Derek Winnert

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Let George Do It ***½ (1940, George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Romney Brent, Bernard Lee, Coral Browne, Torin Thatcher) – Classic Movie Review 4874

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1940 British black-and-white comedy musical war film stars George Formby as George Hepplewhite, a daft ukulele playing concert-party member, who mistakes Bergen, Norway, for Blackpool, England. Having taken the wrong boat and […]

Jan, 11

To Trap a Spy *** (1964, Robert Vaughn, Luciana Paluzzi, Patricia Crowley, William Marshall, Fritz Weaver, David McCallum, Will Kuluva) – Classic Movie Review 4741

The 1964 first The Man from U.N.C.L.E. feature film To Trap a Spy is a spinoff from the 70-minute TV pilot expanded for cinemas. Robert Vaughn stars as secret agent Napoleon Solo and David McCallum has […]

Dec, 03

Sleeping Car to Trieste *** (1948, Jean Kent, Albert Lieven, Alan Wheatley, Paul Dupuis, David Tomlinson, Rona Anderson, Derrick de Marney, Grégoire Aslan, Bonar Colleano, Zena Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 4,022

Jean Kent stars in the quirky and amusing 1948 British thriller film Sleeping Car to Trieste about spies, art thieves and blackmailers aboard a trans-Europe express train. Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1948 British thriller Sleeping […]

Jul, 14

Spy Game **** (2001, Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack) – Classic Movie Review 693

The most heroic golden boys of their generations, Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, obviously enjoyed working together when they first teamed when Redford starred Pitt in his 1992 fly-fishing movie, A River Runs Through It. […]

Jan, 17

The Lady Vanishes ***** (1938, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Catherine Lacey, Googie Withers, Mary Clare) – Classic Movie Review 118

Fighting off strong competition from The 39 Steps, the 1938 treasure The Lady Vanishes is (arguably) by a narrow margin Alfred Hitchcock’s best British movie before he left for America to make Rebecca in 1940 […]

Aug, 02

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