Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "murder"

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Murder by Decree **** (1979, Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Anthony Quayle, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, John Gielgud, Donald Sutherland, Frank Finlay, Geneviève Bujold) – Classic Movie Review 4915

Christopher Plummer and James Mason ooze sheer smooth charisma as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who investigate Jack the Ripper’s grisly murders of Whitechapel prostitutes and uncover a web of corruption, in director Bob Clark’s […]

Jan, 21

Jack the Ripper *** (1959, Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall, Ewen Solon, John le Mesurier, George Rose) – Classic Movie Review 4895

Director Robert S Baker’s gloomy 1959 British horror thriller was first released with an X certificate in Britain, though this modest but reasonably effective account of the notorious London East End murders gets most of […]

Jan, 15

Mad Dog Time [Trigger Happy] ** (1996, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Dreyfuss, Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines, Christopher Jones) – Classic Movie Review 4851

After just six movies as a star, and quitting in 1970 after Ryan’s Daughter, Christopher Jones made one final screen appearance in the 1996 American ensemble cast crime comedy Mad Dog Time [Trigger Happy] written and directed […]

Jan, 06

Twixt *** (2011, Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Joanne Whalley, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 4734

Writer / producer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s teasingly nightmarish 2011 experimental horror thriller stars Val Kilmer as Hall Baltimore a-down-on-his-luck writer who specializes in novels based on witch hunting, and Elle Fanning as young girl Virginia or […]

Jan, 02

Boomerang! ***** (1947, Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J Cobb, Karl Malden, Arthur Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 4831

Director Elia Kazan’s stupendous 1947 real-life American crime film noir thriller Boomerang! tells the riveting, realistic true tale of a State’s Attorney (Dana Andrews) who sets out to discover the truth after he decides he […]

Dec, 31

See No Evil, Hear No Evil ** (1989, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance) – Classic Movie Review 4826

The brilliantly talented funnymen movie star partners Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are re-teamed for director Arthur Hiller’s wacky 1989 comedy thriller about a deaf man, Dave (Wilder), and a blind man, Wally (Pryor), who […]

Dec, 30

What’s the Matter with Helen? ***½ (1971, Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 4818

Director Curtis Harrington’s 1971 horror thriller is a prime slice of deliciously hammy, creepy melodrama, in which the delightful seasoned troupers Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters have a grand old time as Thirties Hollywood mothers, […]

Dec, 29

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