Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Film noir"

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Mystery Street **** (1950, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Elsa Lanchester, Bruce Bennett, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan, Betsy Blair) – Classic Movie Review 8146

Director John Sturges’s 1950 Mystery Street is a well-plotted, fascinating police procedural film noir crime thriller, with Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Elsa Lanchester, Bruce Bennett, Marshall Thompson, Jan Sterling, Edmon Ryan and Betsy Blair starring. […]

Feb, 18

City Streets **** (1931, Sylvia Sidney, Gary Cooper, Paul Lukas, Guy Kibbee, William Boyd, Wynne Gibson) – Classic Movie Review 7808

‘When you talk to me, take that toothpick out of your mouth’ – The Kid. The young Gary Cooper stars as The Kid, a fair worker shooting gallery showman, who falls for a gangster’s daughter Nan […]

Nov, 19

The Female Animal ** (1958, Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling, George Nader, James Gleason, Jerry Paris, Ann Doran, Gregg Palmer) – Classic Movie Review 7735

‘It is said that when a woman fights for a man, she is like an ANIMAL!’ Director Harry Keller’s kitsch 1957 film noir romantic melodrama The Female Animal stars Hedy Lamarr in her last movie, […]

Nov, 01

Tight Spot **** (1955, Ginger Rogers, Edward G Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene) – Classic Movie Review 7720

Director Phil Karlson’s 1955 crime thriller Tight Spot stars Ginger Rogers, Edward G Robinson and Brian Keith, and is a vintage film noir treat. It is based on Leonard Kantor’s play Dead Pigeon, which only […]

Oct, 29

Pushover **** (1954, Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak, Philip Carey, Dorothy Malone, E G Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 7614

Director Richard Quine’s 1954 film noir suspense thriller Pushover stars Fred MacMurray as Paul Sheridan, an undercover policeman on the case of a $200,000 bank robbery, who falls for blonde bombshell crook’s moll Lona McLane […]

Sep, 21

The Lineup **** (1958, Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson, Richard Jaeckel, Emile Meyer) – Classic Movie Review 7611

Director Don Siegel’s taut, tough-toned and witty 1958 B-movie film noir police procedural crime thriller The Lineup, a big-screen version of the hit 1954-60 TV series The Lineup aka San Francisco Beat, is a credit […]

Sep, 21

Deadline – USA **** (1952, Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Martin Gabel, Ed Begley, Warren Stevens, Paul Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 7610

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s tremendous 1952 film noir crime drama Deadline – USA [aka Deadline] stars Humphrey Bogart as tough, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson, who sends his reporters to expose crime and corruption. However, the owner Margaret […]

Sep, 21

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