Derek Winnert

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The Lady Is Willing ** (1934, Leslie Howard, Cedric Hardwicke, Binnie Barnes) – Classic Movie Review 10,973

‘SHE WAS KIDNAPPED RIGHT UNDER THE EYES OF HER HUSBAND AND THEN THE FUN STARTED.’ Director Gilbert Miller’s 1933 black and white British film The Lady Is Willing is based on a play by Louis […]

Feb, 28

Without a Clue *** (1988, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Peter Cook, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 10,902

Director Thom Eberhardt’s 1988 British comedy film Without a Clue is a neat twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes and Watson characters and stars Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Peter […]

Feb, 10

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror ** (1938, George Curzon, Tod Slaughter, Greta Gynt) – Classic Movie Review 10,875

Director George King’s 1938 black and white British crime thriller Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror stars George Curzon as super-sleuth Sexton Blake who, along with Tony Sympson as Tinker, investigates a case of stolen […]

Feb, 03

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen ** (1942, William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, John Litel, Lilian Bond, James Burke) – Classic Movie Review 10,506

The 1942 American mystery crime thriller A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen stars William Gargan as Ellery Queen in his second film in the series. Director James P Hogan’s 1942 American mystery crime thriller A […]

Nov, 06

Ellery Queen’s Penthouse Mystery ** (1941, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Anna May Wong, James Burke, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 10,502

The 1941 crime thriller sequel Ellery Queen’s Penthouse Mystery again stars Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter and Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen, and is directed by James P Hogan. It […]

Nov, 05

Mortelle Randonnée [Deadly Run] [Deadly Circuit] **** (1983, Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Guy Marchand, Stéphane Audran, Macha Méril, Geneviève Page, Sami Frey) – Classic Movie Review 8680

Director Claude Miller’s 1983 Deadly Run [Mortelle Randonnée] is a riveting, ostentatiously showy French romantic crime mystery thriller with Isabelle Adjani starring as Catherine Leiris, a pathological serial killer whose trail of corpses is pursued […]

Jul, 06

Love at Large *** (1990, Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Kate Capshaw, Annette O’Toole, Ted Levine, Neil Young, Ruby Dee) – Classic Movie Review 8007

Writer-director Alan Rudolph tackles the film noir with much style and considerable success in his 1990 up-market thriller Love at Large. Tom Berenger plays hard-boiled down-and-out private detective Harry Dobbs, hired by vampish femme fatale Miss […]

Jan, 13

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