Derek Winnert

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Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming * (1990, Jason Connery, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joss Ackland, Patricia Hodge, David Warner, Colin Welland, Fiona Fullerton, Richard Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 11,549

Director Ferdinand Fairfax’s 1990 biographical film Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming narrates the myth-making fictional exploits of the James Bond creator Ian Fleming as a young playboy, a bad boy expelled from several […]

Sep, 04

Blackmail ** (1947, William Marshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo Cortez) – Classic Movie Review 11,395

Director Lesley Selander’s 1947 Republic Pictures American black and white film noir crime thriller Blackmail stars William Marshall, Adele Mara and Ricardo Cortez. It proved the first and last of the Daniel J Turner Detective […]

Jul, 16

The Best of Everything *** (1959, Joan Crawford, Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Louis Jourdan, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans) – Classic Movie Review 9919

Director Jean Negulesco’s 1959 romantic drama The Best of Everything is based on Rona Jaffe’s novel and stars Joan Crawford, Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Louis Jourdan, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne and […]

Jun, 16

Road House **** (1948, Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark) – Classic Movie Review 8891

Director Jean Negulesco’s dark and involving 1948 20th Century Fox film noir drama Road House stars Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm and Richard Widmark as crazed bar owner Jefferson T ‘Jefty’ Robbins, who comes […]

Sep, 09

The Romantic Englishwoman ** (1975, Glenda Jackson, Michael Caine, Helmut Berger, Béatrice Romand, Nathalie Delon, Michel Lonsdale, Kate Nelligan) – Classic Movie Review 6,956

Joseph Losey’s acidic 1975 comedy drama film The Romantic Englishwoman stars Glenda Jackson as the Romantic Englishwoman, Elizabeth, who meets enigmatic German stranger Thomas (Helmut Berger) on vacation in Baden Baden, where they have an […]

Apr, 22

Lady of the Tropics ** (1939, Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Schildkraut) – Classic Movie Review 6863

Hedy Lamarr stars as the tragic titular Lady of the Tropics and Robert Taylor plays playboy Bill Carey who woos her, despite her second-class legal status as a half-caste beauty. Norbert Brodine was Oscar nominated for Best […]

Mar, 26

You Belong to Me [Good Morning, Doctor] **½ (1941, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 6773

Director Wesley Ruggles’s 1941 romantic comedy You Belong to Me stars the perfectly paired Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda once again after their success in The Lady Eve (1941). It is also known as Good […]

Mar, 06

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