Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "bigotry"

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The Nebraskan ** (1953, Philip Carey, Roberta Haynes, Wallace Ford, Richard Webb, Lee Van Cleef, Maurice Jara, Regis Toomey, Jay Silverheels) – Classic Movie Review 8340

Director Fred F Sears’s 1953 Columbia Western movie The Nebraskan stars Philip Carey [Phil Carey] as US Army frontier scout Wade Harper, who makes friends with an Indian comrade Wingfoot (Maurice Jara) while on a […]

Apr, 07

Frieda *** (1947, David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Mai Zetterling, Flora Robson, Albert Lieven, Gladys Henson, Patrick Holt) – Classic Movie Review 8269

Director Basil Dearden makes an honourable job of the 1947 black and white drama Frieda, a thoughtful Ealing Studios World War Two message story about an RAF pilot officer (David Farrar) who comes back to his […]

Mar, 19

The Young Land ** (1959, Patrick Wayne, Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 7477

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1957 Western The Young Land re-tells that old chestnut story about the lawman Sheriff Jim Ellison (Patrick [Pat] Wayne) arresting a young, Caucasian American gunman Hatfield Carnes (Dennis Hopper) who has killed a Mexican […]

Aug, 20

Storm Warning *** (1951, Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran) – Classic Movie Review 7,302

Ginger Rogers stands up to the Ku Klux Klan as only she can, with Doris Day as her sister, in the 1951 film noir Storm Warning. Ronald Reagan plays a do-gooding District Attorney. Director Stuart […]

Jul, 17

Hostiles *** (2017, Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi) – Movie Review

Writer-director Scott Cooper’s 2017 Western Hostiles is well done but it is a bit slow and dour, with an unbelievable, all too rapid change of heart for its hero and a corny ending too. But Christian Bale […]

Jan, 06

The Lawless [The Dividing Line] **** (1950, Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands) – Classic Movie Review 5845

Director Joseph Losey spins a strong, intriguing story, and keeps his 1950 film noir drama The Lawless neat, sprightly and buoyant with very solid performances, particularly Macdonald Carey, who is rarely as inspired like this. […]

Aug, 02

The Children’s Hour *** (1961, Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, Karen Balkin) – Classic Movie Review 5683

Director William Wyler’s 1961 drama is a grittier re-filming of Lillian Hellman’s infamous play The Children’s Hour, first made also by Wyler in 1936 as These Three. Hellman is credited for the adaptation, but this time John […]

Jun, 28

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