Derek Winnert

Reviews

Wings of Danger [Dead on Course] ** (1952, Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Naomi Chance, Kay Kendall) – Classic Movie Review 11,151

‘COUNTERFEIT CARGO!… a fortune in loot… a fabulous woman… a sinister fugitive!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1952 British black and white crime film Wings of Danger [Dead on Course] imports Zachary Scott as the visiting American star […]

Apr, 30

Spawn of the Slithis (1978, Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, J C Claire) – Classic Movie Review 11,150

‘Hell hath no fury like Spawn of the Slithis.’ A really ugly, rubbery sea monster is spawned as a result of nuclear pollution and attacks the good people of Venice, California. Writer-director Stephen Traxler’s 1978 […]

Apr, 29

Spasms (1983, Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane) – Classic Movie Review 11,149

‘The guardian of the gates of hell… the ultimate terror as it rips into your flesh.’ Director William Fruet’s 1983 Canadian film Spasms [Death Bite] stars Peter Fonda and Oliver Reed. The only spasms to […]

Apr, 29

Firecreek *** (1968, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Gary Lockwood, Jack Elam, James Best) – Classic Movie Review 11,148

The 1968 Western film Firecreek is a strongly cast, decent cowboy vehicle for sixtysomething real-life best buddies Henry Fonda and James Stewart. Director Bernard McEveety’s 1968 Western film Firecreek is a strongly cast, decent cowboy […]

Apr, 29

Distant Trumpet ** (1952, Derek Bond, Jean Patterson, Derek Elphinstone) – Classic Movie Review 11,147

Director Terence Fisher’s minor, unremarkable 1952 drama film Distant Trumpet stars Derek Bond as a London Harley Street doctor, David Anthony, who takes over from his indisposed brother Richard Anthony (Derek Elphinstone) to perform medical […]

Apr, 29

Straight on Till Morning * (1972, Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam, Tom Bell, Annie Ross) – Classic Movie Review 11,146

Director Peter Collinson’s 1972 film Straight on Till Morning is a particularly awful, overheated, unconvincingly-played British thriller made by Hammer Films, with Rita Tushingham typecast in a role she had been playing for 10 years […]

Apr, 29

The Fourth Man [De vierde man] **** (1983, Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 11,145

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1983 Dutch film The Fourth Man [De Vierde Man] stars Jeroen Krabbé as Gerard Reve, a bisexual writer who goes on a lecture tour and tries to uncover the secrets of sexy […]

Apr, 28

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