsay, Liz Fraser, Diana Dors) – Classic Movie Review 10,407

‘The Laugh-O-Meter Is On!’ ‘He gets more than his fare share!’ Director Stanley A Long’s 1976 British sex comedy Adventures of a Taxi Driver is the first of three fairly dismal and turgid Seventies Brit […]

Oct, 13 · in Uncategorized

Münchhausen [The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] **** (1943, Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen) – Classic Movie Review 10,406

Director Josef von Báky’s 1943 Agfacolor comedy fantasy adventure Münchhausen [The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] [Baron Münchhausen] is the costly, sweeping and handsome-looking German film version of the Gottfried August Bürger novel about the infamous […]

Oct, 12

From Noon Till Three *** (1976, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley) – Classic Movie Review 10,405

Writer-director Frank D Gilroy’s 1976 From Noon Till Three stars Charles Bronson, who admirably tries to stretch himself by extending his range in this offbeat adult comedy Western satire that tackles the Western myth by […]

Oct, 12

From the Life of the Marionettes [Aus dem Leben der Marionetten] *** (1980, Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath) – Classic Movie Review 10,404

Writer-producer-director Ingmar Bergman’s 1980 From the Life of the Marionettes [Aus Dem Leben Der Marionetten] is a late, German-made Bergman cinema and TV film about a businessman Peter Egermann (Robert Atzorn) who strangles a prostitute […]

Oct, 12

Gambling House ** (1950, Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix) – Classic Movie Review 10,403

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1950 gangster film noir Gambling House is a rather strange and awkward mix of crime drama and social drama, and stars Victor Mature as Marc Fury, a foreign (Italian) gambler-cum-crook who faces […]

Oct, 12

Gambling Ship ** (1933, Cary Grant, Benita Hume, Jack La Rue, Arthur Vinton, Roscoe Karns, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 10,402

Directors Louis J Gasnier and Max Marcin’s slightly soggy 1933 mob tale Gambling Ship stars Cary Grant in one of his least known movies as retired gambling boss Ace Corbin, who is caught between warring […]

Oct, 11

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