Derek Winnert

Call Me Bwana ** (1963, Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 6550

Bob Hope is pleasantly enough showcased in director Gordon Douglas’s 1962 British-made farcical comedy, which turns out to be adequate though rather low-fun entertainment. It is all a bit slack and silly. Hope stars as […]

Jan, 12 · in Reviews

Hammersmith Is Out *** (1972, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 6549

Director-star Peter Ustinov’s 1972 black comedy thriller is one heck of a really odd movie, with Richard Burton as Hammersmith, a crazed mental patient in unstable doctor Peter Ustinov’s institution, who persuades innocent orderly/ nurse […]

Jan, 11 · in Reviews

Under Milk Wood *** (1972, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O’Toole, Glynis Johns, Vivien Merchant, Siân Phillips, Victor Spinetti) – Classic Movie Review 6548

Dylan Thomas’s delightful classic radio poem play a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called Llareggub gets the Hollywood star treatment. And writer-director Andrew Sinclair’s 1972 Welsh village comedy comes as […]

Jan, 11

Becky Sharp **** (1935, Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, William Faversham, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth) – Classic Movie Review 6547

Director Rouben Mamoulian’s witty and delightful classic 1935 film version of William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair made movie history as the first feature film to use the newly developed three-strip Technicolor throughout. It was […]

Jan, 11

Murphy’s War *** (1971, Peter O’Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret) – Classic Movie Review 6546

The 1971 British wartime adventure Murphy’s War finds a good role for Peter O’Toole as a sole British naval ship survivor obsessed with blowing up a U-boat. Director Peter Yates’s 1971 British wartime adventure drama […]

Jan, 11

Ulzana’s Raid **** (1972, Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel, Jorge Luke, Lloyd Bochner, Joaquin Martinez) – Classic Movie Review 6545

Robert Aldrich directs this very superior 1972 revenge Western with remarkable energy and his usual shameless morals. After years of sympathetic treatment by Hollywood, the Native Americans are brought back to be portrayed once again […]

Jan, 10

Accused of Murder ** (1956, David Brian, Vera Ralston, Sidney Blackmer, Virginia Grey, Warren Stevens, Lee Van Cleef, Greta Thyssen) – Classic Movie Review 6544

‘FRAMED… she battled for life and love!’ Joe Kane’s 1956 film noir thriller Accused of Murder is lifted by intriguing and appealing performances from cult names ‘FRAMED… she battled for life and love!’ Producer-director Joseph […]

Jan, 10

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