Derek Winnert

The Spiral Staircase * (1975, Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker, Mildred Dunnock, Gayle Hunnicutt, Elaine Stritch) – Classic Movie Review 9,623

The 1975 British horror mystery thriller film The Spiral Staircase is a close but modernised and unhappy remake of the 1946 classic American chiller. Director Peter Collinson’s 1975 British horror mystery thriller The Spiral Staircase […]

Apr, 09 · in Reviews

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye *** (1985, Joan Hickson, Timothy West, Fabia Drake) – Classic Movie Review 9,622

The 1985 TV movie Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye again stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her fourth case as the BBC’s detective Miss Marple, based on the novel by Agatha Christie.  Director Guy […]

Apr, 09 · in Reviews

Lady Killer *** (1933, James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay) – Classic Movie Review 9621

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1933 Warner Bros black and white crime comedy Lady Killer stars James Cagney as gangster Dan Quigley, who is on the run from the law but he washes up in the […]

Apr, 09

Lady Jane ** (1986, Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern, Jill Bennett, Jane Lapotaire, Sara Kestelman, Joss Ackland, Patrick Stewart, Richard Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 9,620

Trevor Nunn’s 1986 film Lady Jane is a pretty historical drama about the 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter). The fine cast includes Cary Elwes, John Wood, Michael Hordern, Jill Bennett, Jane Lapotaire, Joss […]

Apr, 09

The Lady Is Willing *** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Stanley Ridges, Arline Judge) – Classic Movie Review 9619

Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1942 The Lady Is Willing is a frothy, mostly appealing, Forties-period romantic comedy in which an eccentric Broadway showgirl, Elizabeth Madden (the incomparable Marlene Dietrich effectively cast against type), is so desperate […]

Apr, 08

Tex **** (1982, Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly, Bill McKinney, Ben Johnson, Emilio Estevez) – Classic Movie Review 9618

Director Tim Hunter’s little-seen 1982 Walt Disney Productions film Tex, adapted from one S E Hinton’s bestselling tales of troubled teenagers, is a rewarding, understated yarn about two brothers, Tex and Mason McCormick, in the […]

Apr, 08

Frankie Starlight **** (1995, Corban Walker, Anne Parillaud, Gabriel Byrne, Matt Dillon, Niall Toibin) – Classic Movie Review 9617

Frankie Bois (Corban Walker) pens his life story in director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s delicious 1995 heartwarmer Frankie Starlight, an adaptation of Chet Raymo’s novel The Dork of Cork. As his mother Bernadette (Anne Parillaud) brings up […]

Apr, 08

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