Derek Winnert

Reviews

I Soliti Ignoti [Persons Unknown] ***** (1958, Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Totò, Carlo Pisacane, Tiberio Murgia, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale) – Classic Movie Review 11,410

Bumbling robbers plot a heist on a pawn shop in Rome via a supposedly vacant next-door apartment, in director Mario Monicelli’s hugely engaging and charming Italian 1958 comedy caper thriller I Soliti Ignoti [Persons Unknown] […]

Jul, 21

Johnny Stecchino *** (1991, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli) – Classic Movie Review 11,406

Director Roberto Benigni’s popular 1991 Italian comedy Johnny Stecchino stars Roberto Benigni in dual roles and is one of his many collaborations with co-star and wife, Nicoletta Braschi. It was then the highest grossing film […]

Jul, 20

Son of the Pink Panther (1993, Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Bert Kwouk, Graham Stark, Claudia Cardinale) – Classic Movie Review 11,405

Director Blake Edwards made one final attempt to revive the Pink Panther series with the 1993 comedy Son of the Pink Panther, starring Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Bert Kwouk, Graham Stark and Claudia Cardinale. We bet […]

Jul, 20

Inspector Clouseau (1968, Alan Arkin, Frank Finlay, Patrick Cargill, Beryl Reid, Barry Foster, Clive Francis) – Classic Movie Review 11,404

The 1968 Inspector Clouseau stars Alan Arkin as Clouseau, but does not feature any other recurring characters or key personnel associated with the Peter Sellers films. Sellers contacted producer Walter Mirisch just before shooting began […]

Jul, 19

I Walk the Line ** (1970, Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle Parsons, Ralph Meeker, Lonny Chapman, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 11,403

Gregory Peck stars in I Walk the Line (1970) as an ageing sheriff who gets a crush on a local Lolita (Tuesday Weld). Director John Frankenheimer’s flatfooted, depressing 1970 Tennessee neo noir drama I Walk […]

Jul, 19

Forever, Darling ** (1956, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason, Natalie Schafer, Louis Calhern) – Classic Movie Review 11,402

‘Lucy has a crush on James Mason – and WOW!’ in the 1956 comedy Forever, Darling. ‘MGM Presents Their Riotous New Comedy In Color’. Director Alexander Hall’s 1956 fantasy romantic comedy film Forever, Darling is […]

Jul, 18

The Angel Wore Red [La Sposa Bella] * (1960, Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio De Sica, Finlay Currie) – Classic Movie Review 11,401

‘A FUGITIVE… With a Price On His Head! A WOMAN… With a Price On Her Love!’: When Ava met Dirk in the 1960 film The Angel Wore Red… shot on location in Italy with members of […]

Jul, 18

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