Derek Winnert

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Cloak without Dagger [Operation Conspiracy] * (1956, Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie, Leslie Dwyer, Allan Cuthbertson) – Classic Movie Review 12,646

The British 1956 noir espionage thriller film Cloak without Dagger [Operation Conspiracy] is a feeble, clichéd B-movie spy drama with romance and bantering in the concoction. Philip Friend and Mary Mackenzie star.  Director Joseph Sterling’s […]

Sep, 17

The Spy with a Cold Nose ** (1966, Laurence Harvey, Daliah Lavi, Lionel Jeffries, Eric Sykes, Eric Portman, Colin Blakely, Denholm Elliott, Robert Flemyng, Paul Ford)– Classic Movie Review 12,636

Robert Flemyng plays the chief of MI5 who decides to implant a transmitter microphone in a British dog, which is then presented to the Russian leader (Colin Blakely), in Daniel Petrie’s 1966 comedy film The […]

Sep, 09

Three Faces East *** (1930, Constance Bennett, Erich Von Stroheim) – Classic Movie Review 12,583

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1930 Warner Bros black and white film Three Faces East is based on the popular 1918 Broadway play Three Faces East by Anthony Paul Kelly, and stars Constance Bennett and Erich Von […]

Jul, 21

House of Secrets [Triple Deception] ** (1956, Michael Craig, Brenda De Banzie, Barbara Bates, Gérard Oury, Julia Arnall) – Classic Movie Review 12,300

The lively, well-crafted 1956 British crime thriller film House of Secrets stars Michael Craig, who was the Rank Organisation’s bright new star when he appeared in this yarn about warring gangs of smugglers and counterfeiters. […]

Sep, 08

Shack Out on 101 *** (1955, Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Lee Marvin, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 12,094

Lee Marvin stars in the 1955 film noir Shack Out on 101 as Slob, a lecherous short-order cook. But, don’t worry, he is also a spy using his diner as a base to smuggle nuclear […]

May, 02

A Perfect Spy *** (1987, Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Peggy Ashcroft, Sarah Badel, Jane Booker, Alan Howard, Benedict Taylor, Rüdiger Weigang) – Classic Movie Review 11,906

Director Peter Smith’s 1987 mini-series A Perfect Spy finds Peter Egan starring as British MI6 spy Magnus Pym in the third and final part of the BBC’s classic dramatisation of John le Carré’s famous spy yarns. […]

Feb, 04

That Man in Istanbul [Estambul 65] ** (1965, Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, Mario Adorf, Perrette Pradier, Klaus Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 11,696

Director Antonio Isasi’s 1965 English-language European international co-production comedy adventure film That Man in Istanbul is a lively, cheeky Sixties Euro spy romp with Horst Buchholz starring as Tony Mecenas, a man about town, and […]

Nov, 02

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