Derek Winnert

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Smash and Grab *** (1937, Jack Buchanan Elsie Randolph, Arthur Margetson) – Classic Movie 12,687

Jack Buchanan stars in the cheeky 1937 British crime comedy thriller film Smash and Grab as a private detective hired by an insurance company to solve a series of smash and grab robberies. Director Tim […]

Oct, 26

East of Piccadilly [The Strangler] *** (1941, Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw, Niall MacGinnis) – Classic Movie Review 12,326

The 1941 thriller East of Piccadilly [The Strangler] stars Judy Campbell as a crime reporter who links up with a thriller writer (Sebastian Shaw) to reveal a London Soho silk stocking strangler Director Harold Huth’s […]

Oct, 02

The London Nobody Knows *** (1969, James Mason) – Classic Movie Review 12,283

James Mason is your guide as he walks through the streets of Swinging Sixties London in the quirky, engaging, nostalgic documentary film The London Nobody Knows (1969). James Mason is your guide and narrator as […]

Aug, 17

Saturday Night Out *** (1964, Heather Sears, John Bonney, Bernard Lee, Erika Remberg, Francesca Annis, Margaret Nolan, David Lodge) – Classic Movie Review 11,831

Director Robert Hartford-Davis’s 1964 comedy-drama film Saturday Night Out is a British early-Swinging Sixties episodic picture about three sailors on overnight leave in London. Two find hookers and one, Jamey (Colin Campbell), actually finds someone […]

Jan, 07

Tiger by the Tail [Cross-Up] ** (1954, Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely) – Classic Movie Review 11,547

Director John Gilling’s 1955 British low-budget crime thriller film Tiger by the Tail is a basically pretty dull old British B-movie. But it is much enlivened by its handling and its star Larry Parks (The […]

Sep, 03

Three Hats for Lisa * (1965, Joe Brown, Sidney James, Sophie Hardy, Una Stubbs, Dave Nelson, Peter Bowles, Eric Barker) – Classic Movie Review 11,477

The inept 1965 Swinging Sixties London musical chase comedy Three Hats for Lisa has one of the most unpromising film plots of all time. Joe Brown, Sid James, Sophie Hardy and Una Stubbs star.  Director […]

Aug, 14

Stormy Weather **** (1935, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud, Robertson Hare) – Classic Movie Review 11,348

‘Piquant situations, intriguing scenes, sinister plots and delicious humour make STORMY WEATHER (1935) an Entertainment Delight.’ Director Tom Walls’s 1935 British black and white farcical comedy Stormy Weather is based on an original screenplay by […]

Jun, 27

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