Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "escaped convict"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "escaped convict".

The Small Voice [Hideout] *** (1948, James Donald, Valerie Hobson, Howard Keel) – Classic Movie Review 13,454

The 1948 British film noir thriller The Small Voice [Hideout] is based on a 1940 novel by Robert Westerby, and stars James Donald, Valerie Hobson and Howard Keel in his film debut. Director Fergus McDonell’s […]

Apr, 02

The Quiet Woman ** (1951, Derek Bond, Jane Hylton, Dora Bryan, Michael Balfour) – Classic Movie Review 13,147

The 1951 British crime drama B film The Quiet Woman is a tale of liquor smuggling and an escaped convict, set on the edge of bleak Romney Marsh, and stars Derek Bond, Jane Hylton and […]

Sep, 26

The Walking Hills *** (1949, Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan, Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 11,841

Randolph Scott stars as the anti-hero, escaped convict Jim Carey, in the swift, simple, very familiarly themed 1949 Western film The Walking Hills, with nicely measured performances and capable handling from cowboy movie expert John […]

Jan, 12

The Pilgrim *** (1923, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Mack Swain, Loyal Underwood, Dean Riesner, Charles Reisner) – Classic Movie Review 11,754

Charles Chaplin’s 1923 four-reel silent comedy film The Pilgrim stars Chaplin as The Pilgrim, an escaped convict who snatches a swimming minister’s clothes to replace his prison uniform. Writer/ producer/ director Charles Chaplin’s 1923 four-reel […]

Nov, 29

Gun Street * (1961, James Brown, Jean Willes, John Clarke) – Classic Movie Review 11,623

‘All The Terror Of A ‘Killer Hunt’… All The Fury Of The Old West… All The Cold-Steel Courage Of One-Man Law!’ Director Edward L Cahn’s low-budget 1961 black and white Western film Gun Street stars […]

Oct, 02

Scene of the Crime [Le Lieu du Crime] [Le Crime] ** (1986, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Wadeck Stanczak, Nicolas Giraudi, Victor Lanoux) – Classic Movie Review 9941

French director André Téchiné’s 1986 drama Scene of the Crime [Le Lieu du Crime] [Le Crime] is a dour, sluggish and old-fashioned film about a beautiful cafe owner called Lili Ravenel (Catherine Deneuve) falling for […]

Jun, 20

A Perfect World *** (1993, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T J Lowther) – Classic Movie Review 9260

Producer-director Clint Eastwood’s A Perfect World (1993) is well made and decently paced as a crime thriller entertainment, though it is not as exciting or evocative as the similar Hunted (1952), Badlands, The Sugarland Express […]

Jan, 14

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.