Derek Winnert

Misunderstood *** (1984, Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn, Huckleberry Fox) – Classic Movie Review 10,053

The 1984 drama film Misunderstood features outstanding performances from Gene Hackman and little Henry Thomas as a busy father and his son desperate for love after the mother’s death. Director Jerry Schatzberg’s 1984 drama film […]

Jul, 18 · in Reviews

Mitchell *** (1975, Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans) – Classic Movie Review 10,052

Director Andrew McLaglen’s 1975 thriller Mitchell stars Joe Don Baker, who is well cast as Mitchell, a rough cop (‘brute force with a badge’) relentlessly pursuing a crime gang in Los Angeles in this tense, […]

Jul, 18 · in Reviews

45 Minutes from Hollywood *** (1926, Glenn Tryon, Theda Bara, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) Classic Movie Review 10,051

Director Fred Guiol’s 1926 two-reel silent film 45 Minutes from Hollywood stars Glenn Tryon as Orville but it is remembered as the second time Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appear in the same film – […]

Jul, 17

Chain of Events ** (1958, Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw, Jack Watling, Lisa Gastoni, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 10,050

Director Gerald Thomas’s mildly enjoyable 1958 British B-movie crime film Chain of Events is adapted from a radio play called London Story by Leo McKern, and stars Susan Shaw, Dermot Walsh, Jack Watling and Lisa Gastoni, […]

Jul, 17

The Scotland Yard Mystery [The Living Dead] *** (1934, Gerald du Maurier, George Curzon, Grete Natzler, Belle Chrystall, Leslie Perrins) – Classic Movie Review 10,049

Directed with some flair by Thomas Bentley and acted with much enthusiasm, the vintage 1934 thriller The Scotland Yard Mystery [re-tilted The Living Dead in the US] is the entertaining story of a battle between […]

Jul, 17

Mystery Junction *** (1951, Sydney Tafler, Barbara Murray, Martin Benson, Patricia Owens, Christine Silver, John Salew, Ewen Solon) – Classic Movie Review 10,048

The inventively written and capably directed 1951 British B-movie black and white thriller film Mystery Junction stars Sydney Tafler as a writer who narrates his crime story to a fellow passenger (Christine Silver) on a […]

Jul, 17

Three Cases of Murder *** (1955, Alan Badel, Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars) – Classic Movie Review 10,047

Alan Badel and Orson Welles star in the 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder. The 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder offers three creepy yarns, three directors […]

Jul, 17

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