Derek Winnert

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The Murder Man *** (1935, Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, James Stewart, Harvey Stephens, William Collier Sr, Bobby Watson, William Demarest, Robert Barrat) – Classic Movie Review 12,119

Director Tim Whelan’s 1935 American crime-drama film The Murder Man is Spencer Tracy’s first film for MGM, a humble, quickly made thriller with Tracy as a tough crime reporter called Steve Grey, who kills financier Harvey […]

May, 14

Backfire! ** (1962, Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall, Oliver Johnston) – Classic Movie Review 12,106

Director Paul Almond’s 1962 British black and white Merton Park second feature thriller film Backfire! stars Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall and Oliver Johnston. It is a cheap and humble but reasonably satisfactory Edgar Wallace mystery […]

May, 07

Main Street after Dark ** (1945, Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter, Dan Duryea, Hume Cronyn, Dorothy Morris) – Classic Movie Review 12,055

The pleasingly played 1945 noir crime drama film Main Street after Dark stars Edward Arnold as Lieutenant Lorrigan, who takes a dim view of a criminal family of pickpockets (Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter). […]

Apr, 11

Lady on a Train *** (1945, Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 12,000

Director Charles David’s 1945 American whodunit film noir crime thriller Lady on a Train is based on an original story by Leslie Charteris, and stars Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, and Edward Everett Horton. […]

Mar, 11

Scandal Sheet * (1939, Otto Kruger, Ona Munson, Edward Norris) – Classic Movie Review 11,914

Director Nick Grinde’s 1939 Columbia Pictures black and white crime drama film Scandal Sheet is a rough-hewn, melodramatic newspaper yarn with tough scandal sheet tabloid editor Jim Stevenson (Otto Kruger) ready to kill to stop […]

Feb, 07

Scandal Sheet ** (1938, Lew Ayres, Louise Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 11,913

Director James Hogan’s 1938 Paramount Productions black and white drama film Scandal Sheet is based on the original story Suburb by Vera Caspary, and stars Lew Ayres and Louise Campbell. A woman called Nora Langdon […]

Feb, 07

The Fat Man *** (1951, J Scott Smart, Rock Hudson, Julie London, Clinton Sundberg, Jayne Meadows, John Russell, Jerome Cowan, Emmett Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 11,844

Director William Castle’s twisty and satisfying 1951 American film noir detective crime thriller The Fat Man stars J Scott Smart as Dashiell Hammett’s tubby sleuth Brad Runyan (50s radio’s The Fat Man) on the trail of […]

Jan, 13

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