Derek Winnert

Hangman’s Knot *** (1952, Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman Jr, Frank Faylen, Lee Marvin) – Classic Movie Review 9240

Writer-director Roy Huggins’s 1952 Columbia Pictures Technicolor Western Hangman’s Knot stars Randolph Scott as Major Matt Stewart, who with his Confederate troop kills an escort of Union cavalry soldiers while ambushing a train full of […]

Jan, 08 · in Reviews

The Hangman ** (1959, Robert Taylor, Tina Louise, Fess Parker, Jack Lord) – Classic Movie Review 9239

Director Michael Curtiz’s uninspired 1959 Western film The Hangman stars Robert Taylor as embittered sheriff U.S. Marshal Bovard, nicknamed The Hangman, who arrives in a small US border town to arrest a fugitive after four […]

Jan, 08 · in Reviews

Handgun [Deep in the Heart] **** (1983, Karen Young, Clayton Day, Suzie Humphreys) – Classic Movie Review 9238

Director Tony Garnett’s 1982 revenge thriller Handgun [Deep in My Heart] stars Karen Young as Dallas teacher Kathleen Sullivan, who sets out to avenge herself on her gun-toting rapist, Texan lawyer Larry Keeler (Clayton Day), […]

Jan, 08

Thief of Hearts **** (1984, Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz) – Classic Movie Review 9237

Director Douglas Day Stewart’s excellent 1984 noir romantic thriller Thief of Hearts stars Steven Bauer as Scott Muller, a burglar smouldering with lust for Mickey Davis (Barbara Williams), a young married woman whose intimate diary […]

Jan, 08

Strictly Ballroom **** (1992, Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 9236

The 1992 Australian heart-warmer Strictly Ballroom started life as a play, but director Baz Luhrmann recreates it cinematically, swirling you along and sending you away dancing. Take a bit of David and Goliath, a bit […]

Jan, 07

In the Line of Duty [Line of Duty] *** (2019, Aaron Eckhart, Giancarlo Esposito, Dina Meyer, Courtney Eaton) – Movie Review

Director Steven C Miller’s In the Line of Duty [Line of Duty] is a good, solid, entertaining action thriller, propelled with an intriguing, unusual premise, interesting characters, and some witty banter in the dialogue. The […]

Jan, 07

Woman of Straw ** (1964, Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 9,235

The 1964 film Woman of Straw is a Hitchcock-style crime thriller about a wicked nephew (Sean Connery) and a sexy Italian nurse (Gina Lollobrigida) scheming to bump off a rich old tycoon (Ralph Richardson). Director […]

Jan, 06

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