Derek Winnert

The Richest Girl in the World *** (1934, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray) – Classic Movie Review 8230

Director William A Seiter’s The Richest Girl in the World is a welcome forgotten movie from 1934, starring Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray. It is a bubbly little, typically Thirties, romantic screwball comedy […]

Mar, 11 · in Reviews

The French Line ** (1953, Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 8229

‘See Jane Russell in 3-D – She’ll Knock BOTH Your Eyes Out!’ ran the publicity for director Lloyd Bacon’s 1955 romantic comedy The French Line, a 3D Technicolor RKO Radio Pictures musical remake of their 1934 […]

Mar, 11 · in Reviews

The House on Telegraph Hill **** (1951, Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan) – Classic Movie Review 8228

Director Robert Wise’s 1951 20th Century Fox black and white film noir thriller The House on Telegraph Hill stars Valentina Cortese [aka Valentina Cortesa] as Victoria Kowelska, a Polish concentration camp victim who takes over […]

Mar, 11

The House on Carroll Street **** (1987, Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin) – Classic Movie Review 8227

Director Peter Yates’s impeccable 1987 thriller The House on Carroll Street stars Kelly McGillis in her prime, at the peak of her popularity and on fine form as Emily Crane, a Fifties witchhunt blacklist victim, […]

Mar, 11

The House on 92nd Street **** (1945, William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 8226

The 1945 fact-based film noir spy thriller The House on 92nd Street was made with the help of the FBI. It tells the story about the US chase after a German spy ring in Washington […]

Mar, 11

Ransom! **** (1956, Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez, Robert Keith) – Classic Movie Review 8225

The tense 1956 film noir crime thriller Ransom! is an impressive showcase for Glenn Ford, who dominates it with his convincing performance as a nervy but determined dad whose son is kidnapped for ransom. Despite […]

Mar, 11

Ransom [The Terrorists] ** (1975, Sean Connery, Ian McShane, James Maxwell, Isabel Dean, William Fox, Jeffry Wickham) – Classic Movie Review 8224

Director Caspar Wrede’s offbeat, strained 1975 British thriller Ransom [The Terrorists] is set in Scandinavia and stars Sean Connery as a ruthless Norwegian special military police boss Colonel Tahlvik who is assigned to deal with […]

Mar, 10

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