Derek Winnert

Tin Pan Alley *** (1940, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, John Payne, Jack Oakie) – Classic Movie Review 9630

Director Walter Lang’s 1940 black and white musical Tin Pan Alley stars Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie and John Payne. Oakie and Payne play World War One songsmiths Calhoun and Harrigan, who get sisters […]

Apr, 12 · in Reviews

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder *** (1987, Joan Hickson, Geraldine Alexander, John Moulder-Brown) – Classic Movie Review 9,629

The 1987 TV movie Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder again stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her sixth case as the BBC’s Miss Marple, based on the 1976 novel by Agatha Christie.  Director John Davies’s 1987 […]

Apr, 12 · in Reviews

One Mysterious Night *** (1944, Chester Morris, Janis Carter, William Wright) – Classic Movie Review 9628

The 1944 crime mystery thriller One Mysterious Night finds that Chester Morris is back as Boston Blackie in this fast-paced, top-of-the-range Columbia Pictures series episode, directed by cult Western name, Budd Boetticher, then billed as […]

Apr, 11

Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel *** (1987, Joan Hickson, Caroline Blakiston, James Cossins, Joan Greenwood, George Baker, Helena Michell) – Classic Movie Review 9,627

The 1987 TV movie Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel again stars Joan Hickson, who tackles her seventh case as the BBC’s Miss Marple, based on Agatha Christie’s 1965 novel. The sleuth finds fake identity, larceny […]

Apr, 11

The Missing Juror *** (1944, Jim Bannon, Janis Carter, George Macready, Jean Stevens, Joseph Crehan) – Classic Movie Review 9626

In director Budd Boetticher’s 1944 film noir mystery thriller The Missing Juror, the members of a murder trial jury who convicted an innocent victim are gradually being bumped off one by one. Jim Bannon plays […]

Apr, 10

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage *** (1986, Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang, Polly Adams) – Classic Movie Review 9,625

The 1986 TV movie Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage again stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her fifth case as the BBC’s Miss Marple, based on Agatha Christie’s first novel to feature Miss […]

Apr, 10

The Spiral Road * (1962, Rock Hudson, Burl Ives, Gena Rowlands) – Classic Movie Review 9624

Director Robert Mulligan’s 1962 ambitious and well-intentioned failure The Spiral Road is based on Jan de Hartog’s novel and stars Rock Hudson as a mid-1930s stop-at-nothing doctor in trouble, bent on using Dr Brits Jansen […]

Apr, 10

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