Derek Winnert

The 12 Miss Marple novels and Joan Hickson films: ‘I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple.’

The 12 Agatha Christie Miss Marple novels and Joan Hickson film versions. Mrs Christie wrote to her in the 1940s: ‘I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple.’ The 12 Agatha Christie […]

Apr, 12 · in Articles

Borderline *** (1980, Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen, Ed Harris) – Classic Movie Review 9631

‘Somewhere along a thousand miles of barbed wire border the American dream has become a nightmare.’ There is plenty of tough action in director Jerrold Freedman’s good-enough 1980 crime thriller Borderline, with Charles Bronson as […]

Apr, 12 · in Reviews

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

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

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

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