Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Film noir"

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The Mask of Dimitrios **** (1944, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Victor Francen, Steven Geray, George Tobias) – Classic Movie Review 3,876

Warner Bros’ hugely atmospheric and entertaining 1944 classic film noir mystery crime thriller film The Mask of Dimitrios again teams the era’s most iconic star character actors Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.  Director Jean Negulesco’s […]

Jun, 16

Armored Car Robbery ***** (1950, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire) – Classic Movie Review 3803

The spectacular 1950 film noir heist thriller Armored Car Robbery is fast, short, tense and punchy. Charles McGraw is just right as the hard-nosed LA cop pursuing murderous criminal Dave Purvis (William Talman). Director Richard […]

Jun, 04

The Leopard Man **** (1943, Dennis O’Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 3761

Director Jacques Tourneur’s brilliant 1943 film noir horror thriller for producer Val Lewton boasts a marvellously eerie atmosphere thanks to Tourneur’s skills and Robert De Grasse’s beautiful and evocative camerawork. And the music by Roy […]

May, 28

The Hunted ***½ (1948, Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 3674

Director Jack Bernhard’s 1948 thriller is an expert, tense and moody film noir, in which Preston Foster stars as a cop probing a gem theft who finds his main squeeze (Belita) may be the criminal […]

May, 08

Desperate ***½ (1947, Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Jason Robards Sr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee) – Classic Movie Review 3,543

Director Anthony Mann’s 1947 neat and nifty suspense film noir Desperate stars Steve Brodie as trucker Steve Randall, who is taken hostage in a fur robbery and told to confess to a cop’s death or the […]

Apr, 08

Hollow Triumph [The Scar] *** (1948, Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz) – Classic Movie Review 3317

Director Steve Sekely’s well-done, sterling 1948 film noir Hollow Triumph [The Scar] stars Paul Henreid as medical school dropout John Muller, a thief and murderer desperately trying to escape the vindictive big-time gambler he stole […]

Feb, 03

The Amazing Mr X [The Spiritualist] *** (1948, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell, Richard Carlson) – Classic Movie Review 3,316

The 1948 American horror thriller film noir The Amazing Mr X [The Spiritualist] tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket, and is famed for its noir cinematography by John Alton. Director Bernard Vorhaus’s intriguing and effectively handled 1948 B-movie film noir mystery thriller The […]

Feb, 03

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