Derek Winnert

A Monkey in Winter [Un singe en hiver] [It’s Hot in Hell] *** (1962, Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Gabrielle Dorziat) – Classic Movie Review 9692

Jean Gabin plays Albert Quentin, an elderly boozer trying to forget an old flame, and Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Gabriel Fouquet, a young drunkard visiting his young daughter, who hit the bottle together in a Normandy […]

Apr, 30 · in Reviews

Mister 880 **** (1950, Burt Lancaster, Edmund Gwenn, Dorothy McGuire) – Classic Movie Review 9691

Burt Lancaster stars as recently appointed FBI agent Steve Buchanan who teams with attractive UN secretary–translator Ann Winslow (Dorothy McGuire) to investigate aged New Yorker William ‘Skipper’ Miller, aka fake-dollar-bill fraudster Mister 880 (Edmund Gwenn), […]

Apr, 30 · in Reviews

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands *** (1948, Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton) – Classic Movie Review 9690

The excellent 1948 film noir thriller Kiss the Blood Off My Hands stars Burt Lancaster as a fugitive who killed a man in a fight and hides away in a lonely nurse (Joan Fontaine)’s apartment. […]

Apr, 30

BASEketball *** (1998, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar) – Classic Movie Review 9689

The 1998 movie BASEketball is an agreeably amusingly silly sports comedy, made by the director of The Naked Gun (David Zucker). TV’s South Park stars Trey Parker and Matt Stone are funny as Milwaukee loser […]

Apr, 30

Rope of Sand *** (1949, Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Corinne Calvet) – Classic Movie Review 9688

‘A Mighty Story of Savage Greed and Sultry Love Set in the Dreaded Desert that Guards the Dark Continent’s Forbidden Diamond Fields!’ Director William Dieterle’s 1949 film noir-style action adventure thriller Rope of Sand is […]

Apr, 29

Journey into Autumn [Dreams] [Kvinnodröm] *** (1955, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ulf Palme) – Classic Movie Review 9687

The 1955 Swedish drama Journey into Autumn [Dreams] [Kvinnodröm] is a lesser but still intriguing and important early Ingmar Bergman film about fashion photographer Susanne (Eva Dahlbeck) and her young model Doris (Harriet Andersson)’s trip […]

Apr, 28

Johnny Reno ** (1966, Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9686

Director R G Springsteen’s humble 1966 American Western film Johnny Reno stars Dana Andrews, Jane Russell and Lon Chaney Jr. Made by A C Lyles Productions and released by Paramount Pictures, it is produced by […]

Apr, 28

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