Derek Winnert

Requiem for a Heavyweight **** (1962, Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris) – Classic Movie Review 7723

Director Ralph Nelson’s 1962 black and white sports drama Requiem for a Heavyweight (Blood Money in GB) is a dour, nimbly-played fight movie, with the acting, fleshed-out characterisations and sweaty atmosphere stronger than the plot. […]

Oct, 29 · in Reviews

Guns of the Timberland ** (1960, Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland, Frankie Avalon) – Classic Movie Review 7722

Director Robert D Webb’s 1960 Western adventure Guns of the Timberland is based on Louis L’Amour’s 1955 novel, which sold more than a million copies, and stars Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland, Frankie Avalon, Lyle Bettger, Noah […]

Oct, 29 · in Reviews

Gunslinger *** (1956, John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 7721

Director Roger Corman’s 1956 very quick, very low cost Western stars John Ireland, Beverly Garland and Allison Hayes, with Corman regulars Dick Miller, William Schallert, Bruno VeSota and Jonathan Haze in support. With the screenplay by writers Charles […]

Oct, 29

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

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

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

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