Derek Winnert

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Recoil *** (1953, Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward Underdown) – Classic Movie Review 13,840

John Gilling’s 1953 British crime thriller B-film Recoil stars Elizabeth Sellars as a young woman who resolves to bring her jeweller father’s killer (Kieron Moore) to justice by pretending to be in love with him. Writer/ director John Gilling’s […]

Jan, 13

Ambush in Leopard Street *** (1962, James Kenney, Michael Brennan, Bruce Seton, Norman Rodway, Pauline Delaney, Jean Harvey) – Classic Movie Review 13,767

The classic 1962 Brit noir B-film Ambush in Leopard Street is set in London but filmed in Ireland, and stars James Kenney, Michael Brennan and Bruce Seton.  Director J Henry Piperno’s low-budget 1962 British black and white crime B-film Ambush in […]

Oct, 27

The St Louis Bank Robbery *** (1959, Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, Molly McCarthy) – Classic Movie Review 13,407

The cult 1959 American black and white heist film The St Louis Bank Robbery stars the young Steve McQueen, and is based on the real-life disastrous 1953 Southwest Bank holdup in St Louis, Missouri. Director […]

Feb, 19

Dangerous Cargo *** (1954, Jack Watling, Susan Stephen, Karel Stepanek, Terence Alexander) – Classic Movie Review 13,261

The likeable 1954 British second feature crime thriller film Dangerous Cargo is inspired by an attempted robbery at Heathrow Airport in 1952, and stars Jack Watling, Susan Stephen, Karel Stepanek, and Terence Alexander.  ‘This operation […]

Nov, 25

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass ** (1949, Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Willard Parker, Norman Lloyd, Lloyd Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 12,050

Director George Sherman’s 1948 Universal Pictures Technicolor film Calamity Jane and Sam Bass is a fairly feeble Western plus romance B-movie, with a spunky, overeager-to-please performance by Yvonne De Carlo as Calamity Jane trying to […]

Apr, 08

Bronco Bullfrog ***½ (1970, Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd) Classic Movie Review 11,652

Writer-director Barney Platts-Mills’s 1970 British black and white film Bronco Bullfrog (83 minutes, 35 mm) is a commendable and compelling British low-budget drama (£17,000), showing in realist style life as it was in 1970 for […]

Oct, 16

Man in the Vault *** (1956, William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg, Berry Kroger, Paul Fix, James Seay, Mike Mazurki) – Classic Movie Review 11,617

The tense, taut 1956 film noir thriller Man in the Vault is the directorial debut of Andrew V McLaglen. It stars William Campbell, Karen Sharpe and Swedish sexpot Anita Ekberg, who was under contract with […]

Oct, 01

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