Derek Winnert

Reviews

Act of Love ** (1954, Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage, Robert Strauss, Gabrielle Dorziat, Grégoire Aslan, Brigitte Bardot, Serge Reggiani)- Classic Movie Review 12,197

Director Anatole Litvak’s 1953 black and white bitter-sweet romance film Act of Love [Un acte d’amour] stars Kirk Douglas as an American soldier with the French Liberation Army in 1944 who falls for a young […]

Jun, 24

Young and Willing ** (1943, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, James Brown, Susan Hayward, Martha O’Driscoll, Barbara Britton) – Classic Movie Review 12,196

‘LIVE AGAIN! LAUGH AGAIN! DREAM AGAIN!’ William Holden, Eddie Bracken and James Brown star in director Edward H Griffith’s pleasantly appealing, cheap and cheerful 1942 romantic comedy drama Young and Willing. Based on Francis Swann’s […]

Jun, 24

Young People ** (1940, Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard) – Classic Movie Review 12,195

After Allan Dwan’s 1940 musical drama film Young People, Shirley Temple was pensioned off by 20th Century Fox and retired at the age of 12! Director Allan Dwan’s 1940 musical drama film Young People stars […]

Jun, 24

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (1966, John Lupton, Jim Davis, Steve Geray, William Fawcett, Narda Onyx) – Classic Movie Review 12,193

‘KILLERS CLASH! ROARING GUNS against RAGING MONSTER!’ Director William Beaudine’s 1966 low-budget Western horror film Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter is a horrible hybrid of horror, sci-fi and Western, in which real-life Western outlaw Jesse […]

Jun, 23

The Jerusalem File ** (1972, Bruce Davison, Nicol Williamson, Donald Pleasence, Ian Hendry, Daria Halprin) – Classic Movie Review 12,192

The 1972 film The Jerusalem File is an uneasy, none too exciting blend of adventure, student unrest, terrorist thriller and political comment. Director John Flynn’s 1972 thriller The Jerusalem File stars Bruce Davison, Nicol Williamson, […]

Jun, 23

Crazy Joe **** (1974, Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Charles Cioffi, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Luther Adler, Fausto Tozzi) – Classic Movie Review 12,191

Director Carlo Lizzani’s 1974 crime thriller film Crazy Joe is an effective, strongly cast Italian gangster movie about real-life hot-tempered New York mafia boss ‘Crazy Joe’ Gallo, played by Peter Boyle. Crazy Joe is a […]

Jun, 23

Crainquebille **** (1922, Maurice de Féraudy, Françoise Rosay, Félix Oudart, Jean Forest, Marguerite Carré) – Classic Movie Review 12,190

Jacques Feyder’s beautiful 1922 French silent film Crainquebille stars Maurice de Féraudy, Françoise Rosay, Félix Oudart, Jean Forest and Marguerite Carré. Maurice de Féraudy shines as Jérôme Crainquebille, an ageing Paris vegetable salesman in Les Halles […]

Jun, 23

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