Derek Winnert

Cast a Giant Shadow *** (1966, Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson) – Classic Movie Review 7139

Cast a Giant Shadow *** (1966, Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson) – Classic Movie Review 7139

Ted Berkman’s first book Cast a Giant Shadow is about ‘Mickey Marcus’, a real-life Jewish-American West Point graduate who commanded units of the fledgling Israeli Defence Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It makes challenging source material for any film maker. Writer-producer-director […]

Jun, 09 · in Reviews

Short Cut to Hell *** (1957, Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, William Bishop, Murvyn Vye, Yvette Vickers, Roscoe Ates, Jacques Aubuchon) – Classic Movie Review 7138

Asked to make his directorial debut by longtime producer friend A C Lyles, James Cagney takes his one and only walk behind the cameras to direct this carefully made, fairly successful and effective American film noir version of Graham […]

Jun, 09 · in Reviews

Randy Rides Alone *** (1934, John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, Artie Ortega) – Classic Movie Review 7137

Director Harry L Fraser’s 1934 early John Wayne B-movie for Lone Star and Monogram Pictures stars The Duke as an undercover lawman, Randy Bowers, who breaks out of jail after being framed for murder in […]

Jun, 08

The Law West of Tombstone *** (1938, Harry Carey Sr, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent, Jean Rouverol, Clarence Kolb) – Classic Movie Review 7136

Director Glenn Tryon’s 1938 RKO movie The Law West of Tombstone is an above-average little B-movie Western, mixing action, comedy, history, music and romance, with a decent cast, a good tale and memorably interesting characters based on […]

Jun, 08

The Lawless Breed *** (1953, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Dennis Weaver, Hugh O’Brian, Mary Castle, Michael Ansara, Forrest Lewis, Lee Van Cleef, Glenn Strange) – Classic Movie Review 7,135

Universal-International’s 1953 American biographical crime Western film The Lawless Breed, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson and Julie Adams, tells a romanticised story of the life of outlaw John Wesley Hardin. Rock Hudson […]

Jun, 08

McQueen *** (2018, Alexander McQueen) – Movie Review

Directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui’s documentary about the life of designer Alexander McQueen is exhaustive and exhausting. It is fascinating and commendable, but a bit of a hard-going long haul in the cinema at 111 minutes, […]

Jun, 08

The Lawless Frontier ** (1934, John Wayne, Earl Dwire, Sheila Terry, Jack Rockwell, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Yakima Canutt) – Classic Movie Review 7134

Writer-director Robert N Bradbury’s 1934 The Lawless Frontier is a brisk, pacy, short and intriguing Lone Star/ Monogram studios B-movie Western, in which a pre-A-list stardom John Wayne plays John Tobin, who sets out to […]

Jun, 08

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