Derek Winnert

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Witness ***** (1985, Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 4130

Director Peter Weir’s tense, exciting and perceptive 1985 thinking person’s thriller stars Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis on their finest form, responding strongly to their roundly written roles as Philadelphia city cop John Book and […]

Aug, 04

The Sleeping Tiger *** (1954, Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Hugh Griffith, Maxine Audley, Glyn Houston, Billie Whitelaw) – Classic Movie Review 4024

Director Joseph Losey’s 1954 British thriller The Sleeping Tiger stars Dirk Bogarde, who finds unlikely casting as Frank Clemmons, a cocky young thug brought by fate to the home of psychiatrist Dr Clive Esmond (Alexander […]

Jul, 15

Swamp Women ** (1956, Carole Mathews, Beverly Garland, Marie Windsor, Mike Connors, Ed Nelson, Susan Cummings) – Classic Movie Review 3979

Director Roger Corman’s 1956 American adventure film noir crime film Swamp Women stars Carole Mathews, Beverly Garland, and Marie Windsor, along with Mike Connors and Ed Nelson. Three women break jail and head for a […]

Jul, 05

Route Irish **** (2010, Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop, Geoff Bell) – Classic Movie Review 3968

Ken Loach’s excitingly labyrinthine and darkly harrowing revenge and conspiracy thriller has plenty of the viscerally powerful impact we expect of the director. An excellently cast Mark Womack relishes a stonking star role as ex-soldier […]

Jul, 04

Turner & Hooch ***½ (1989, Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T Nelson) – Classic Movie Review 3824

Tom Hanks stars in Roger Spottiswoode’s sweet and amusing, sit-up-and-beg-to-love-me 1989 comedy as meticulous and fastidious cop Detective Scott Turner who investigates a brutal murder with the help of a big, messy mutt called Hooch (Beasley the dog), […]

Jun, 08

Sudden Impact ** (1983, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman) – Classic Movie Review 3812

Producer-director-star Clint Eastwood’s suddenly much lower-impact 1983 action thriller is the fourth Dirty Harry film in a steadily declining series, following Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973) and The Enforcer  (1976). After a lengthy gap, Eastwood returns to […]

Jun, 06

Armored Car Robbery ***** (1950, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire) – Classic Movie Review 3803

The spectacular 1950 film noir heist thriller Armored Car Robbery is fast, short, tense and punchy. Charles McGraw is just right as the hard-nosed LA cop pursuing murderous criminal Dave Purvis (William Talman). Director Richard […]

Jun, 04

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