Derek Winnert

Appointment with Danger *** (1950, Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling, Jack Webb, Harry Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 10,128

Director Lewis Allen’s efficiently written, decently made and quite involving 1950 black and white film noir crime thriller Appointment with Danger stars Alan Ladd as dedicated American Postal Service inspector Al Goddard, who is sent […]

Aug, 04 · in Reviews

The Sun Shines Bright **** (1953, Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell) – Classic Movie Review 10,127

John Ford’s reworking of his own 1934 film Judge Priest features a superb performance from chubby, lovable old Charles Winninger (replacing the original’s Will Rogers) as the small town magistrate Judge William Priest, who has […]

Aug, 03 · in Reviews

Judge Priest **** (1934, Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B Walthall, David Landau) – Classic Movie Review 10,126

John Ford’s warm and engaging comedy drama 1934 film Judge Priest stars Will Rogers as 1890s widowed small-town Kentucky Judge Priest. Director John Ford’s 1934 film Judge Priest stars Will Rogers as 1890s widowed small-town […]

Aug, 03

Judex **** (1963, Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Edith Scob, Théo Sarapo, Sylva Koscina, Michel Vitold) – Classic Movie Review 10,125

Favraux: ‘Judex.’ Judex: ‘It’s a Latin word meaning judge or avenger.’ Channing Pollock stars as avenging caped crusader Judex, who fights evil banker Favraux (Michel Vitold), in the 1963 French crime thriller film Judex, director […]

Aug, 03

The Girl in the Kremlin (1957, Lex Barker, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jeffrey Stone, Maurice Manson, William Schallert) – Classic Movie Review 10,124

Director Russell Birdwell’s 1957 Cold War film noir The Girl in the Kremlin tells a memorably outlandish stinker of a mystery tale about private detective and former OSS agent Steve Anderson (Lex Barker) finding that […]

Aug, 03

The Iron Mistress ** (1952, Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 10,123

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1952 film The Iron Mistress stars Alan Ladd, who is neatly cast as Jim Bowie, the frontiersman inventor of the twin-edged knife, in this routine, fictionalised fact-based Western biopic. There is romance […]

Aug, 02

The Big Noise *** (1944, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space, Jack Norton, Veda Ann Borg) – Classic Movie Review 10,122

Director Malcolm St Clair’s 1944 comedy The Big Noise is a still smile-worthy if relatively feeble, padded-out late-period movie from Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, in which the Boys are detective agency janitors who pretend […]

Aug, 02

@wpshower

Feeds

Susbscribe to our awesome Blog Feed or Comments Feed