Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "WW2"

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Breakthrough ** (1950, David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy, William Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 13,807

Warner Bros’ 1950 American war film Breakthrough stars David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy, and William Campbell. About a third of the film is actual World War Two footage. Director Lewis Seiler’s 1950 American war film Breakthrough […]

Dec, 07

They Met in the Dark *** (1943, James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls) – Classic Movie Review 13,744

James Mason and Joyce Howard star in They Met in the Dark (1943) as a cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young Canadian woman who join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a Nazi […]

Oct, 01

Yellow Canary *** (1943, Anna Neagle, Richard Greene, Nova Pilbeam, Lucie Mannheim, Cyril Fletcher, Albert Lieven, Margaret Rutherford, Valentine Dyall, Ferdy Mayne) – Classic Movie Review 13,690  

Anna Neagle stars as a British socialite who poses as a Nazi supporter to track down spies and obtain secrets for the Allies in World War Two, in the 1943 British wartime drama film Yellow […]

Aug, 27

Hell Boats ** (1970, James Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepherd, Ronald Allen) – Classic Movie Review  13,513

The 1970 British Technicolor war film Hell Boats is a tale of love and war and motor torpedo boats in World War Two starring James Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepherd, and Ronald Allen. Director Paul Wendkos’s 1970 British Technicolor war […]

May, 15
Hostages ** (1943, Luise Rainer, Paul Lukas, William Bendix, Oscar Homolka, Arturo de Cordova, Katina Paxinou, Roland Varno) – Classic Movie Review 13,392

Hostages ** (1943, Luise Rainer, Paul Lukas, William Bendix, Oscar Homolka, Arturo de Cordova, Katina Paxinou, Roland Varno) – Classic Movie Review 13,392

26 Czech citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who committed suicide – is handed over, in the 1943 war film Hostages.  Director Frank Tuttle’s […]

Feb, 08

The Day Will Dawn [The Avengers] *** (1942, Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Francis L Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 13,118

The entertaining 1942 British war film The Day Will Dawn [The Avengers] is set in Norway in World War Two, and stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, and Francis L Sullivan. Director […]

Sep, 13

The Forger [Der Passfälscher] ***½ (2022, Louis Hofmann, Jonathan Berlin, Luna Wedler) – Classic Movie Review 12,530

Louis Hofmann stars as Cioma Schönhaus, a 21-year-old German graphic artist who lives illegally as a Jew in hiding in Berlin during World War Two, in the tense and compelling 2022 real-life wartime thriller The […]

Jun, 04

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