Derek Winnert

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Stop, You’re Killing Me *** (1952, Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson, Bill Hayes, Margaret Dumont ) – Classic Movie Review 10,885

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1953 black comedy WarnerColor film Stop, You’re Killing Me stars Broderick Crawford as Remy Marko, a racketeering Prohibition-era hood who tries to clean up his act by opening an honest brewery […]

Feb, 06

Quick Millions *** (1931, Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers) – Classic Movie Review 10,784

Director Rowland Brown’s 1931 crime thriller Quick Millions stars Spencer Tracy as a go-getting lorry driver, Bugs Raymond, who gets involved with mobsters and takes protection money, and hits it big, falling for high-society beauty […]

Jan, 13

Empire State ** (1987, Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Glen Murphy, Ian Sears, Martin Landau, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 10,769

Director Ron Peck’s 1987 crime thriller Empire State is an intriguing attempt to bring the American gangster style to Britain in an adult yarn about a young Yankee mobster arriving at the title nightclub to […]

Jan, 08

Tough Guys *** (1986, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Eli Wallach, Dana Carvey) – Classic Movie Review 10,756

Septuagenarian buddies Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas unite for the seventh (and last) time for director Jeff Kanew’s 1986 film Tough Guys, an amiable, entertaining caper about elderly train robbers Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie […]

Jan, 06

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ** (1989, Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard) – Classic Movie Review 10,649

Lust, murder, food, sex, torture, revenge and cannibalism are on the menu at Le Hollandais Restaurant, for Peter Greenaway’s 1989 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Michael Gambon plays a psychotic […]

Dec, 11

Al Capone **** (1959, Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Joe De Santiis, Murvyn Vye, Nehemiah Persoff, Martin Balsam) – Classic Movie Review 10,627

Director Richard Wilson’s 1959 crime thriller biopic Al Capone showcases one of Rod Steiger’s quintessential performances, just stopping short of parody, as Chicago’s best known citizen, the Prohibition-era mobster Alphonse Capone (1899-1947), which lights up […]

Dec, 04

Capone ** (1975, Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, Harry Guardino, John Cassavetes, John Davis Chandler, Frank Campanella, Sylvester Stallone) – Classic Movie Review 10,626

Director Steve Carver’s and producer Roger Corman’s 1975 crime thriller biopic Capone stars as Al Capone Ben Gazzara, who chews on his cigar (but not the scenery this time) and chomps out his words, giving […]

Dec, 04

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