Derek Winnert

The Man in the Sky [Decision Against Time] ** (1957, Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars, Walter Fitzgerald, Eddie Byrne, Lionel Jeffries, Donald Pleasence, Jeremy Bodkin) – Classic Movie Review 7993

Director Charles Crichton’s 1957 black and white drama The Man in the Sky [Decision Against Time] is Boys’ Own adventure stuff with a brave – some might even say foolhardy – test pilot John Mitchell (Jack […]

Jan, 08 · in Reviews

The Naked Street ** (1955, Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Peter Graves) – Classic Movie Review 7992

Writer-director Maxwell Shane’s 1955 The Naked Street is a rather limp and clichéd crime-romance film noir melodrama starring Farley Granger as Nicky Bradna, a small-time hood involved in ugly crimes and a doomed romance with Rosalie […]

Jan, 08 · in Reviews

Uptight *** (1968, Raymond St Jacques, Ruby Dee, Julian Mayfield, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Brown, Janet MacLachlan, Max Julien, Juanita Moore) – Classic Movie Review 7991

Producer/director Jules Dassin boldly remakes John Ford’s 1935 classic The Informer in 1968 as Uptight, with an African American cast headed by Raymond St Jacques, Ruby Dee, Julian Mayfield, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Brown, Janet […]

Jan, 07

Law and Disorder *** (1958, Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 7990

‘Michael Redgrave with an ingenious hand for disorder … Robert Morley as the intrepid arm of the law.’ Director Charles Crichton’s 1958 Law and Disorder is a smart, pacy and amusing Ealing Studios-style caper comedy, […]

Jan, 07

The Upturned Glass *** (1947, James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason, Ann Stephens, Henry Oscar) – Classic Movie Review 7989

The slick 1947 British film noir thriller The Upturned Glass stars James Mason as a neurosurgeon intent on avenging the murder of his lover. Director Lawrence Huntington’s 1947 The Upturned Glass is a slickly handled […]

Jan, 07

He Ran All the Way *** (1951, John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena Royle, Gladys George, Bobby Hyatt, Norman Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 7,988

The 1951 film noir crime thriller He Ran all the Way stars John Garfield in his final film, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena Royle and Gladys George. Director John Berry’s 1951 American film noir crime thriller […]

Jan, 07

He Rides Tall ** (1964, Tony Young, Dan Duryea, Jo Morrow, Madlyn Rhue, R G Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 7987

Director R G Springsteen’s gutsy, keeping-it-real 1964 B-movie Western He Rides Tall, with its heavy ‘man’s-gotta-do what a man’s-gotta-do’ message and a robust Dan Duryea star turn, was considered tough and sadistic in its day. […]

Jan, 06

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