Derek Winnert

Reviews

Dark Secret ** (1949, Dinah Sheridan, Emrys Jones) – Classic Movie Review 13,024

The 1949 British black and white crime thriller film Dark Secret stars Dinah Sheridan and Emrys Jones as a couple obsessed with the murdered woman who used to live in their country cottage. Director Maclean […]

Aug, 02

The Dark Road [There Is No Escape] ** (1948, Charles Stuart, Joyce Linden, Anthony Holles, Roddy Hughes, Patricia Hicks) – Classic Movie Review 13,023

LEGENDARY DARTMOOR CRIMINAL AS SCREEN STAR Hammer Films’ 1948 thriller film The Dark Road [There Is No Escape] is based on the career of real-life criminal Stanley Thurston, who stars (billed as Charles Stuart) as […]

Aug, 02

Operation Bullshine ** (1959, Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner, Naunton Wayne, Daniel Massey, Dora Bryan)

The silly, flimsy 1959 British film Operation Bullshine is a harmless and mildly diverting wartime services comedy starring Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner, Naunton Wayne and Dora Bryan. Director Gilbert Gunn’s 1959 […]

Aug, 01

Antwone Fisher *** (2002, Denzel Washington, Derek Luke) – Classic Movie Review 13,021

Director Denzel Washington’s sterling 2002 drama film Antwone Fisher is inspired by a true story, and stars Derek Luke as a ragingly angry young US navy man and Denzel Washington as the shrink who sorts […]

Aug, 01

Hour of Decision ** (1957, Jeff Morrow, Hazel Court, Lionel Jeffries, Anthony Dawson) – Classic Movie Review 13,019

Tempean Films’ 1957 British black and white thriller film Hour of Decision stars Jeff Morrow as American journalist who probes the mystery of a hated columnist’s murder and tries to clear his own wife (Hazel […]

Aug, 01

Celia **** (1988, Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Victoria Longley) – Classic Movie Review 13,018

The extraordinary 1988 Australian feature Celia is a film of many parts: part gothic drama, part horror film, part black comedy, part growing-up story. This remarkable and startling first feature from 28-year-old writer-director Ann Turner […]

Jul, 31

Dr Morelle and the Case of the Missing Heiress ** (1949, Valentine Dyall, Julia Lang, Philip Leaver, Jean Lodge, Peter Drury, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 13,017

Dyall M for Murder Hammer Films’ 1949 B-movie British mystery film Dr Morelle and the Case of the Missing Heiress stars Valentine Dyall as the popular radio detective Dr Morelle investigating the case of a […]

Jul, 31

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