Derek Winnert

The Four Feathers **** (1929, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, William Powell) – Classic Movie Review 10,071

The Four Feathers (1929) is Paramount Pictures’s final all-silent movie, though with a synchronised score (by William F Peters) and a few sound effects. This silent film with added synchronised sound but no dialogue is […]

Jul, 22 · in Reviews

Trapped *** (1949, Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt) – Classic Movie Review 10,070

Richard Fleischer’s gritty, pacy 1949 film noir crime thriller Trapped stars Lloyd Bridges as a criminal sprung from prison by the FBI to bust a counterfeit gang. Director Richard Fleischer’s gritty, pacy, atmospheric minor 1949 […]

Jul, 21 · in Reviews

Juke Girl ** (1942, Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Richard Whorf) – Classic Movie Review 10,069

Director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1942 black and white mystery crime thriller Juke Girl stars Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan, supposedly the first choices to do Casablanca, are Lola Mears and Steve Talbot, migrant fruit and veg […]

Jul, 21

How Sweet It Is! ** (1968, James Garner, Debbie Reynolds, Maurice Ronet, Terry-Thomas, Paul Lynde, Marcel Dalio, Donald Losby) – Classic Movie Review 10,068

Director Jerry Paris’s 1968 comedy How Sweet It Is! stars James Garner and Debbie Reynolds as Grif and Jenny Henderson, a worried mom and dad who decide to follow their hippie son Davey (Donald Losby), […]

Jul, 21

I See a Dark Stranger [The Adventuress] **** (1946, Deborah Kerr Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley) – Classic Movie Review 10,067

Director Frank Launder’s extremely enjoyable 1946 wartime British espionage thriller I See a Dark Stranger [The Adventuress] stars Deborah Kerr, who lights up the screen as Bridie Quilty, a young Irish woman whose hatred of […]

Jul, 21

I Start Counting ** (1969, Jenny Agutter, Bryan Marshall, Clare Sutcliffe) – Classic Movie Review 10,066

The 1969 British horror thriller I Start Counting is not too bad for a stalk and slash movie and it is all eerily handled by efficient director David Greene Start counting the false clues in […]

Jul, 20

Aces High ** (1976, Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Richard Johnson, Ray Milland, David Wood) – Classic Movie Review 10,065

Director Jack Gold’s worthy 1976 reworked film version of the old R C Sherriff play (and 1930 film) Journey’s End is now titled Aces High and transferred to the British air war against the Germans. […]

Jul, 20

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