Derek Winnert

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Murder at the Windmill [Mystery at the Burlesque] *** (1949, Garry Marsh, Jack Livesey, Jon Pertwee, Diana Decker, Jimmy Edwards, Peter Butterworth) – Classic Movie Review 11,049

Writer-director Val Guest’s 1949 black and white British crime thriller Murder at the Windmill [Mystery at the Burlesque] is an early production by Nat Cohen, and stars Garry Marsh, Jack Livesey and Jon Pertwee, and […]

Mar, 27

The Bells Go Down *** (1943, Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend) – Classic Movie Review 9126

Director Basil Dearden’s 1943 The Bells Go Down has its appeal but it suffers by comparison with the same year’s Fires Were Started. You didn’t expect to see Tommy Trinder and James Mason in the […]

Dec, 04

Unpublished Story *** (1942, Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson, Basil Radford, Roland Culver) – Classic Movie Review 7459

Director Harold French’s 1942 British film Unpublished Story is an intriguing morale-boosting World War Two propaganda drama, played with much spirit by a fine cast, and lifted with some well-written dialogue. German fifth columnists take […]

Aug, 18

Green for Danger ***** (1946, Alastair Sim, Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Megs Jenkins, Leo Genn, Rosamund John) – Classic Movie Review 6960

‘Follow this man in the FOOTSTEPS of MURDER!’ Co-writer/ director Sidney Gilliat’s 1946 British black comedy Green for Danger stars Alastair Sim at the zenith of his comic genius as the eccentric Inspector Cockrill of […]

Apr, 23

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