Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "gentleman thief"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "gentleman thief".

Raffles **** (1939, David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dame May Whitty, Douglas Walton, Dudley Digges) – Classic Movie Review 9,525

David Niven’s debonair charm is just right for E W Hornung’s celebrated England Test cricketer and amateur cracksman A J Raffles, in the tasty and likeable 1939 crime mystery movie Raffles. David Niven’s debonair charm […]

Mar, 18

Seven Thieves **** (1960, Edward G Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Eli Wallach) – Classic Movie Review 9293

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1960 French Riviera black and white caper movie Seven Thieves stars Edward G Robinson as old reprobate professor Theo Wilkins, who leads a gang of thieves in a cleverly constructed plot to […]

Jan, 23

Enter Arsène Lupin *** (1944, Charles Korvin, Ella Raines, J Carrol Naish, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz, Miles Mander, Leyland Hodgson) – Classic Movie Review 8678

Director Ford Beebe’s likeable and entertaining 1944 Universal Pictures black and white crime drama/ film noir thriller Enter Arsène Lupin stars Charles Korvin as the sophisticated Gallic gentleman jewel thief Arsène Lupin. Ella Raines is his […]

Jul, 05

Trouble in Paradise ***** (1932, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 1989

Based on László Aladár’s play The Honest Finder, producer-director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 sophisticated comedy Trouble in Paradise is a masterclass in just how to be both brilliantly clever and hilariously witty. Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins […]

Dec, 22

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.