Derek Winnert

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Dead Man’s Folly *** (1986, Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jonathan Cecil, Constance Cummings, Nicollette Sheridan) – Classic Movie Review 7209

Director Clive Donner’s 1986 thriller Dead Man’s Folly is a diverting and ingratiating made-for-TV movie, given a considerable boost by a good production and its top-notch Anglo-American cast. The estimable Peter Ustinov entertains for the fourth […]

Jun, 23

Murder in Three Acts ** (1986, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms, Jonathan Cecil, Fernando Allende, Pedro Armedariz Jr) – Classic Movie Review 7208

Director Gary Nelson’s moderate 1986 Agatha Christie murder thriller Murder in Three Acts offers a new mystery to solve for Peter Ustinov’s Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who investigates some suspicious deaths by poison after he […]

Jun, 23

Heatwave **** (1982, Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, John Gregg, John Meillon) – Classic Movie Review 7202

Director Phillip Noyce’s sizzling 1982 Australian film Heatwave is based on the real life mysterious disappearance and murder of Juanita Nielsen, immediately following Donald Crombie’s earlier film inspired by the story, The Killing of Angel Street (1981). An architect takes on the […]

Jun, 21

Suzy **** (1936, Jean Harlow, Cary Grant, Franchot Tone) – Classic Movie Review 7181

Jean Harlow, Cary Grant and Franchot Tone head the splendid cast who sparkle and spark up director George Fitzmaurice’s undeservedly neglected 1936 black and white vintage movie Suzy. Grant stars as World War One French aviator […]

Jun, 17

The Trail Beyond *** (1934, John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr, Noah Beery Jr, Verna Hillie, Robert Frazer) – Classic Movie Review 7147

Director Robert N Bradbury’s 1934 The Trail Beyond is an exceptionally good-looking Thirties low-budget, quickly made Western, propelled with a lot of pace and action in a short running time of 55 minutes, as big […]

Jun, 10

Short Cut to Hell *** (1957, Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, William Bishop, Murvyn Vye, Yvette Vickers, Roscoe Ates, Jacques Aubuchon) – Classic Movie Review 7138

Asked to make his directorial debut by longtime producer friend A C Lyles, James Cagney takes his one and only walk behind the cameras to direct this carefully made, fairly successful and effective American film noir version of Graham […]

Jun, 09

Ride Him, Cowboy ** (1932, John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Otis Harlan, Henry B Walthall) – Classic Movie Review 7131

John Wayne’s first starring role in a B-Western is the first of six that he made for release by Warner Bros. A young, fresh-faced 25-year-old Wayne plays John Drury, who rescues Duke the white stallion, the […]

Jun, 08

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