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 involving star performances by Sterling Hayden and Ruth Roman. The 1956 American film noir crime movie Five […]

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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