Derek Winnert

Reviews

The Siege of Pinchgut [Four Desperate Men] *** (1959, Aldo Ray, Heather Sears, Neil McCallum) – Classic Movie Review 10,233

In director Harry Watt’s 1959 action crime thriller The Siege of Pinchgut [Four Desperate Men], Aldo Ray stars as a prisoner called Matt Kirk, sent to start a lengthy sentence, who leads a small band […]

Aug, 27

The Sicilian Cross (1976, Roger Moore, Stacy Keach, Ivo Garrani, Fausto Tozzi) – Classic Movie Review 10,232

Directors Maurizio Lucidi and Guglielmo [William] Garroni’s basic 1976 Italian gangster film The Sicilian Cross [Gli Esecutori] [Street People] [The Executors] stars Roger Moore as Ulysses [Ulisse], an Italian-American lawyer searching for a stolen heroin […]

Aug, 27

The Shepherd of the Hills *** (1964, Richard Arlen, James Middleton, Sherry Lynn, Hal Meadows) – Classic Movie Review 10,231

Writer-director Ben Parker’s 1964 low-budget double-feature Western film The Shepherd of the Hills is a pleasant independent film remake of the 1941 semi-classic The Shepherd of the Hills, based on Harold Bell Wright’s 1907 novel, […]

Aug, 27

The Shepherd of the Hills **** (1941, John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey Sr, Beulah Bondi, James Barton, Samuel S Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 10,230

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1941 Technicolor Western film The Shepherd of the Hills is based on Harold Bell Wright’s 1907 novel, also filmed in 1919, 1928 and 1964, and stars John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey […]

Aug, 27

She’s Working Her Way Through College ** (1952, Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson) – Classic Movie Review 10,229

Warner Bros filmed a musical remake of their 1942 screwball comedy The Male Animal in 1952: She’s Working her Way Through College, with Virginia Mayo and Ronald Reagan. Director H Bruce Humberstone’s 1952 Technicolor film […]

Aug, 26

The Male Animal **** (1942, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 10,228

Director Elliott Nugent’s 1942 Warner Bros black and white screwball comedy The Male Animal delightfully pairs Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland, actors usually more at home in serious dramas. Fonda stars as Tommy Turner, a […]

Aug, 26

Malpertuis [The Legend of Doom House] **** (1971, Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Pilon, Walter Rilla) – Classic Movie Review 10,227

Director Harry Kümel’s 1971 film Malpertuis [The Legend of Doom House] stars the great Orson Welles as occultist Cassavius, who keeps characters from Greek mythology prisoner in his labyrinthine mansion called Malpertuis, in this weird […]

Aug, 26

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