Derek Winnert

Boeing, Boeing *** (1965, Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Dany Saval, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 7120

Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis star in Boeing, Boeing as Bernie Lawrence and Robert Reed, a couple of Sixties swingers who run a place in Paris overflowing with air stewardesses in John Rich’s funny 1965 […]

Jun, 05 · in Reviews

The Bodyguard ** (1992, Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 7119

Director Mick Jackson’s hokey and unconvincing but highly popular 1992 romantic thriller The Bodyguard stars Kevin Costner as former US Secret Service agent Frank Farmer, who is hired by her manager as the bodyguard for pop […]

Jun, 05 · in Reviews

Sagebrush Trail ** (1933, John Wayne, Nancy Shubert, Lane Chandler, Yakima Canutt) – Classic Movie Review 7118

‘Romance rides in a drama of thundering hoofs and blazing guns!’ Director Armand Schaefer’s 1933 Western Sagebrush Trail stars the young John Wayne (aged 26) as John Brant, who  is sent to prison for a […]

Jun, 04

The Carey Treatment *** (1972, James Coburn, Jennifer O’Neill, Pat Hingle, Skye Aubrey, Dan O’Herlihy, Elizabeth Allen) – Classic Movie Review 7117

Oh doctor, I’m in trouble… Blake Edwards’s 1972 crime thriller The Carey Treatment got the MGM studio treatment. It was heavily cut and re-edited in post production, infuriating the director, who sued. Director Blake Edwards’s […]

Jun, 04

MacArthur *** (1977, Gregory Peck, Dan O’Herlihy, Ed Flanders, Robert Mandan, Nicolas Coster, Russell Johnson, Marj Dusay) – Classic Movie Review 7116

Director Joseph Sergent’s 1977 MacArthur (aka MacArthur, The Rebel General) provides a fine showcase for Gregory Peck to shine in a tour de force. He was Golden Globe nominated as Best Actor in a Motion Picture […]

Jun, 04

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas *** (1982, Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors, Robert Mandan) – Classic Movie Review 7115

Larry L King and Peter Masterson’s merely pleasant but long-running Broadway musical (this very American show did not do well in London’s West End) is refurbished to suit the talents and personalities of Dolly Parton as Miss […]

Jun, 04

The Black Orchid ** (1959, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Ina Balin) – Classic Movie Review 7114

Director Martin Ritt’s 1959 romance The Black Orchid has good stars in Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn and Ina Balin and plenty of talent behind the cameras to try to make it work. But still it […]

Jun, 04

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