Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Le Meurtrier [Enough Rope] **** (1963, Gert Fröbe, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux, Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein) – Classic Movie Review 12,242

Gert Fröbe and Maurice Ronet star in the stylish 1963 French thriller film Le Meurtrier [Enough Rope], based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1954 novel The Blunderer. Its director Claude Autant-Lara said: ‘If a film does not […]

Jul, 21 · in Reviews

The King of Paris *** (1934, Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Glory, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 12,241

The 1934 British romantic drama film The King of Paris is directed by Jack Raymond, and stars Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Glory and Ralph Richardson. It is made by Herbert Wilcox Productions for British & Dominions Film […]

Jul, 19 · in Reviews

King of Hearts [Le Roi de Coeur] ** (1966, Alan Bates, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Geneviève Bujold, Adolfo Celi, Micheline Presle) – Classic Movie Review 12,240

Director Philippe de Broca’s 1966 French-Italian film King of Hearts [Le Roi de Coeur] is a sprightly, whimsical, Sixties pacifist comedy that, perhaps surprisingly, found its audience among the American art house cinemas. Alan Bates […]

Jul, 19

King of Jazz **** (1930, Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, Harry Barris) – Classic Movie Review 12,239

Bandleader Paul Whiteman’s rich, appealing and enjoyable 1930 early two-colour Technicolor musical revue film The King of Jazz boasts Bing Crosby and a batch of hit songs of the day. It dumps any narrative in favour […]

Jul, 19

The King of Kings **** (1927, H B Warner, Jacqueline Logan, Joseph Schildkraut, Ernest Torrence, Victor Varconi, Dorothy Cumming, Robert Edeson, William Boyd, James Neill) – Classic Movie Review 12,238

‘Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!’ ‘Harness my zebras – gift of the Nubian King! This Carpenter shall learn that he cannot hold a man from Mary Magdalene!’ A silent Biblical epic that opens with […]

Jul, 18

House of Numbers ** (1957, Jack Palance, Barbara Lang) – Classic Movie Review 12,237

‘MGM’s Thrill-Drama Actually filmed in SAN QUENTIN!’ Director Russell Rouse’s 1957 American film noir movie House of Numbers is based on Jack Finney’s 1957 novel, and stars Jack Palance and Barbara Lang. Jack Palance plays […]

Jul, 18

The Ten Commandments **** (1923, Theodore Roberts, Richard Dix, Rod La Rocque, Charles de Roche, Estelle Taylor, Edythe Chapman, Leatrice Joy, Nita Naldi, Agnes Ayres) – Classic Movie Review 12,236

Director Cecil B DeMille’s sprawling 1923 silent biblical epic The Ten Commandments is told in two distinct parts. The first half follows the story of Moses from the bull-rushes to the presentation of the Ten […]

Jul, 18

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