Derek Winnert

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Chu Chin Chow **** (1934, George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle) – Classic Movie Review 8289

Director Walter Forde’s exuberantly entertaining 1934 British action adventure comedy musical Chu Chin Chow, a musical retelling of the Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves Arabian Nights tale, can still provide a lot of antique […]

Mar, 24

The House on 92nd Street **** (1945, William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 8226

The 1945 fact-based film noir spy thriller The House on 92nd Street was made with the help of the FBI. It tells the story about the US chase after a German spy ring in Washington […]

Mar, 11

Cairo *** (1942, Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters, Reginald Owen, Grant Mitchell, Lionel Atwill, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dooley Wilson, Dennis Hoey, Mona Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 8205

Director W S Van Dyke II’s 1942 movie Cairo is a spy comedy, though MGM advertised it as a ‘BIG ROMANCE WITH MUSIC’. It stars Robert Young as an American news reporter called Homer Smith […]

Mar, 06

The Fourth Protocol ** (1987, Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 8170

Director John Mackenzie’s 1987 thriller The Fourth Protocol is based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth, and stars Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy and Ned Beatty. Brosnan and Caine play super-smooth spy Valeri Petrofsky […]

Feb, 25

The Next of Kin **** (1942, Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam, Stephen Murray) – Classic Movie Review 8164

Director Thorold Dickinson’s fascinating 1942 British black and white World War Two wartime propaganda thriller, about careless talk costing lives, was expanded by Ealing Studios from an army training film commissioned by the British War […]

Feb, 22

Mystery Sea Raider ** (1940, Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 8147

‘SPY RING strikes at sea!’ Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1940 Paramount Pictures feature Mystery Sea Raider is a routine World War Two wartime flag-waving spy drama, with some good tension and effective romantic moments, but there […]

Feb, 18

Q Planes [Clouds Over Europe] **** (1939, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson, George Merritt, George Curzon) -Classic Movie Review 8,072

Directors Tim Whelan and Arthur B Woods’s 1939 British black and white spy comedy thriller film Q Planes [Clouds Over Europe] is stylish, pacy vintage entertainment from the Alexander Korda London Films studios empire, with […]

Jan, 28

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