Derek Winnert

Reviews

Saturday Night Out *** (1964, Heather Sears, John Bonney, Bernard Lee, Erika Remberg, Francesca Annis, Margaret Nolan, David Lodge) – Classic Movie Review 11,831

Director Robert Hartford-Davis’s 1964 comedy-drama film Saturday Night Out is a British early-Swinging Sixties episodic picture about three sailors on overnight leave in London. Two find hookers and one, Jamey (Colin Campbell), actually finds someone […]

Jan, 07

Gonks Go Beat * (1965, Kenneth Connor, Frank Thornton, Barbara Brown, Iain Gregory, Terry Scott, Reginald Beckwith, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Desmonde, Arthur Mullard) – Classic Movie Review 11,830

Gonks are a 1960s novelty toy and collectible, created by English inventor Robert Benson, inspiring the 1965 film Gonks Go Beat. It makes you proud to be British! Producer-director Robert Hartford-Davis’s 1965 British novelty sci-fi […]

Jan, 06

The Black Castle *** (1952, Richard Greene, Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr, Paula Corday) – Classic Movie Review 11,829

‘Terror Stalks Its Turreted Battlements… and Horror Crawls the Catacombs Beneath! This is the Night that Horror Walks on Two Feet!’ Director Nathan Juran’s 1952 black and white horror thriller The Black Castle stars Richard […]

Jan, 05

The Black Bird * (1975, George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 11,828

Writer-director David Giler’s 1975 comedy The Black Bird is a genial but lame parody of the John Huston film version of The Maltese Falcon (1941), or possibly comedy sequel to The Maltese Falcon, that would have been more welcome […]

Jan, 04

Black Gold *** (1947, Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille) – Classic Movie Review 11,824

Director Phil Karlson’s 1947 American Cinecolor drama film Black Gold stars Anthony Quinn and Katherine DeMille, and is based on a story by Caryl Coleman. It was then Monogram Pictures’ most expensive film, their first […]

Jan, 03

Black Horse Canyon *** (1954, Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Race Gentry, Murvyn Vye) – Classic Movie Review 11,823

Director Jesse Hibbs’s pleasingly done 1954 Universal Pictures Technicolor Western film Black Horse Canyon stars Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Race Gentry, Murvyn Vye. McCrea brings his well-honed brand of careworn integrity to Hibbs’s pleasing frontier […]

Jan, 03

The Best Way to Walk [La meilleure façon de marcher] **** (1976, Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu, Michel Blanc) – Classic Movie Review 11,822

Claude Miller makes his directorial debut with the notable and much admired 1976 French film The Best Way to Walk [La meilleure façon de marcher]. It tackles the always tricky and relevant themes of adolescent […]

Jan, 02

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