Derek Winnert

Tight Spot **** (1955, Ginger Rogers, Edward G Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene) – Classic Movie Review 7720

Director Phil Karlson’s 1955 crime thriller Tight Spot stars Ginger Rogers, Edward G Robinson and Brian Keith, and is a vintage film noir treat. It is based on Leonard Kantor’s play Dead Pigeon, which only […]

Oct, 29 · in Reviews

A Bullet for Joey *** (1955, Edward G Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter, George Dolenz, Peter Hansen, Peter van Eyck, Kaaren Verne) – Classic Movie Review 7719

‘THE SCREEN’S TOP TOUGH GUYS MEET FACE TO FACE!’ Director Lewis Allen’s 1955 Cold War film noir spy crime thriller A Bullet for Joey stars Edward G Robinson and George Raft, two legendary stars a […]

Oct, 29 · in Reviews

A Bullet for Pretty Boy ** (1970, Fabian Forte, Jocelyn Lane, Astrid Warner) – Classic Movie Review 7718

One-time pop star Fabian Forte enjoys himself as Thirties real-life nasty mobster Charles ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd, creating quite a psychopathic ogre. Producer-director Larry Buchanan’s 1970 B-gangster movie A Bullet for Pretty Boy, made in the wake […]

Oct, 28

Ride Clear of Diablo *** (1954, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot, Abbe Lane, Russell Johnson, Paul Birch, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 7717

Director Jesse Hibbs’s 1954 Western Ride Clear of Diablo stars Andie Murphy as railroad surveyor Clay O’Mara, who rides out to avenge the murder of his father and brother, and becomes deputy to Fred Kenyon (Paul […]

Oct, 28

Gunsmoke ** (1953, Audie Murphy, Paul Kelly, Susan Cabot, Charles Drake, Mary Castle, Jack Kelly, Donald Randolph) – Classic Movie Review 7716

Director Nathan Juran’s 1953 Universal Pictures Technicolor Western film Gunsmoke stars Audie Murphy as Reb Kittridge, a young gun-slinging drifter who sees the truth and helps the rancher Dan Saxon (Paul Kelly) and his daughter […]

Oct, 28

Bullet for a Badman *** (1964, Audie Murphy, Darren McGavin, Ruta Lee) – Classic Movie Review 7715

Director R G Springsteen’s lusty 1964 B-movie Western Bullet for a Badman stars Audie Murphy as Logan Keliher, a gun-slinging lawman gone good and peaceful, who is forced for the sake of his wife and a […]

Oct, 28

Taggart *** (1964, Tony Young, Dan Duryea, Dick Foran, Emil Meyer, Peter Duryea, Jean Hale) – Classic Movie Review 7714

Director R G Springsteen’s slick, well-cast, violent 1964 B-movie Western Taggart is based on an intricately plotted Louis L’Amour novel, with a neat screenplay by Robert Creighton Williams, and boasts a nice, welcome cast of […]

Oct, 28

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