Derek Winnert

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Alibi *** (1929, Chester Morris, Eleanor Griffith, Regis Toomey, Mae Busch, Harry Stubbs, Irma Harrison, Pat O’Malley, Purnell Pratt) – Classic Movie Review 13,777  

Roland West’s 1929 early gangster thriller film Alibi is based on the 1927 Broadway play Nightstick, and stars Chester Morris and Eleanor Griffith. It was nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Art Direction. […]

Nov, 09

Alibi *** (1942, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Sinclair, James Mason, Raymond Lovell) – Classic Movie Review 13,424

The 1942 romantic crime thriller film Alibi stars Margaret Lockwood as a bar hostess used by a killer to obtain an alibi, and James Mason as a police detective out to trap her. ‘A Woman’s […]

Mar, 07

The Redhead and the Cowboy ** (1951, Glenn Ford, Edmond O’Brien, Rhonda Fleming) – Classic Movie Review 10,550

Back at Paramount Pictures, Rhonda Fleming plays the title role of The Redhead in director Leslie Fenton’s mildly enjoyable Western, The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951), also with Glenn Ford and Edmond O’Brien. Ford stars […]

Nov, 16

The Invisible Menace ** (1938, Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven, Cy Kendall) – 5623

Director John Farrow’s little 1938 thriller at least has the virtue of starring the great Boris Karloff in his prime. The question in Crane Wilbur’s screenplay is, has US army worker Jevries (Karloff) committed the murder […]

Jun, 17

Mouchette ***** (1967, Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal, Paul Hébert, Jean Vimenet, Marie Susini) – Classic Movie Review 4373

Writer-director Robert Bresson’s touching and personal 1967 film is the companion piece to his 1966 film Au Hasard Balthazar. Nadine Nortier stars as the alienated French rural teenager Mouchette, who meets poacher Arsène (Jean-Claude Guilbert), […]

Sep, 17

Le Samouraï [The Samurai] ***** (1967, Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, François Périer) – Classic Movie Review 2818

Jean-Pierre Melville’s thrilling 1967 austere neo noir gangster movie Le Samouraï motors on Alain Delon’s enigmatic star turn and Henri Decaë’s stark Eastmancolor cinematography. ‘There is no solitude greater than a samurai’s, unless perhaps it […]

Aug, 16

Witness for the Prosecution **** (1957, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, John Williams, Una O’Connor, Henry Daniell, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 2576

Co-writer/director Billy Wilder’s excellent 1957 movie version of Agatha Christie’s ingenious if a shade creaky London-set courtroom thriller is witty, suspenseful and hugely entertaining. Christie’s 1952 international stage success is based on her 1925 short story Traitor’s […]

Jun, 09

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