Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "courtroom"

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Dreyfus [The Dreyfus Case] *** (1931, Cedric Hardwicke, George Merritt, Charles Carson, Sam Livesey, Garry Marsh, Randle Ayrton, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 6142

Cedric Hardwicke stars as the real-life French-Jewish officer Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who is accused and convicted of spying in 1890s France, after German staff had forged evidence to convict him, ending up doing life on […]

Oct, 25

Too Many Crooks **** (1959, Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Bresslaw, Sidney James, Joe Melia, Vera Day) – Classic Movie Review 6002

Director Mario Zampi’s nimble and nifty 1959 British crime comedy stars the irreplaceable comedy gods Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Bernard Bresslaw and Sidney James, who of course greatly enliven this daft but amusing satire on racketeer […]

Aug, 30

Presumed Innocent **** (1990, Harrsion Ford, Greta Scacchi, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Dennehy, Paul Winfield, John Spencer, Joe Grifasi, David Wohl, Jesse Bradford, Joseph Mazzello) – Classic Movie Review 5764

Co-writer/ director Alan J Pakula’s 1990 neo noir adult thriller with four-letter words stars Harrsion Ford as Rusty Sabich, a prosecuting attorney whose life is thrown into turmoil after he has an affair with a […]

Jul, 15

Witness for the Prosecution *** (1982, Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges, Donald Pleasence, Wendy Hiller, Diana Rigg) – Classic Movie Review 5560

Director Alan Gibson and writer John Gay’s feebler but still quite involving and amusing 1982 TV movie version of Agatha Christie’s ingenious but creaky London-set courtroom thriller, memorably first filmed as Witness for the Prosecution […]

Jun, 06

Front Page Woman *** (1935, Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Winifred Shaw, J Carrol Naish) – Classic Movie Review 4907

Bette Davis and George Brent star as reporters for rival newspapers, agony aunt Ellen Garfield and ace scoop-hound Curt Devlin, trying to outwit each other when their respective editors send them on the same big fire […]

Jan, 18

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

Adam’s Rib ***** (1949, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday, Jean Hagen) – Classic Movie Review 3,854

George Cukor’s smart and sophisticated 1949 film Adam’s Rib is one of the great Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn comedies. They are are on top form as married lawyers who are adversaries in an attempted […]

Jun, 13

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