Derek Winnert

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The Man Who Wouldn’t Die *** (1942, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Henry Wilcoxon, Helene Reynolds, Richard Derr, Paul Harvey, Olin Howland, Billy Bevan) – Classic Movie Review 12,151

‘An Empty Grave… A Cunning, Gunning Ghost… And Michael Shayne!’ Director Herbert I Leeds’s eerie and atmospheric 1942 noir mystery thriller film The Man Who Wouldn’t Die again stars Lloyd Nolan, who is excellent in […]

May, 31

Full Confession *** (1939, Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers, Joseph Calleia, Barry Fitzgerald) – Classic Movie Review 8901

Co-writer/ director John Farrow’s 1939 crime drama Full Confession stars Victor McLaglen as Pat McGinnis, who agonises as another man, Michael O’Keefe (Barry Fitzgerald), is sentenced on circumstantial evidence to die in the electric chair […]

Sep, 12

Shocker *** (1989, Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Cami Cooper, Heather Langenkamp) – Classic Movie Review 8458

Writer-director Wes Craven’s 1989 horror thriller movie Shocker is an inventive, frightening film, with an eerie atmosphere, a truly evil villain and superb special effects. It stars Michael Murphy, Peter Berg and Mitch Pileggi. A […]

May, 11

The Horror Show [House III] * (1989, Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart) – Classic Movie Review 8143

Director James Isaac’s often tedious and very unpleasant 1989 horror fantasy The Horror Show [House III] is lifted slightly by Lance Henriksen’s all-stops-out acting as Detective Lucas McCarthy, a cop chased in his new house […]

Feb, 18

The Naked Street ** (1955, Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Peter Graves) – Classic Movie Review 7992

Writer-director Maxwell Shane’s 1955 The Naked Street is a rather limp and clichéd crime-romance film noir melodrama starring Farley Granger as Nicky Bradna, a small-time hood involved in ugly crimes and a doomed romance with Rosalie […]

Jan, 08

The Traveling Executioner [The Travelling Executioner] ** (1970, Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 6850

Producer-director Jack Smight’s 1970 thriller stars Stacy Keach, who brings a little distinction to this weird, macabre entertainment about ex-carny Jonas Candide (Keach), an operator of a portable electric chair in 1918. Marianna Hill co-stars […]

Mar, 24

Female Trouble *** (1974, Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey) – Classic Movie Review 4099

John Waters is writer, producer, photographer and director for this incredibly cheaply made, utterly tasteless, totally outrageous 1974 satirical comedy from his early prime. Waters hitches up with his larger-than-life and twice as naughty drag […]

Jul, 30

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