Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "amnesia"

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Crime Doctor *** (1943, Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins, Harold Huber, Leon Ames, Don Costello, Constance Worth, Dorothy Tree) – Classic Movie Review 12,181

Director Michael Gordon’s 1943 mystery thriller Crime Doctor is the film (based on a popular 1940-1947 American radio show by Max Marcin) that started off a series of 10 Crime Doctor features (from 1943-47), with Warner […]

Jun, 18

Driftwood * (1997, James Spader, Anne Brochet) – Classic Movie Review 12,102

James Spader drifts out of luck with the arty-farty 1997 Misery clone thriller film Driftwood.  Director Ronan O’Leary’s 1997 thriller Driftwood is an arty-farty Misery clone, with an amnesiac man (James Spader) washed up on […]

May, 06

Street of Chance *** (1942, Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan) – Classic Movie Review 11,466

Director Jack Hively’s 1942 Paramount Pictures film noir Street of Chance is based on the 1941 novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich and stars Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort […]

Aug, 09

A Song for Tomorrow ** (1948, Evelyn McCabe, Shaun Noble, Ralph Michael) – Classic Movie Review 11,186

Terence Fisher makes his directorial debut with the overwrought and over-acted but under-written 1948 second-feature black and white romantic drama film A Song for Tomorrow starring Evelyn McCabe, Shaun Noble and Ralph Michael. The story […]

May, 09

Portrait from Life [The Girl in the Painting] *** (1949, Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom, Patrick Holt) – Classic Movie Review 11,086

‘A psychological thriller, a captivating mystery, a tender love story – all brilliantly COMBINED INTO ONE EXCITING MOTION PICTURE’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1949 British black and white mystery romantic drama Portrait from Life [The Girl […]

Apr, 10

Black Widow *** (1951, Christine Norden, Robert Ayres, Jennifer Jayne) – Classic Movie Review 9,585

Hammer Films’ 1951 British thriller film Black Widow is a version of a BBC radio serial of the day, Lester Powell’s Return from Darkness, and stars Christine Norden, Robert Ayres and Jennifer Jayne. The 1951 […]

Apr, 01

Mirage **** (1965, Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy, Jack Weston, Leif Erickson, Kevin McCarthy) – Classic Movie Review 9,371

The 1965 neo noir chase-mystery film Mirage is a deliciously tasty, satisfyingly convoluted Hitchcockian paranoia/ amnesia/ conspiracy thriller starring a memorable line-up of Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy and Jack Weston. Director […]

Feb, 11

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