Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "mafia"

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Tony Arzenta – Big Guns [No Way Out] **** (1973, Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel, Roger Hanin) – Classic Movie Review 12,324

‘By mistake they killed his wife and child – THAT was a hell of a mistake!’ Yes, that’s the spoiler alert advertising, but the mistake is when the Milan-based mafia hitman Tony Arzenta tells his bosses […]

Sep, 26

Crazy Joe **** (1974, Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Charles Cioffi, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Luther Adler, Fausto Tozzi) – Classic Movie Review 12,191

Director Carlo Lizzani’s 1974 crime thriller film Crazy Joe is an effective, strongly cast Italian gangster movie about real-life hot-tempered New York mafia boss ‘Crazy Joe’ Gallo, played by Peter Boyle. Crazy Joe is a […]

Jun, 23

Black Gunn * (1972, Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr, Luciana Paluzzi) – Classic Movie Review 11,827

Director Robert Hartford-Davis’s 1972 crime action thriller Black Gunn is a rather poor, and dismayingly weakly made blaxploitation movie, with Jim Brown as Gunn, a rich nightclub owner on the trail of mafia capo and […]

Jan, 04

Black Hand *** (1950, Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli) – Classic Movie Review 11,821

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1950 American film noir Black Hand stars Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish and Teresa Celli. A young New York Italian guy, Johnny Columbo (Kelly), working with police detective Louis Lorelli (Naish), sets out to […]

Jan, 01

Monsignor * (1982, Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller, Joe Cortese, Adolfo Celi, Robert Prosky, Tomas Milian) – Classic Movie Review 11,610

Director Frank Perry’s 1982 drama Monsignor is based on a novel by Jack-Alain Léger and stars Christopher Reeve as Roman Catholic priest Flaherty, the army chaplain who rises through the ranks of the Vatican, during […]

Sep, 29

Johnny Stecchino *** (1991, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli) – Classic Movie Review 11,406

Director Roberto Benigni’s popular 1991 Italian comedy Johnny Stecchino stars Roberto Benigni in dual roles and is one of his many collaborations with co-star and wife, Nicoletta Braschi. It was then the highest grossing film […]

Jul, 20

My Blue Heaven *** (1990, Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Melanie Mayron, Bill Irwin, Carol Kane, Ed Lauter, Daniel Stern) – Classic Movie Review 11,293

Director Herbert Ross’s 1990 droll comedy My Blue Heaven stars Steve Martin as bon viveur Mafia informant ‘Vinnie’ Antonelli, who is transplanted to a sleepy California town in the witness protection programme under the protection […]

Jun, 10

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