Derek Winnert

Reviews

Face of a Stranger **½ (1964, Jeremy Kemp, Rosemary Leach, Bernard Archard, Philip Locke) – Classic Movie Review 13,304

The 1964 British Edgar Wallace Mysteries crime thriller film Face of a Stranger features Jeremy Kemp, Rosemary Leach, Bernard Archard, and Philip Locke. Jimmy Sangster adapts Edgar Wallace’s story, credited as John Sansom. Director John […]

Dec, 13

The Christmas Tree * (1969, William Holden, Virna Lisi, Bourvil, Brook Fuller) – Classic Movie Review 13,303

‘Joyful. Tearful. Real. It’s All About Love and Life. And Isn’t That What It’s All About?’ The tearful 1969 French Italian drama film The Christmas Tree stars William Holden, Virna Lisi, Bourvil and Brook Fuller. […]

Dec, 13

The Main Chance *** (1964, Gregoire Aslan, Tracy Reed, Edward De Souza) – Classic Movie Review 13,302

The involving, very different flavoured 1964 Edgar Wallace filler thriller The Main Chance stars Grégoire Aslan as a master crook who hires a double-crossing layabout (Edward de Souza) to fly in smuggled diamonds. There’s no […]

Dec, 12

A Man Called Peter ** (1955, Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond) – Classic Movie Review 13,301

The 1955 biopic A Man Called Peter stars Richard Todd as the real-life Reverend Peter Marshall, a Presbyterian minister and chaplain of the US Senate.  Director Henry Koster’s 1955 American biopic A Man Called Peter is based […]

Dec, 12

Anne of the Indies *** (1951, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thomas Gomez, James Robertson Justice, Sean McClory – Classic Movie Review 13,300

‘The storming, slashing, sweeping saga of history’s fabulous pirate queen!’ The 1951 Technicolor swashbuckling adventure film Anne of the Indies stars Jean Peters as female pirate Captain Anne Providence. ‘The storming, slashing, sweeping saga of […]

Dec, 12

Number Six ** (1962, Ivan Desny, Nadja Regin, Michael Goodliffe, Brian Bedford) – Classic Movie Review 13,299

The 1962 British Edgar Wallace Mystery crime drama film Number Six stars Michael Goodliffe as a London copper who plots to bring an international criminal (Ivan Desny) to justice. Director Robert Tronson’s 1962 British Edgar […]

Dec, 11

Monsieur La Souris [Midnight in Paris] *** (1942, Raimu, Aimé Clariond, Micheline Francey) – Classic Movie Review 13,298

Raimu stars in the 1942 French mystery crime film Monsieur La Souris as an eccentric tramp who opens car doors outside a nightclub. One rainy night, a car pulls up and a body falls out. […]

Dec, 11

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