Derek Winnert

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Cleopatra Jones *** (1973, Tamara Dobson, Shelley Winters, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas) – Classic Movie Review 9429

‘If you haven’t seen Cleo, you haven’t seen the chick who tops ’em all… She’s 6’2″‘ Director Jack Starrett’s robust 1973 blaxploitation action crime thriller stars Tamara Dobson as Cleopatra Jones, a karate-kicking CIA agent […]

Feb, 25

Woman of Straw ** (1964, Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 9,235

The 1964 film Woman of Straw is a passable Hitchcock-style crime thriller about wicked nephew Tony Richmond (Sean Connery) and sexy Italian nurse Maria (Gina Lollobrigida) scheming to bump off rich old tycoon Charles Richmond […]

Jan, 06

Lady in the Iron Mask *** (1952, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, Alan Hale Jr, Judd Holdren, Steve Brodie) – Classic Movie Review 8904

Louis Hayward, who had been The Man in the Iron Mask (that is Prince Philippe of Gascony, the nice twin brother of despotic French King Louis XIV) in the 1939 film, this time stars as […]

Sep, 14

Lady in the Dark *** (1944, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall, Barry Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 8902

‘The minx in mink with a yen for men!’ Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1944 Lady in the Dark stars Ginger Rogers as a depressed magazine editor career woman Liza Elliott, who suffers endless headaches and daydreams, […]

Sep, 13

Eye of the Needle *** (1981, Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Bannen, Stephen MacKenna) – Classic Movie Review 8843

Director Richard Marquand’s 1981 British wartime romantic adventure thriller film Eye of the Needle stars Donald Sutherland, who is on best menacing form as Herr Faber, the deadly Nazi agent who discovers a ruse by […]

Aug, 19

Morning Departure [Operation Disaster] **** (1950, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick, Lana Morris, Peter Hammond, Helen Cherry, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 8749

The British stalwart reserve and resolve in a crisis is examined in force in director Roy Ward Baker’s intense British classic 1950 real-life submarine naval drama Morning Departure [Operation Disaster]. John Mills stars as Lieutenant […]

Jul, 23

Crazy in Alabama *** (1999, Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 8279

Director Antonio Banderas’s 1999 drama Crazy in Alabama is based on the novel by Mark Childress, with the screenplay by him too, and stars Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf and […]

Mar, 21

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