Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "spy"

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A Perfect Spy *** (1987, Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Peggy Ashcroft, Sarah Badel, Jane Booker, Alan Howard, Benedict Taylor, Rüdiger Weigang) – Classic Movie Review 11,906

Director Peter Smith’s 1987 mini-series A Perfect Spy finds Peter Egan starring as British MI6 spy Magnus Pym in the third and final part of the BBC’s classic dramatisation of John le Carré’s famous spy yarns. […]

Feb, 04

That Man in Istanbul [Estambul 65] ** (1965, Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, Mario Adorf, Perrette Pradier, Klaus Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 11,696

Director Antonio Isasi’s 1965 English-language European international co-production comedy adventure film That Man in Istanbul is a lively, cheeky Sixties Euro spy romp with Horst Buchholz starring as Tony Mecenas, a man about town, and […]

Nov, 02

Catch Me a Spy ** (1971, Kirk Douglas, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay, Marlène Jobert, Patrick Mower, Bernadette Lafont, Bernard Blier) – Classic Movie Review 11,578

Director Dick Clement’s 1971 comedy spy film Catch Me a Spy [To Catch a Spy] stars Kirk Douglas, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay, Marlène Jobert, Patrick Mower, Bernadette Lafont, and Bernard Blier. The story is based on […]

Sep, 16

Mrs Pollifax-Spy * (1971, Rosalind Russell, Darren McGavin, Nehemiah Persoff, Harold Gould, Albert Paulsen, John Beck, Dana Elcar) – Classic Movie Review 11,572

‘Before she joined the CIA, Mrs Pollifax thought Red China was a set of dishes.’ Director Leslie H Martinson’s 1971 spy comedy Mrs Pollifax-Spy stars Rosalind Russell as the title character, and finds the always […]

Sep, 13

Goldeneye *** (1989, Charles Dance, Phyllis Logan, Patrick Ryecart) – Classic Movie Review 11,548

Director Don Boyd’s 1989 drama Goldeneye is a glossy biographical sketch of James Bond creator Ian Fleming (ably played by Charles Dance), focusing on his love life and work in military intelligence during the 1940s […]

Sep, 04

5 Steps to Danger **½ (1956, Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer, Richard Gaines, Charles Davis, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Hansen) – Classic Movie Review 11,537

The 1956  American film noir crime movie Five Steps to Danger is an interesting Cold War thriller with brisk, sometimes imaginative handling from writer-producer-director Henry S Kesler and involving star performances by the underrated Sterling […]

Aug, 31

Walk a Crooked Mile *** (1948, Dennis O’Keefe, Louis Hayward, Louise Allbritton, Carl Esmond, Onslow Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 11,489

FBI director J Edgar Hoover forced them to change the title from FBI vs Scotland Yard to Walk a Crooked Mile (1948). Director Gordon Douglas’s rousing little 1948 black and white film noir crime Cold War […]

Aug, 18

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