Derek Winnert

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Police Python 357 *** (1976, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, François Périer, Stefania Sandrelli, Mathieu Carrière) – Classic Movie Review 11,352

Husband-and-wife team Yves Montand and Simone Signoret star in director Alain Corneau’s peculiarly titled 1976 French / West German crime thriller epic Police Python 357 about intrigue and romance in the corridors of the French […]

Jun, 28

Lucky Luciano ***** (1973, Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Edmond O’Brien, Rod Steiger, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates) – Classic Movie Review 11,073

Gian Maria Volontè stars brilliantly as Sicilian-American Mafia boss gangster Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano, in Francesco Rosi’s superb 1973 Technicolor biopic Lucky Luciano. The detailed screenplay covers the mobster’s life from 1946, when the Americans gave […]

Apr, 04

Hands Over the City [Le mani sulla città] **** (1963, Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti) – Classic Movie Review 11,072

Rod Steiger goes to Italy like so many other American actors in search of work and finds a prestige film by top director Francesco Rosi for the award-winning 1963  political and social drama film Hands […]

Apr, 04

The ‘Human’ Factor * (1975, George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone, Arthur Franz, Rita Tushingham, Frank Avianca, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 11,032

Every 24 hours an American family will be killed!… and only The Human Factor (1975) can stop it… Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1975 UK/ Italy co-production The Human Factor is an undistinguished and nasty-toned revenge action […]

Mar, 18

Machine Gun McCain ** (1969, John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Britt Ekland, Gabriele Ferzetti) – Classic Movie Review 11,024

The tough 1969 Italian action crime gangster thriller film Machine Gun McCain [Gli Intoccabili] stars John Cassavetes as the rough and ready ex-con criminal Hank McCain, out to avenge himself on Mafia hoods by robbing […]

Mar, 14

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun *** (1970, Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran, John McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 10,929

The enjoyable 1970 French psychological thriller film The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun stars Samantha Eggar, Oliver Reed, Stéphane Audran and John McEnery. A body turns up in the trunk of […]

Feb, 17

Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni [High Rollers] ** (1976, Anthony Quinn, Capucine, Adriano Celentano, Corinne Cléry) – Classic Movie Review 10,914

Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1976 Italian comedy crime thriller High Rollers [Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni] stars Anthony Quinn as con artist Philip Bang, who gets out of prison with young trickster Felice ‘Félix’ […]

Feb, 14

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