Derek Winnert

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Confessions of a Nazi Spy ***½ (1939, Edward G Robinson, Francis Lederer, Paul Lukas, George Sanders, Henry O’Neill) – Classic Movie Review 8,023

Warner Brothers take on the Hun in director Anatole Litvak’s 1939 American spy political thriller film Confessions of a Nazi Spy, a timely exposé of Nazis at work in America just before the Second World […]

Jan, 16
Zotz! ** (1962, Tom Poston, Fred Clark, Jim Backus, Cecil Kellaway, Margaret Dumont, Mike Mazurki, Julia Meade) – Classic Movie Review 8005

Zotz! ** (1962, Tom Poston, Fred Clark, Jim Backus, Cecil Kellaway, Margaret Dumont, Mike Mazurki, Julia Meade) – Classic Movie Review 8005

Director William Castle’s soppy 1962 fantasy comedy chiller Zotz! is not one of his best movies, with only the slightest elements of horror and faint moments of humour breaking through from the gloom. Tom Poston […]

Jan, 13
A Southern Yankee [My Hero] *** (1948, Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl) – Classic Movie Review 7890

A Southern Yankee [My Hero] *** (1948, Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl) – Classic Movie Review 7890

Director Edward Sedgwick’s 1948 slapstick comedy A Southern Yankee [My Hero] stars Red Skelton as Aubrey Filmore, a silly St Louis bellhop who becomes a silly Yankee spy after being mistaken for The Grey Spider […]

Dec, 07

They Got Me Covered *** (1943, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lenore Aubert, Donald MacBride, Walter Catlett, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 7860

It’s Bob Hope versus the Nazis in director David Butler’s amusing, little-known 1943 wartime Washington spy comedy thriller They Got Me Covered about a Gestapo espionage ring planning sabotage. It is a surprise subject for […]

Dec, 01

Dark Journey **** (1937, Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans, Eliot Makeham, Austin Trevor) – Classic Movie Review 7806

Sparkling performances from the sleek and sexy team of Vivien Leigh and Conrad Veidt light up producer-director Victor Saville’s 1937 thriller Dark Journey [The Anxious Years], an involvingly dark and complex British espionage movie set […]

Nov, 19

The Spider and the Fly *** (1949, Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 7750

Director Robert Hamer’s little-known 1949 British romantic comedy thriller The Spider and the Fly is of considerable interest and entertainment value, even if it fails to deliver fully on any of the three counts as […]

Nov, 04

Darling Lili *** (1970, Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival) – Classic Movie Review 7745

Darling Lili or Mata Hari – The Musical! Producer-director Blake Edwards’s 1970 Darling Lili is an appealing and attractive World War One Mata Hari spoof romantic spy drama with songs. It stars Julie Andrews, who gives […]

Nov, 03

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