Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "deception"

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Human Cargo *** (1936, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Alan Dinehart, Ralph Morgan, Rita Hayworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,031

‘A PAGE TORN FROM THE FILES OF THE SECRET SERVICE!’ Director Allan Dwan’s 1936 20th Century Fox black and white action crime drama Human Cargo is based on the novel I Will Be Faithful by Kathleen […]

Mar, 18

The Lady Gambles *** (1949, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally) – Classic Movie Review 10,948

The lady in the 1949 film noir drama The Lady Gambles is Joan Boothe (played by Barbara Stanwyck), whose compulsive gambling addiction leads to marital strife. On set, Stanwyck gave young Tony Curtis a tip.  […]

Feb, 21

Lost Horizon (1973, Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 10,524

Director Charles Jarrott’s 1972 musical Lost Horizon was a British Royal Command Performance film and has a fine cast, but remaking Frank Capra’s 1937 classic Lost Horizon about an idyllic life in a Tibetan valley […]

Nov, 10

Dying Young ** (1991, Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D’Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, Ellen Burstyn) – Classic Movie Review 10,518

Julia Roberts at the height of her Pretty Woman popularity misses the target as Hilary O’Neil, a private nurse house-help for dying 20-something Victor Geddes (Campbell Scott), a young man suffering from blood cancer. She […]

Nov, 09

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime ** (1941, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Spring Byington, H B Warner, James Burke) – Classic Movie Review 10,503

The 1941 black and white crime thriller sequel Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime again stars able Ralph Bellamy as famed sleuth Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter and Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen, […]

Nov, 05

Ellery Queen’s Penthouse Mystery ** (1941, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Anna May Wong, James Burke, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 10,502

The 1941 crime thriller sequel Ellery Queen’s Penthouse Mystery again stars Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter and Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen, and is directed by James P Hogan. It […]

Nov, 05

The Raid *** (1954, Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves) – Classic Movie Review 10,447

Director Hugo Fregonese’s 1954 Panoramic Productions/ 20th Century Fox Western film The Raid stars Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig and Peter Graves. It is shot in beautiful Technicolor colour by […]

Oct, 22

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