Derek Winnert

The Onion Field **** (1979, John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales) – Classic Movie Review 9436

Director Harold Becker turns Joseph Wambaugh’s factually based novel about a kidnapped cop Karl Hettinger (John Savage), who witnesses his partner Ian Campbell (Ted Danson)’s murder, into a distinguished inquiry into the American judicial system. […]

Feb, 27 · in Reviews

The Black Marble *** (1980, Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 9,435

Harold Becker’s 1980 cop mystery thriller romcom film The Black Marble stars an excellent cast headed by Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss and Harry Dean Stanton.  Director Harold Becker’s 1980 cop mystery thriller romcom film The […]

Feb, 27 · in Reviews

Beau James *** (1957, Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 9434

Director Melville Shavelson’s 1957 biographical drama Beau James stars Bob Hope, who commendably does the unexpected and tackles the political and love affairs of James ‘Jimmy’ Walker, the 1920s mayor of New York City, with more […]

Feb, 27

The Hard Man ** (1957, Guy Madison, Valerie French, Lorne Greene) – Classic Movie Review 9,433

‘The Hard Man Will EXCITE You!’: The 1957 Technicolor Western film The Hard Man stars Guy Madison as Steve Burden, who takes the job of Deputy in El Solito, controlled by a villainous cattle baron […]

Feb, 27

The Long Hair of Death [I lunghi capelli della morte] *** (1965, Barbara Steele, George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska) – Classic Movie Review 9432

Director Antonio Margheriti’s black and white Gothic 1965 Italian giallo thriller The Long Hair of Death [I Lughi Capelli della Morte] stars Barbara Steele as mysterious vengeful Helen Karnstein, who comes back from the dead to […]

Feb, 26

The Long Gray Line *** (1955, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Francis) – Classic Movie Review 9431

John Ford’s 1955 biopic The Long Gray Line is a rambling, amiable, catch-in-the-throat toast to West Point coach Marty Maher (Tyrone Power) and his 50 years at the renowned military academy. An apparently well-cast Power […]

Feb, 26

Memoirs of an Invisible Man ** (1992, Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill) – Classic Movie Review 9430

Director John Carpenter’s 1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man is a shaky but tolerable special effects-led comedy action thriller revision of the 1933 Claude Rains classic The Invisible Man that casts the wrong star in […]

Feb, 25

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