Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "courtroom drama"

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Boomerang! ***** (1947, Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J Cobb, Karl Malden, Arthur Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 4831

Director Elia Kazan’s stupendous 1947 real-life American crime film noir thriller Boomerang! tells the riveting, realistic true tale of a State’s Attorney (Dana Andrews) who sets out to discover the truth after he decides he […]

Dec, 31

Twilight of Honor [The Charge Is Murder] *** (1963, Richard Chamberlain, Claude Rains, Joey Heatherton, Nick Adams) – Classic Movie Review 4630

Richard Chamberlain, a TV superstar as Dr Kildare, gives a smooth acting turn in his first movie starring role as a young lawyer who defends a suspected murderer, in the 1963 courtroom thriller Twilight of […]

Nov, 10

The Verdict ***** (1982, Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden) – Classic Movie Review 205

Director Sidney Lumet’s polished and clever 1982 thriller is a scintillating courtroom drama. It’s one of cinema’s finest, graced with one of Paul Newman’s best performances. Newman gives an extremely adroit portrayal as Frank Galvin, […]

Aug, 31

Twelve Angry Men ***** (1957, Henry Fonda, Lee J Cobb, Martin Balsam) – Classic Movie Review 10

In Sidney Lumet’s electrifying 1957 film classic courtroom drama, Henry Fonda gives a true, trusty, stalwart performance as Juror Number 8 in a murder trial. He’s a symbolically white-suited architect, who starts as the lone […]

Jul, 01

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