Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "gangland"

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I Stole a Million ***½ (1939, George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 11,414

Director Frank Tuttle’s 1939 Universal Pictures film noir crime thriller I Stole a Million stars George Raft as Down on his luck cab driver Joe Lourik, who gets into an argument with a finance company […]

Jul, 22

Empire State ** (1987, Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Glen Murphy, Ian Sears, Martin Landau, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 10,769

Director Ron Peck’s 1987 crime thriller Empire State is an intriguing attempt to bring the American gangster style to Britain in an adult yarn about a young Yankee mobster arriving at the title nightclub to […]

Jan, 08

The Frightened City *** (1961, Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, John Gregson, Alfred Marks, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Holt, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 8052

The frightened city is London, where unexpectedly they are behaving just like in Chicago, as mobsters join a protection syndicate then fall out when gang boss Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks) establishes a mafia of his […]

Jan, 23

City Streets **** (1931, Sylvia Sidney, Gary Cooper, Paul Lukas, Guy Kibbee, William Boyd, Wynne Gibson) – Classic Movie Review 7808

‘When you talk to me, take that toothpick out of your mouth’ – The Kid. The young Gary Cooper stars as The Kid, a fair worker shooting gallery showman, who falls for a gangster’s daughter Nan […]

Nov, 19

Pleasure Island ***½ (2014, Ian Sharp, Gina Bramhill, Rick Warden, Nicholas Day, Samuel Anderson, Conner Chapman) – Movie Review

Quietly impressive sounds an odd judgement on a gun, hammer and knife strewn Northern England gangland crime thriller from writer-director Mike Doxford in his second feature. But here it is, Pleasure Island. It starts slow, […]

Aug, 07

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