Derek Winnert

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The Avenging Hand ** (1936, Noah Beery Sr, Kathleen Kelly, Louis Borel) – Classic Movie Review 13,471

Noah Beery Sr stars as a Chicago gangster trying to track down crooks and solve a murder, in the 1936 British crime film thriller The Avenging Hand. Directors Frank Richardson and (uncredited) Victor Hanbury’s 1936 […]

Apr, 15

Flic Story *** (1975, Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger, André Pousse) – Classic Movie Review 12,509

The tense and moody 1975 French real-life crime thriller film Flic Story stars Alain Delon as police detective Roger Borniche and Jean-Louis Trintignant as Borniche, the gangster and killer he hunts down for nine years. […]

May, 19

Les Tontons Flingueurs [Crooks in Clover] * (1963, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Sabine Sinjen, Claude Rich) – Classic Movie Review 12,303

Director Georges Lautner’s 1963 French crime comedy film Les Tontons Flingueurs [Crooks in Clover] is exceptionally slack and lame, a waste of talent and a bit of a waste of time. The pathetic lowbrow slapstick […]

Sep, 11

Maigret voit rouge [Maigret Sees Red] **** (1963, Jean Gabin, Françoise Fabian, Roland Armontel) – Classic Movie Review 12,290

Director Gilles Grangier’s 1963 French-Italian crime film Maigret voit rouge [Maigret Sees Red] stars Jean Gabin, Françoise Fabian and Roland Armontel. Maybe it is strictly genre policier / gangster material, perhaps it is the least […]

Aug, 29

Illegal Traffic ** (1938, J Carrol Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston, Judith Barrett, Pierre Watkin, Buster Crabbe) – Classic Movie Review 12,249

‘ON GUARD, AMERICA! New amazing racket sweeps nation!’ Director Louis King’s 1938 Paramount Pictures American crime drama film Illegal Traffic reunites J Carrol Naish and Robert Preston from the same year’s King of Alcatraz. It […]

Jul, 26

King of Alcatraz *** (1938, Gail Patrick, J Carrol Naish, Lloyd Nolan, Harry Carey Sr, Robert Preston, Anthony Quinn, Dennis Morgan, Porter Hall, Richard Denning) – Classic Movie Review 12,244

Captain Glennan (Harry Carey Sr): ‘Man and boy, I’ve sailed the seas for 30 years… and I’ve never lost a ship.’  Director Robert Florey’s 1938 American crime drama film King of Alcatraz stars Gail Patrick, […]

Jul, 23

Crazy Joe **** (1974, Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Charles Cioffi, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Luther Adler, Fausto Tozzi) – Classic Movie Review 12,191

Director Carlo Lizzani’s 1974 crime thriller film Crazy Joe is an effective, strongly cast Italian gangster movie about real-life hot-tempered New York mafia boss ‘Crazy Joe’ Gallo, played by Peter Boyle. Crazy Joe is a […]

Jun, 23

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