Derek Winnert

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The Nude Bomb ** (1980, Don Adams, Andrea Howard, Sylvia Kristel, Rhonda Fleming, Dana Elcar, Pamela Hensley, Norman Lloyd) – Classic Movie Review 10,537

Director Clive Donner’s daffy, campy, bawdy 1980 American spy spoof comedy The Nude Bomb (retitled The Return of Maxwell Smart for television) is based on the TV series Get Smart with the drily amusing Don […]

Nov, 13

Thunderbird 6 ** (1968, voices of Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer) – Classic Movie Review 10,536

Director David Lane’s 1968 Thunderbird 6 is the amusingly daft sequel to Thunderbirds Are GO (1966). Thunderbirds are go again in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic Sixties puppet animated action adventure based on the children’s TV stories […]

Nov, 13

Adam Had Four Sons *** (1941, Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward) – Classic Movie Review 10,535

Director Gregory Ratoff’s 1941 black and white Columbia Pictures family saga film Adam Had Four Sons is a classy romantic melodrama that switches from humour to tears, and from seduction to betrayal within moments. Warner […]

Nov, 13

Thunder Bay ** (1953, James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Dan Duryea, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 10,534

Director Anthony Mann’s 1953 shrimpers versus oilmen adventure drama Thunder Bay stars James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Dan Duryea, Gilbert Roland and Jay C Flippen. When oil-drilling engineer Steve Martin (Stewart) believes that oil lies under the […]

Nov, 12

Thunder Rock *** (1942, Michael Redgrave, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Barbara Mullen ) – Classic Movie Review 10,533

‘Strange Emotions Stir the Pulse… when LOVE and PASSION clash in the world’s loneliest outpost!’ David Charleston (Michael Redgrave): ‘For all humanity I make one wish: let the people die off fast.’ Director Roy Boulting’s […]

Nov, 12

Thrill of a Romance ** (1945, Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford) – Classic Movie Review 10,532

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1945 MGM Technicolor musical Thrill of a Romance pairs Esther Williams with Van Johnson, made at their post-war career peak, with musical performances by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra and opera singer Lauritz Melchior. […]

Nov, 12

A Close Call for Ellery Queen ** (1942, William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, James Burke) – Classic Movie Review 10,505

William Gargan who played fictional detectives Ellery Queen, Martin Kane and Barrie Craig was one of the very few actors to have played private eyes who had actually been one.  Director James P Hogan’s 1942 […]

Nov, 06

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