Derek Winnert

Reviews

Outrage *** (1950, Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke) – Classic Movie Review 10,660

Ida Lupino’s first credited co-writing and directing enterprise Outrage (1950) is a worthy, earnest tale of a raped woman called Ann Walton (Mala Powers) who understandably heads for a nervous breakdown after her terrible experience. […]

Dec, 12

Bengazi * (1955, Richard Conte, Victor McLaglen, Richard Carlson, Richard Erdman, Mala Powers, Hillary Brooke) – Classic Movie Review 10,659

‘They Holed Up In Hell!’ Director John Brahm’s 1955 adventure Bengazi is low-budget adventure crime drama malarkey, based on a story by Jeff Bailey, in which a murky international trio (Richard Conte, Victor McLaglen and Richard […]

Dec, 12

Bengal Brigade [Bengal Rifles] ** (1954, Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess, Dan O’Herlihy, Torin Thatcher, Arnold Moss) – Classic Movie Review 10,658

‘From marble palace to teeming jungle all India rocked with the violence of the great rebellion!’ Director Laslo Benedek’s 1954 Bengal Brigade [Bengal Rifles] stars Rock Hudson, who struggles against his unwise casting in a […]

Dec, 12

The Belstone Fox *** (1973, Eric Porter, Jeremy Kemp, Bill Travers, Rachel Roberts, Dennis Waterman, Heather Wright) – Classic Movie Review 10,657

‘When you hunt The Belstone Fox… you hunt HIS way!’ Tragedy results from an act of kindness when an old huntsman called Asher Smith (Eric Porter) raises an orphaned fox cub and a hound together. […]

Dec, 12

Baby on Board * (1992, Judge Reinhold, Carol Kane, Geza Kovacs, Alex Stapley, Holly Stapley) – Classic Movie Review 10,655

‘The cabbie, the mob and another little lady!’ Director Francis A Schaeffer’s 1992 slapstick comedy Baby on Board stars Judge Reinhold, who plays a New York City cabbie called Ernie, embroiled with gangster’s widow Maria […]

Dec, 12

The Baby of Mâcon ** (1993, Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey, Don Henderson) – Classic Movie Review 10,650

Writer-director Peter Greenaway’s 1993 historical shocker The Baby of Mâcon is a fictional Middle Ages tale about an unexpected baby born to a grotesque woman way beyond child-bearing age is told as a three-act play […]

Dec, 11

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ** (1989, Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard) – Classic Movie Review 10,649

Lust, murder, food, sex, torture, revenge and cannibalism are on the menu at Le Hollandais Restaurant, for Peter Greenaway’s 1989 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Michael Gambon plays a psychotic […]

Dec, 11

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