Derek Winnert

Reviews

Ride a Crooked Mile [Escape from Yesterday] *** (1938, Akim Tamiroff, Leif Erickson, Frances Farmer, Lynne Overman) – Classic Movie Review 11,711

‘BRUTE FORCE AGAINST TRUE LOVE! Which wins? You’ll find the amazing answer in this new kind of picture thriller!’ Director Alfred E Green’s interestingly odd and quite involving1938 American crime drama film Ride a Crooked […]

Nov, 08

Ride a Crooked Trail ** (1958, Audie Murphy, Walter Matthau, Gia Scala, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 11,710

Walter Matthau as a drunken judge and Audie Murphy as a Wild West desperado make another odd couple in the 1958 Western film Ride a Crooked Trail. Director Jesse Hibbs’s 1958 Western film Ride a […]

Nov, 08

Surge *** (2020, Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson) – Movie Review

Director Aneil Karia’s 2020 British drama film Surge stars Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder and Jasmine Jobson. It is based on a screenplay by Aneil Karia, Rupert Jones and Rita Kalnejasis. Ben Whishaw stars […]

Nov, 07

Belle Starr’s Daughter ** (1948, Ruth Roman, George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Wallace Ford) – Classic Movie Review 11,709

Director Lesley Selander’s 1948 Western film Belle Starr’s Daughter is a modest, totally fabricated and synthetic sequel to the 1941 Western Belle Starr, with Gene Tierney. This time Ruth Roman lands her first starring part […]

Nov, 07

Ride Beyond Vengeance *** (1966, Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Kathryn Hays, Claude Akins, Bill Bixby, Joan Blondell, Gloria Grahame, Gary Merrill) – Classic Movie Review 11,708

Director Bernard McEveety’s robust 1966 Western film Ride Beyond Vengeance is based on the 1956 novel The Night of the Tiger by Al Dewlen, and stars Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Kathryn Hays, Claude Akins, Bill […]

Nov, 06

Oklahoma Crude *** (1973, George C Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance, William Lucking) – Classic Movie Review 11,707

Director Stanley Kramer’s 1973 American comedy-drama Western adventure film Oklahoma Crude is set in the early 20th century and stars George C Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance and William Lucking. Rip-roaring drunkard Noble Mason […]

Nov, 06

Matinee *** (1993, John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub) – Classic Movie Review 11,706

Director Joe Dante’s 1993 film Matinee is a touching, warm-hearted and gently funny comedy about a movie showman (the genial John Goodman) who takes his latest horror flick called Mant (half man, half ant) and […]

Nov, 05

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