Derek Winnert

Jumping for Joy ** (1956, Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, A E Matthews, Tony Wright, Alfie Bass, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 9482

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s agreeable, if underpowered 1955 British black and white comedy Jumping for Joy rests solidly on the charms of its young star Frankie Howerd. If you enjoy Frankie’s unique brand of naughty […]

Mar, 08 · in Reviews

The Invisible Man ** (2020, Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Michael Dorman) – Movie Review

Elisabeth Moss stars in The Invisible Man (2020) as Cecilia, who runs from her abusive lover, Adrian, who then apparently takes his own life. But Adrian has faked his own death and has been hiding […]

Mar, 08 · in Reviews

Runaway Train *** (1985, Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay) – Classic Movie Review 9481

Director Andrei Konchalovsky’s 1985 Cannon Group adventure movie Runaway Train is a solid but over-blown mythical action thriller, with outsize performances by Jon Voight and Eric Roberts as escaping prisoners on an out-of-control train speeding […]

Mar, 08

4D Man *** (1959, Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon) – Classic Movie Review 9480

Robert Lansing and James Congdon star as two brothers (research scientist Dr Scott Nelson and physicist Dr Tony Nelson) who develop an amplifier that allows someone to enter a 4-dimensional state and pass through solid surfaces, […]

Mar, 08

Shakedown **** (1950, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Brian Donlevy, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Anne Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 9479

Director Joseph [Joe] Pevney’s 1950 Universal International Pictures black and white B-movie crime thriller Shakedown is a little gem of a movie in the best film noir crime drama tradition. Howard Duff plays unscrupulous Jack […]

Mar, 08

Runaway Daughters ** (1956, Marla English, Gloria Castillo, Mary Ellen Kay, Anna Sten, John Litel, Lance Fuller, Adele Jurgens) – Classic Movie Review 9478

Director Edward L Cahn’s melodramatic and unconvincing 1956 black and white crime drama Runaway Daughters stars Marla English, Gloria Castillo and Mary Ellen Kay as three teenage girls who go to Hollywood and get into […]

Mar, 08

The Runaway Bus *** (1954, Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris) – Classic Movie Review 9,477

‘All Aboard for a Non-Stop Ride of Fun!’ Writer-producer-director Val Guest’s 1954 British black and white crime comedy film The Runaway Bus stars Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark and George Coulouris. London’s Heathrow Airport […]

Mar, 08

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