Derek Winnert

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The Embezzler *** (1954, Charles Victor, Zena Marshall, Peggy Mount, Cyril Chamberlain, Michael Craig, Leslie Weston, Avice Landone, Frank Forsyth, Ian Fleming, Phyllis Morris) – Classic Movie Review 13,726

The engaging 1954 British crime thriller film The Embezzler stars Charles Victor as an ageing bank cashier who steals cash from his bank and Zena Marshall as a young blackmail victim he helps. Writer/ director […]

Sep, 17

The Informers [Underworld Informers] ** (1963, Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Derren Nesbitt, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 12,138

The 1963 British black and white crime thriller film The Informers [Underworld Informers] is based on Douglas Warner’s novel Death of a Snout, and stars Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Derren Nesbitt […]

May, 25

Ride a Crooked Trail ** (1958, Audie Murphy, Walter Matthau, Gia Scala, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 11,710

Walter Matthau as a drunken judge and Audie Murphy as a Wild West desperado make another odd couple in the 1958 Western film Ride a Crooked Trail. Director Jesse Hibbs’s 1958 Western film Ride a […]

Nov, 08

The Old Man & the Gun *** (2018, Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Tom Waits) – Movie Review

Robert Redford stars in the 2018 American biographical crime film The Old Man & the Gun as career criminal and prison escape artist Forrest Tucker. Robert Redford twinkles and is endlessly charismatic as real-life bank robber Forrest […]

Oct, 12

Escape from Alcatraz **** (1979, Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom) – Classic Movie Review 6347

The only real-life escape from the infamous San Francisco island prison of Alcatraz in 1962 provides the true story for director Don [Donald] Siegel’s totally gripping 1979 Clint Eastwood thriller. Three inmates attempt a daring escape […]

Dec, 02

Good Time **** (2017, Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Movie Review

The ironically titled Good Time is an extremely powerful thriller, mega tense and atmospheric. Career best performance (so far) by Robert Pattinson, a revelation, complete with rock solid, very particular American accent. Robert Pattinson and […]

Oct, 06

The Outfit ***** (1973, Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Robert Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 5,278

The sweaty-palm, nerve-jangling 1973 neo noir crime thriller film The Outfit stars Robert Duvall as career criminal Earl Macklin, based on novelist Donald E Westlake’s character Parker. Joe Don Baker plays a friendly heavy called […]

Apr, 10

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