Derek Winnert

Reviews

Lolly-Madonna XXX [The Lolly-Madonna War] ** (1973, Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Scott Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 10,440

There’s a gory battle for land between fighting families the Feathers and the Gutshalls deep in rural Tennessee, in the 1973 action crime film Lolly-Madonna XXX. Rod Steiger and Robert Ryan come off best as […]

Oct, 20

Candy * (1968, Ewa Aulin, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Charles Aznavour, John Huston, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 10,436

Director Christian Marquand’s 1968 fantasy comedy Candy is certainly a curiosity and has the most incredible cast as its star attraction: Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, John Huston, James Coburn, Ewa Aulin, Walter Matthau, Charles Aznavour, […]

Oct, 19

When We Are Married **** (1943, Sydney Howard, Raymond Huntley, Olga Lindo) – Classic Movie Review 10,435

Director Lance Comfort’s 1943 comedy When We Are Married is a very welcome film version of the appealing 1938 J B Priestley English Northcountry play about three sanctimoniously respectable Victorian silver wedding couples – The […]

Oct, 19

Candles at Nine ** (1944, Jessie Matthews, John Stuart, Beatrix Lehmann, Eliot Makeham, John Salew) – Classic Movie Review 10,434

Director John Harlow’s 1944 British mystery thriller Candles at Nine stars Jessie Matthews as Dorothea Capper, a beautiful young showgirl who becomes a surprise heiress when she is left a bundle by her old distant […]

Oct, 19

Take Me High * (1973, Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, George Cole, Hugh Griffith, Richard Wattis, Anthony Andrews, Madeline Smith, Moyra Fraser, Ronald Hines) – Classic Movie Review 10,430

Director David Askey’s 1973 British feature film Take Me High stars Cliff Richard, who takes us low in this rare item, a British musical about Birmingham, banks and beefburgers (the dreaded Brumburger!) – brought to us […]

Oct, 17

Wonderful Life ** (1964, Cliff Richard, Walter Slezak, Susan Hampshire, Melvyn Hayes, Richard O’Sullivan, Una Stubbs, Derek Bond, Gerald Harper) – Classic Movie Review 10,427

The cast and crew return from the 1961 hit The Young Ones for director Sidney J Furie’s 1964 follow-up musical Wonderful Life [Swingers’ Paradise]. Cliff Richard and The Shadows are stranded on the Canary Islands, […]

Oct, 17

Partner ** (1968, Pierre Clémenti, Stefania Sandrelli, Tina Aumont, Sergio Tofano) – Classic Movie Review 10,423

Director Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1968 Italian drama Partner stars Pierre Clémenti as introverted Giacobbe, who invents a doppelganger to win in life – and especially to win the hand of the lovely Clara (Stefania Sandrelli). Alas, […]

Oct, 16

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