Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The First Gentleman [Affairs of a Rogue] *** (1948, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joan Hopkins, Cecil Parker) – Classic Movie Review 13,092

The rather stuffy and fusty 1948 British historical drama film The First Gentleman [Affairs of a Rogue] stars Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joan Hopkins and Cecil Parker, who brings a breath of fresh air as George, the […]

Sep, 04 · in Reviews

Soho Incident [Spin a Dark Web] *** (1956, Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson, Martin Benson) – Classic Movie Review 13,091

A Canadian veteran (Lee Patterson) living in London meets femme fatale Bella (Faith Domergue), who draws him into her brother’s gangland activities, in the brisk 1956 British film noir Soho Incident. Director Vernon Sewell’s brisk […]

Sep, 03 · in Reviews

Beyond the Curtain ** (1960, Richard Greene, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim, Andrée Melly, George Mikell) – Classic Movie Review 13,090

The 1960 British independent thriller film Beyond the Curtain is based on Charles F Blair and A J Wallis’s novel Thunder Above, and stars Richard Greene, Eva Bartok and Marius Goring. Director Compton Bennett’s moderate […]

Sep, 03

Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes ** (1989, Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Norman Lloyd and Fredric Lehne) – Classic Movie Review 13,089

Sandor Stern’s 1989 American supernatural horror film Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes is the made-for-TV part four of the series, and stars Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Norman Lloyd and Fredric Lehne. Director Sandor Stern’s 1989 […]

Sep, 03

The Case of the Frightened Lady *** (1940, Marius Goring, Penelope Dudley Ward, Helen Haye, Patrick Barr, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 13,088

George King’s venerable 1940 British mystery thriller film The Case of the Frightened Lady is based on the 1931 play by Edgar Wallace and stars Marius Goring as Lord Lebanon, Helen Haye as Lady Lebanon, […]

Sep, 02

Lorna Doone *** (1934, Victoria Hopper, John Loder)– Classic Movie Review 13,087

Basil Dean’s 1934 film Lorna Doone stars Victoria Hopper as the lovely heroine of R D Blackmore’s dramatic love story about a peasant’s passion for a criminal’s daughter. ‘In the lawless times of which I […]

Sep, 01

Lorna Doone ** (1951, Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, Anne Howard, William Bishop, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell) – Classic Movie Review 13,086

The sweet young Barbara Hale is lovely and delightful in Phil Karlson’s 1951 American period romantic adventure drama film Lorna Doone. Director Phil Karlson’s 1951 period romantic adventure drama film Lorna Doone is an American […]

Sep, 01

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