Derek Winnert

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What a Carve Up! ** (1961, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Donald Pleasence, Michael Gough, Esma Cannon, Michael Gwynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,280

What a silly title! The Americans did not fancy What a Carve Up! and the 1961 horror comedy was released in the US as No Place Like Homicide! London West End farceur Ray Cooney (Run […]

Sep, 09

The Shepherd of the Hills *** (1964, Richard Arlen, James Middleton, Sherry Lynn, Hal Meadows) – Classic Movie Review 10,231

Writer-director Ben Parker’s 1964 low-budget double-feature Western film The Shepherd of the Hills is a pleasant independent film remake of the 1941 semi-classic The Shepherd of the Hills, based on Harold Bell Wright’s 1907 novel, […]

Aug, 27

The Malpas Mystery ** (1960, Maureen Swanson, Allan Cuthbertson, Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Howard, Sandra Dorne, Alan Tilvern) – Classic Movie Review 10,226

Maureen Swanson stars in the 1960 crime film The Malpas Mystery, a lively and involving, if fairly routine, British B-movie Edgar Wallace thriller adaptation. Director Sidney Hayers’s 1960 second feature crime film The Malpas Mystery […]

Aug, 26

Grandview, USA *** (1984, Jamie Lee Curtis, C Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Troy Donahue, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 10,209

Director Randal Klesier’s 1984 coming-of-age teen drama Grandview, USA stars C Thomas Howell as Tim Pearson, a fleeing 18-year-old school-leaver who arrives in the fictional Grandview in the Mid-West and meets older woman ‘Mike’ Cody […]

Aug, 21

Stranger in the House ** (1967, James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin) – Classic Movie Review 10,056

Writer-director Pierre Rouve’s 1967 neo noir crime drama Stranger in the House is adapted from the novel by Georges Simenon, is produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and stars James Mason as washed-up alcoholic lawyer John […]

Jul, 19

Best Revenge ** (1984, John Heard, Levon Helm, Alberta Watson) – Classic Movie Review 9909

Director John Trent’s 1984 Canadian film Best Revenge stars John Heard as Charlie, a small-time dealer who finds himself blackmailed and out of his depth, and joins Bo (Levon Helm) in Spain for a $4 […]

Jun, 14

Shy People **½ (1987, Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton) – Classic Movie Review 9908

The 1987 Shy People is Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky’s fourth film in the West, following Maria’s Lovers, Runaway Train and Duet for One. It is a semi-successful oddity, and boasts an excellent performance by Jill […]

Jun, 14

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