Derek Winnert

Reviews

Seminole *** (1953, Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn, Richard Carlson, Hugh O’Brian, Russell Johnson, Lee Marvin, Ralph Moody, Fay Roope, James Best) – Classic Movie Review 10,508

‘THE GLORY AND THE FURY OF THE GREAT EVERGLADES INDIAN WARS!’ Director Budd Boetticher’s 1953 Technicolor Western film Seminole stars Rock Hudson as West Point’s finest, lieutenant Lance Caldwell, who takes up his new post […]

Nov, 07

The Sender *** (1982, Kathryn Harrold, Zeljko Ivanek, Shirley Knight, Paul Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 10,507

‘He has the power to make you live his nightmares… And he’s dreaming about you.’ Director Roger Christian’s 1982 telekinesis/ mind control movie The Sender stars Kathryn Harrold as dedicated Doctor Gail Farmer who searches […]

Nov, 07

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen ** (1942, William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, John Litel, Lilian Bond, James Burke) – Classic Movie Review 10,506

The 1942 American mystery crime thriller A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen stars William Gargan as Ellery Queen in his second film in the series. Director James P Hogan’s 1942 American mystery crime thriller A […]

Nov, 06

Ellery Queen, Master Detective *** (1940, Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, James Burke, Michael Whalen, Marsha Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 10,501

Director Kurt Neumann’s entertaining 1940 crime thriller Ellery Queen, Master Detective stars Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, and Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen, and is very loosely based on the […]

Nov, 05

Keep Your Seats, Please! *** (1936, George Formby, Florence Desmond, Gus McNaughton, Alastair Sim) – Classic Movie Review 10,495

The 1936 comedy Keep Your Seats, Please! stars George Formby as George Withers, who chases treasure stashed in an antique chair. BBC boss John Reith said: ‘If the public wants to hear Formby singing his […]

Nov, 03

Up in the World ** (1956, Norman Wisdom, Maureen Swanson, Jerry Desmonde) – Classic Movie Review 10,493

Robin Askwith’s Confessions of a Window Cleaner has an ancestor and a rival. Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1956 silly slapstick comedy Up in the World stars Norman Wisdom as window cleaner Norman, who breaks panes, falls […]

Nov, 03

Captain Apache * (1971, Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker, Stuart Whitman) – Classic Movie Review 10,492

Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker and Stuart Whitman get to do some serious violence way out West in director Alexander Singer’s awkward and clunky 1971 UK Spain Western film Captain Apache, filmed in Spain. It […]

Nov, 02

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