Derek Winnert

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Affair in Havana ** (1957, John Cassavetes, Raymond Burr, Sara Shane) – Classic Movie Review 11,492

Director László Benedek’s enjoyably twisty, well handled, entertainingly acted 1957 black and white film noir crime film Affair in Havana is written by Burton Lane and Maurice Zimm, and stars John Cassavetes, Raymond Burr and […]

Aug, 18

Stormy Monday **** (1988, Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting) – Classic Movie Review 11,346

Stormy Monday (1988): ‘The Most Dangerous Choices Are Made With The Heart’. Writer-director Mike Figgis’s 1989 British neo noir movie Stormy Monday is an exciting and moodily atmospheric crime thriller set in a rain-swept, neon-lit […]

Jun, 26

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss [The Amazing Adventure] [Romance and Riches] ** (1936, Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne) – Classic Movie Review 11,277

Director Alfred Zeisler’s 1936 black and white romantic comedy drama The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss [The Amazing Adventure] [Romance and Riches] stars Bristol-born Cary Grant, who came back to Britain for this routine and […]

Jun, 06

It All Came True *** (1940, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 11,092

Director Lewis Seiler’s 1940 Warner Bros black and white comedy crime drama It All Came True is a virtually unknown Humphrey Bogart movie from just before his best period. Bogart plays a crooked mobster nightclub […]

Apr, 12

The Dark ** (1979, William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 11,063

A hairy homicidal alien zombie stalks Los Angeles ripping off people’s heads and searing them to a crisp with his laser-ray eyes in John ‘Bud’ Cardos’s gory 1979 sci-fi-horror shocker The Dark [The Mutilator] blessed […]

Mar, 31

This Could Be the Night *** (1957, Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa) – Classic Movie Review 10,912

Director Robert Wise’s likeable 1957 MGM black and white and CinemaScope comedy drama This Could Be the Night stars Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas and Anthony Franciosa. Innocent school teacher Anne Leeds (Jean Simmons) takes a […]

Feb, 13

Bloodhounds of Broadway *** (1952, Mitzi Gaynor, Scott Brady, Mitzi Green) – Classic Movie Review 10,789

Director Harmon Jones’s 1952 Technicolor musical film Bloodhounds of Broadway is based on a Damon Runyon story, which provides a good chance for Mitzi Gaynor as little orphan Emily Annie Stackerlee, a country girl who […]

Jan, 14

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