Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

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 · in Reviews

Celia ** (1949, Hy Hazell, Bruce Lister, John Bailey, James Raglan, Elsie Wagstaffe, Lockwood West, Joan Hickson, Ferdy Mayne) – Classic Movie Review 13,016

Hy Hazell gives a bubbly star performance as Celia, who thinks that rich old Aunt Nora (Elsie Wagstaff)’s creepy new, younger husband Lester Martin (John Bailey) is an evil schemer intending to murder the much […]

Jul, 31 · in Reviews

The Screaming Skull * (1958, John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Alex Nicol, Russ Conway, Tony Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 13,015

Alex Nicol debuts as director in the 1958 horror film The Screaming Skull, in which he also plays the mentally challenged gardener of a country home where a woman believes she is being haunted by […]

Jul, 31

The Gilded Cage ** (1955, Alex Nicol, Veronica Hurst, Clifford Evans, Ursula Howells) – Classic Movie Review 13,014

The 1955 British B-movie crime thriller film The Gilded Cage is based on Paul Erickson’s story of art theft and murder, and stars Alex Nicol, Clifford Evans and Veronica Hurst. ‘MURDER for a Art Treasure!’ […]

Jul, 31

The Courier [El Correo] *** (2024, Arón Piper, María Pedraza, Luis Tosar, Stefan Weinert, Alberto Jo Lee, Manuel Gancedo, José Manuel Poga) – Classic Movie Review 13,013

The enjoyable 2024 film The Courier [El Correo] is a super-slick real-life Spanish crime thriller starring Arón Piper as a young valet/ hustler who seizes his get-rich-quick chance to join a cartel’s money-laundering scheme. Director […]

Jul, 29

The Well **** (1951, Richard Rober, Harry Morgan, Barry Kelley, Maidie Norman, Christine Larson) – Classic Movie Review 13,012

The notable 1951 drama film The Well stars Richard Rober, Harry Morgan, Barry Kelley, and Maidie Norman. Still relevant, it tackles the thorny issues of racial tensions and group behaviour in the form of a […]

Jul, 29

Break in the Circle ** (1955, Forrest Tucker, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Eric Pohlmann, Guy Middleton) – Classic Movie Review 13,011

Val Guest’s amusing, if far-fetched 1955 British thriller film Break in the Circle stars Forrest Tucker as an adventurer hired by a German millionaire (Marius Goring) to help a Polish scientist escape to the West. […]

Jul, 29

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