Derek Winnert

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Doss House *** (1933, Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell, Herbert Franklyn) – Classic Movie Review 12,338

Director John Baxter’s 1933 film Doss House is a surprising British Thirties social-conscience crime thriller melodrama movie, starring Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell and Herbert Franklyn. It gains marks for its realistic doss-house background and for […]

Oct, 28

Scared Stiff ** (1945, Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg) – Classic Movie Review 12,222

Director Frank McDonald’s willing but weak 1945 American comedy murder mystery film Scared Stiff [Treasure of Fear] from Pine-Thomas Productions, is released by Paramount Pictures, and stars Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann […]

Jul, 07

Perfect *** (1985, John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 11,775

Director James Bridges’s 1985 American romantic drama film Perfect stars John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis, along with Anne De Salvo, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Matthew Reed, and Jann Wenner. Magazine reporter Adam Lawrence (Travolta) is sent to take […]

Dec, 08

After Office Hours *** (1935, Clark Gable, Constance Bennett, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 11,569

Robert Z Leonard directs the satisfyingly complicated 1935 MGM crime thriller After Office Hours. Clark Gable and Constance Bennett carry a sharply penned piece from the writer of Citizen Kane. King of Hollywood Clark Gable […]

Sep, 12

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

My Dear Miss Aldrich *** (1937, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O’Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon) – Classic Movie Review 11,262

‘The Season’s Gayest Love Story!’ A young, attractive Nebraska newspaper heiress, Miss Martha Aldrich (Maureen O’Sullivan), repeatedly clashes with the stubborn managing editor (Walter Pidgeon) of the New York paper she has inherited. His attitude […]

Jun, 02

Kill Me Tomorrow ** (1957, Pat O’Brien, Lois Maxwell, George Coulouris, Tommy Steele) – Classic Movie Review 11,137

Director Terence Fisher’s 1957 black and white thriller Kill Me Tomorrow stars Pat O’Brien as hard-drinking old reporter Bart Crosbie, who desperately needs money to finance an operation for his son, so falsely he owns […]

Apr, 26

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