Derek Winnert

Reviews

The Human Comedy **** (1943, Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig) – Classic Movie Review 11,029

William Saroyan wrote a 240-page, four-hour script for the 1943 film The Human Comedy, which MGM deemed too long. He refused to compromise and was dumped as director. He turned his script into a bestselling […]

Mar, 17

Borderline ** (1950, Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 11,026

‘Two Undercover Agents Unwittingly Stalk the Same Target.’ Director William A Seiter’s 1950 black and white film noir crime drama Borderline stars Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor as undercover cops Johnny Macklin and Madeleine Haley […]

Mar, 16

Border River ** (1954, Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz) – Classic Movie Review 11,025

‘They Had a Date With Destiny in the Powder-Keg of the West… ZONA LIBRE’ Universal Pictures’ 1954 Technicolor American Western film Border River stars the admirable Joel McCrea. ‘They Had a Date With Destiny in the […]

Mar, 16

Machine Gun McCain ** (1969, John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Britt Ekland, Gabriele Ferzetti) – Classic Movie Review 11,024

The tough 1969 Italian action crime gangster thriller film Machine Gun McCain [Gli Intoccabili] stars John Cassavetes as the rough and ready ex-con criminal Hank McCain, out to avenge himself on Mafia hoods by robbing […]

Mar, 14

The Bonnie Parker Story **** (1958, Dorothy Provine, Jack Hogan, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Turkel) – Classic Movie Review 11,022

Director William Witney’s zesty 1958 black and white and Superama widescreen cult gangster thriller The Bonnie Parker Story is a low-budget predecessor of Bonnie and Clyde, with Dorothy Provine well cast and on great form […]

Mar, 14

Bonnie Prince Charlie ** (1948, David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Judy Campbell, Morland Graham, John Laurie, Ronald Adam) – Classic Movie Review 11,020

‘Filmed in the Highlands of Scotland in nature’s own glowing colors!’ Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1948 British historical biographical drama Bonnie Prince Charlie stars David Niven, who is an uncomfortable bonnie wee laddie in this rare […]

Mar, 13

Bonzo Goes to College * (1952, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau Gene Lockhart) – Classic Movie Review 11,019

The super-chimp that Ronald Reagan brought up as a human baby in 1951’s Bedtime for Bonzo is back, alas without Ronnie, in this fair 1952 slapstick comedy sequel Bonzo Goes to College, in which literate […]

Mar, 13

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