Derek Winnert

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Blue Collar **** (1978, Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jnr, Cliff De Young) – Classic Movie Review 4150

Co-writer/director Paul Schrader shoots from the hip in his directing début – a hard-hitting piece about a trio of car plant labourers in a Detroit auto factory – Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel) and Smokey […]

Aug, 09

Private Hell 36 *** (1954, Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger, Dorothy Malone, Dabbs Greer) – Classic Movie Review 4067

Director Don Siegel’s resolute and stalwart 1954 thriller tells the story of two disgruntled police officers Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham (Steve Cochran, Howard Duff), who are on the trail of tempting stolen money. A $50 […]

Jul, 23

Armored Car Robbery ***** (1950, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire) – Classic Movie Review 3803

The spectacular 1950 film noir heist thriller Armored Car Robbery is fast, short, tense and punchy. Charles McGraw is just right as the hard-nosed LA cop pursuing murderous criminal Dave Purvis (William Talman). Director Richard […]

Jun, 04

Little Caesar ***** (1931, Edward G Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 3678

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s pioneering 1931 film noir-style movie is a classic Warner Bros Thirties gangster movie, voted in the top 10 all-time greatest gangster films by the American Film Institute. Edward G Robinson permanently etches himself into […]

May, 08

The Hunted ***½ (1948, Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 3674

Director Jack Bernhard’s 1948 thriller is an expert, tense and moody film noir, in which Preston Foster stars as a cop probing a gem theft who finds his main squeeze (Belita) may be the criminal […]

May, 08

Hell Is a City ***½ (1959, Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley, Billie Whitelaw, Warren Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 3461

Stanley Baker finds a strong vehicle in Hammer Films’ unusually energetic, atmospheric and swift-moving 1959 vintage crime thriller Hell Is a City, atmospherically shot largely on exteriors in Manchester, and topped of with an exciting, […]

Mar, 08

The General ** (1998, Brendan Gleeson, Jon Voight, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 3331

Fancy two hours in the obnoxious company of a notorious Irish criminal called Martin Cahill, apparently a legend for his defiance of authority, relentless battle with the police and his weird family relationships? Well, maybe […]

Feb, 06

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