Derek Winnert

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The Beat Generation ** (1959, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Fay Spain) – Classic Movie Review 10,108

Director Charles F Haas’s 1959 black and white crime B-movie The Beat Generation [This Rebel Age] stars Steve Cochran as obsessed tough police detective Dave Culloran, who tracks down the vile, crazy serial rapist Stan […]

Jul, 30

Mitchell *** (1975, Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans) – Classic Movie Review 10,052

Director Andrew McLaglen’s 1975 thriller Mitchell stars Joe Don Baker, who is well cast as Mitchell, a rough cop (‘brute force with a badge’) relentlessly pursuing a crime gang in Los Angeles in this tense, […]

Jul, 18

Three Fugitives *** (1989, Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff) – Classic Movie Review 10,042

The swift moving odd-couple (well odd-triple) 1989 slapstick comedy Three Fugitives is slickly directed by Francis Veber, who also writes the screenplay and bases it on his 1986 French farce film Les Fugitifs (with Gérard […]

Jul, 15

The Spanish Cape Mystery *** (1935, Donald Cook, Helen Twelvetrees, Berton Churchill) – Classic Movie Review 9895

Director Lewis D Collins’s 1935 thriller The Spanish Cape Mystery is the first in the series of Ellery Queen films, in which the holidaying debonair New York supersleuth Ellery Queen (Donald Cook) foolishly falls for the […]

Jun, 11

A Black Veil for Lisa [La morte non ha sesso] *** (1968, John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Hoffmann) – Classic Movie Review 9705

Director Massimo Dallamano’s interesting, engaging and above routine 1969 international Euro mystery thriller A Black Veil for Lisa [La Morte Non Ha Sesso] finds an unexpected star in John Mills, who manfully leads this dark […]

May, 03

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye *** (1985, Joan Hickson, Timothy West, Fabia Drake) – Classic Movie Review 9,622

The 1985 TV movie Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye again stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her fourth case as the BBC’s detective Miss Marple, based on the novel by Agatha Christie.  Director Guy […]

Apr, 09

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library **** (1984, Joan Hickson, Gwen Watford, Moray Watson, Valentine Dyall, Jess Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 9607

Silvio Narizzano’s 1984 three-episode TV mini-series Miss Marple: The Body in the Library stars Joan Hickson, who takes on her first case as the BBC’s Miss Marple in a UK TV series that filmed all […]

Apr, 06

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