Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "murder mystery"

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Shadow of a Man ** (1955, Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson, Jane Griffiths, Tony Quinn, Ronald Leigh-Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 13,800

The 1955 British second feature crime drama film Shadow of a Man is written by Paul Erickson based on his stage play, and stars Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson, Jane Griffiths and Tony Quinn. Director Michael […]

Dec, 02

Blind Corner *** (1964, Barbara Shelley, William Sylvester, Elizabeth Shepherd, Alexander Davion, Mark Eden, Ronnie Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 13,706

Barbara Shelley stars as the murderously scheming adulterous wife of blind composer William Sylvester, in the 1964 British black and white second-feature crime thriller film Blind Corner. ‘She loved one man for kicks… one man […]

Sep, 06

Shadows on the Stairs ** (1941, Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Bruce Lester, Miles Mander, Turhan Bey, Heather Angel, Lumsden Hare) – Classic Movie Review 13,704

Residents of a London boarding house come under suspicion of a series of murders in the 1941 American mystery film Shadows on the Stairs. Director D Ross Lederman’s 1941 American mystery film Shadows on the Stairs is based […]

Sep, 03

Whistling in Dixie *** (1942, Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee, Diana Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 12,350

The amusing MGM 1942 comedy mystery thriller sequel Whistling in Dixie brings back the first film’s two stars, funny-man Red Skelton and petite Ann Rutherford. Director S Sylvan Simon’s 1942 comedy mystery thriller sequel Whistling […]

Nov, 27

The Seventh Survivor *** (1941, Linden Travers, Austin Trevor, John Stuart, Martita Hunt, Frank Pettingell, Jane Carr, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 12,156

A WW2 passenger ship is torpedoed and six survivors plus the captain of the U-boat that sank the ship make it to a British lighthouse. One of the survivors is a German spy and another […]

Jun, 02

Murder by Television ** (1935, Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker, Henry Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 11,628

Professor James Houghland: ‘I thought that television should be something more than just another form of amusement.’ Director Clifford Sanforth’s 1935 low-budget old B-feature thriller Murder by Television [The Houghland Murder Case] stars Bela Lugosi, […]

Oct, 04

Kill or Cure * (1962, Terry-Thomas, Eric Sykes, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 11,142

Director George Pollock’s 1962 black and white film Kill or Cure stars Terry-Thomas and Eric Sykes as the seedy private investigator Captain Jeroboam ‘Jerry’ Barker-Rynde, PI and his crime-solving assistant Rumbelow. It has two superb […]

Apr, 27

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