Derek Winnert

Les Inconnus dans la Maison [Strangers in the House] **** (1942, Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan) Classic Movie Review 10,055

Director Henri Decoin’s 1942 thriller Les Inconnus dans la Maison [Strangers in the House] is based on a novel by Georges Simenon, with a screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and stars Raimu, Juliette Faber, Gabrielle Fontan, […]

Jul, 18 · in Reviews

Incompreso [Misunderstood] **** (1966, Anthony Quayle, Stefano Colagrande, Simone Giannozzi, John Sharp) – Classic Movie Review 10,054

Director Luigi Comencini’s super-good 1966 drama Incompreso (Vita col figlio) [Misunderstood] stars Anthony Quayle in the original Italian version of the 1984 English-language remake Misunderstood with Gene Hackman. Leo Benvenuti and Piero De Bernardi’s screenplay […]

Jul, 18 · in Reviews

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

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

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

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