Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "woman in jeopardy"

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Calcutta *** (1946, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez, Lowell Gilmore, Edith King) – Classic Movie Review 10,098

Director John Farrow’s 1946 film Calcutta is a routinely written but steadfast action adventure crime thriller, with Alan Ladd and William Bendix starring as airmen Neale Gordon and Pedro Lake, commercial pilots tracking down their murdered […]

Jul, 28

In the Deep Woods ** (1992, Rosanna Arquette, Anthony Perkins, Will Patton) – Classic Movie Review 9737

Director Charles Correll’s 1992 TV movie In the Deep Woods is an eerie if rather unimaginative and tatty psycho-thriller, with a screenplay by Robert Nathan and Robert Rosenblum based on Nicholas Conde’s novel. It has […]

May, 09

Scream for Help ** (1984, Rachael Kelly, Marie Masters, David Allen Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 9102

Producer-director Michael Winner’s undistinguished 1984 woman in jeopardy movie Scream for Help offers loopy horror antics when a teenager, Christie Cromwell (Rachel Kelly), realises that her stepfather is trying to kill her and her mother. […]

Nov, 27

52 Pick-Up ** (1986, Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Lonny Chapman, Kelly Preston, Doug McClure) – Classic Movie Review 8523

Something is missing in director John Frankenheimer’s 1986 crime thriller film 52 Pick-Up – credibility, pace, wit and brevity for a start. The Cannon Group remake Elmore Leonard’s 1974 novel just 18 months after their […]

May, 30

The Return of Swamp Thing ** (1989, Louis Jourdan, Heather Locklear, Sarah Douglas, Dick Durock) – Classic Movie Review 7543

Director Jim Wynorski’s campy 1989 American sci-fi action movie The Return of Swamp Thing, based on the DC Comic book by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, is a sequel to Wes Craven’s 1982 Swamp Thing, but this time with a risky […]

Sep, 05

Cutting Class ** (1989, Donovan Leitch Jr, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, Martin Mull, Brenda James) – Classic Movie Review 7511

As you can easily gather from the punning title of director Rospo Pallenberg’s 1989 whodunit teen horror movie Cutting Class, a knife-killer is cutting a swathe through the high school student body. The goodish cast […]

Aug, 29

Experiment Perilous *** (1944, Hedy Lamarr, Paul Lukas, George Brent, Albert Dekker, Margaret Wycherly, Julia Dean, Carl Esmond, Olive Blakeney) – Classic Movie Review 6,861

Jacques Tourneur’s stylish, eerie and entertaining 1944 Gothic romantic film noir thriller Experiment Perilous is based on a novel by Margaret Carpenter. It stars the fine team of Hedy Lamarr, Paul Lukas and George Brent. […]

Mar, 26

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