Derek Winnert

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The Canary Murder Case *** (1929, William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Hall, Louise Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 11,310

‘The sinister threat of a jealousy maddened lover – a whispered warning – a scream! And next morning the world asks – WHO KILLED THE CANARY!!!’ Director Malcolm St Clair’s 1929 Paramount Pictures black and […]

Jun, 15

A Night Like This *** (1932, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Robertson Hare, Claude Hulbert, Mary Brough) – Classic Movie Review 11,177

Director Tom Walls’s 1932 British black and white comedy A Night Like This is an extremely funny old-style farce, based on a play by Ben Travers, concerning a group of gamblers and the policeman who […]

May, 07

Wings of Danger [Dead on Course] ** (1952, Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance, Kay Kendall) – Classic Movie Review 11,151

‘COUNTERFEIT CARGO!… a fortune in loot… a fabulous woman… a sinister fugitive!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1952 British black and white crime film Wings of Danger [Dead on Course] imports Zachary Scott as the visiting American star […]

Apr, 30

The Projected Man ** (1966, Bryant Haliday, Mary Peach, Norman Wooland, Ronald Allen, Derek Farr) – Classic Movie Review 11,107

Horror of Horrors! Born a Man…Turned Into a Living Laser Beam By Science’s Most Gruesome Experiment! Death in Every Finger! He is THE PROJECTED MAN (1966). Bryant Haliday, Mary Peach, Norman Wooland, Ronald Allen, Derek […]

Apr, 18

The Last Page [Man Bait] *** (1952, George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Diana Dors, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 11,080

Director Terence Fisher’s 1952 black and white noir crime thriller The Last Page [Man Bait] is an odd but very watchable Hammer Film Productions mystery with a decent, exceptionally friendly cast working had to give […]

Apr, 08

Ricochet ** (1963, Maxine Audley, Richard Leech, Alex Scott, Dudley Foster, Patrick Magee) – Classic Movie Review 10,839

Director John Llewellyn Moxey’s 1963 black and white crime film Ricochet stars Richard Leech as British small-time local lawyer Alan Phipps, who hatches a complex revenge plot to secretly blackmail his rich, trampy, cheating wife […]

Jan, 27

Five Days [Paid to Kill] ** (1954, Dane Clark, Cecile Chevreau, Paul Carpenter, Anthony Forwood, Thea Gregory) – Classic Movie Review 10,648

Director Montgomery Tully’s 1954 British black and white film Five Days [Paid to Kill] is a moody, gloomy, and decently plotted crime thriller, with a goodish cast to make it work. This twisty, atmospheric British film […]

Dec, 11

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