Derek Winnert

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Doss House *** (1933, Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell, Herbert Franklyn) – Classic Movie Review 12,338

Director John Baxter’s 1933 film Doss House is a surprising British Thirties social-conscience crime thriller melodrama movie, starring Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell and Herbert Franklyn. It gains marks for its realistic doss-house background and for […]

Oct, 28

Lady Scarface *** (1941, Dennis O’Keefe, Judith Anderson, Frances E Neal, Mildred Coles, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 11,998

The redoubtable Judith Anderson is particularly impressive as Chicago lady mobster Slade in the film noir crime thriller Lady Scarface (1941). Director Frank Woodruff’s 1941 RKO Radio Pictures black and white American film noir crime […]

Mar, 11

The Woman in Question ** (1950, Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, Susan Shaw, John McCallum) – Classic Movie Review 11,923

The young Dirk Bogarde scores strongly as one of the suspects with a motive for murder in the 1950 British mystery thriller film The Woman in Question [Five Angles on Murder]. Director Anthony Asquith’s 1950 […]

Feb, 10

The Unfaithful **** (1947, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott, Lew Ayres, Eve Arden, Steven Geray, Jerome Cowan, John Hoyt) – Classic Movie Review 11,880

Director Vincent Sherman’s 1947 Warner Bros black and white film noir romantic crime drama The Unfaithful is a loose uncredited remake of Somerset Maugham’s 1927 play The Letter, with a new original screenplay by David […]

Jan, 24

Black Hand *** (1950, Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli) – Classic Movie Review 11,821

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1950 American film noir Black Hand stars Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish and Teresa Celli. A young New York Italian guy, Johnny Columbo (Kelly), working with police detective Louis Lorelli (Naish), sets out to […]

Jan, 01

The Shadow on the Window *** (1957, Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Jerry Mathers) – Classic Movie Review 11,443

Director William Asher’s 1957 American Columbia Pictures black and white film noir crime thriller The Shadow on the Window stars Philip Carey [Phil Carey], Betty Garrett and John Drew Barrymore [John Barrymore Jr], with Jerry […]

Aug, 03

Abandon ** (2002, Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union) – Classic Movie Review 11,442

The 2002 psychological thriller Abandon stars Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel and Gabrielle Union, and is written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut, loosely based on the novel Adams […]

Aug, 03

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