Derek Winnert

Action Jackson ** (1988, Carl Weathers, Craig T Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone) – Classic Movie Review 9200

Director Craig R Baxley’s 1988 hard-hitting action movie Action Jackson stars Carl Weathers as the off-beat do-gooder Action Jackson, a tough Detroit cop leaving a trail of devastation behind him as he rampages after superbad […]

Dec, 29 · in Reviews

Caprice ** (1967, Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston) – Classic Movie Review 9199

Co-writer/ director Frank Tashlin’s 1967 industrial espionage spy spoof comedy thriller Caprice is set in the cosmetics world and stars Doris Day as top industrial designer businesswoman Patricia Foster, who, with the help of suave […]

Dec, 29 · in Reviews

Little Miss Broadway *** (1938, Shirley Temple, George Murphy, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, Phyllis Brooks ) – Classic Movie Review 9198

The teaming of Shirley Temple and Jimmy Durante is the main attraction and high point of director Irving Cummings’s pleasant 1938 musical Little Miss Broadway, though George Murphy and Edna May Oliver are good value […]

Dec, 29

40 Pounds of Trouble *** (1962, Tony Curtis, Phil Silvers, Suzanne Pleshette) – Classic Movie Review 9197

Director Norman Jewison’s 1963 comedy 40 Pounds of Trouble stars Tony Curtis as Lake Tahoe casino boss Steve McCluskey, who befriends little girl ‘Penny’ Piper (Claire Wilcox) while dealing with an alimony detective, casino owner […]

Dec, 28

Sorrowful Jones *** (1949, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest) – Classic Movie Review 9196

Damon Runyon’s short story Markie is reworked in director Sidney Lanfield’s 1949 Sorrowful Jones as an amusing vehicle for Bob Hope, spreading his wings in a straight character part as Sorrowful Jones, a bookie who […]

Dec, 28

Little Miss Marker [The Girl in Pawn] **** (1934, Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford) – Classic Movie Review 9195

Director Alexander Hall’s 1934 Little Miss Marker [The Girl in Pawn] is a delightful film of Damon Runyon’s fun short story about the grizzly gambler bookmaker Sorrowful Jones (Adolphe Menjou) having to reluctantly adopt cute […]

Dec, 28

Little Miss Marker ** (1980, Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Sara Stimson, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 9194

Writer-director Walter Bernstein’s 1980 comedy Little Miss Marker stars an even more grumpy than usual Walter Matthau as Sorrowful Jones, the bookie blessed with a little bundle of cute trouble, The Kid (Sara Stimson), left […]

Dec, 27

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