Derek Winnert

The Crowd Roars **** (1938, Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O’Sullivan, William Gargan) – Classic Movie Review 8895

Director Richard Thorpe’s tough 1938 MGM black and white boxing drama The Crowd Roars stars pretty boy Robert Taylor [real name Spangler Arlington Brugh] as Tommy McCoy, who fights his way through to a manlier […]

Sep, 10 · in Reviews

Killer McCoy *** (1947, Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth) – Classic Movie Review 8894

Director Roy Rowland’s punchy 1947 American film Killer McCoy stars Mickey Rooney as a tough New York City prizefighting boxer called Tommy McCoy, who gets mixed up with a big-time gambler Jim Caighn (Brian Donlevy) […]

Sep, 10 · in Reviews

Fighting Father Dunne ** (1948, Pat O’Brien, Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 8893

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1948 drama Fighting Father Dunne stars Pat O’Brien as crusading priest Father Peter J Dunne, who is fighting for a home for poor orphan St Louis newsboys in 1905, in this well-meaning […]

Sep, 10

Only You **** (2018, Josh O’Connor, Laia Costa) – Movie Review

Rising British star Josh O’Connor from God’s Own Country (2017) stars with Spanish actress Laia Costa in English writer-director Harry Wootliff’s poignant, touching bitter-sweet 2018 British romantic drama film Only You. They play Jake and Elena, who meet by […]

Sep, 10

And Hope to Die [La course du lièvre à travers les champs] *** (1972, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari, Aldo Ray, Tisa Farrow) – Classic Movie Review 8892

Director René Clément’s fair, often compelling, but muddled 1972 international thriller And Hope to Die [La course du lièvre à travers les champs] stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as Antoine Cardot aka Froggy, a French crook on […]

Sep, 10

Road House **** (1948, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark) – Classic Movie Review 8891

Director Jean Negulesco’s dark and involving 1948 20th Century Fox film noir drama Road House stars Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm and Richard Widmark as crazed bar owner Jefferson T ‘Jefty’ Robbins, who comes […]

Sep, 09

Road House *** (1989, Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara) – Classic Movie Review 8,890

The 1989 American action film Road House stars Patrick Swayze as the bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar, who protects a Missouri small town from a corrupt businessman (Ben Gazzara). Director Rowdy Herrington’s 1989 American action film Road House stars […]

Sep, 09

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