Derek Winnert

Warlock **** (1959, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels) – Classic Movie Review 6494

Producer-director Edward Dmytryk’s ambitious and gripping 1959 adult Western has a strong cast headed by Henry Fonda as a famous cultured gun-slinging killer called Clay Blaisedell, who is hired as lawman by the cowardly citizens […]

Dec, 30 · in Reviews

Man of the West **** (1958, Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J Cobb, Arthur O’Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner, Royal Dano, Robert J Wilke) – Classic Movie Review 6,493

Anthony Mann’s first-class 1958 Western film Man of the West stars Gary Cooper as gunman Link Jones pressured into just one more bank job by his former outlaw cronies, led by nasty patriarch Dock Tobin […]

Dec, 30 · in Reviews

Young Guns *** (1988, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko) – Classic Movie Review 6492

Director Christopher Cain and writer John Fusco score a huge success in 1988 in reviving the Western genre for a young audience, with youth appeal proving the key. On a budget of $13 million, it […]

Dec, 30

Kansas Raiders *** (1950, Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Tony Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 6491

Audie Murphy stars as one of the Old West’s legendary outlaws – Jesse James – in director Ray Enright’s robust and welcome 1950 American Civil War-set Western. The screenplay by Robert L Richards finds Jesse […]

Dec, 30

The Kid from Texas *** (1950, Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Shepperd Strudwick, Will Geer) – Classic Movie Review 6490

Director Kurt Neumann’s nifty, action-packed 1950 Western stars Audie Murphy who is fine as Texan tough-guy Billy the Kid, one of the Old West’s most legendary outlaws. He takes time off fighting the other villains […]

Dec, 29

The Cimarron Kid *** (1952, Audie Murphy, Beverly Tyler, James Best, Yvette Dugay, Hugh O’Brian, Noah Beery Jr, Rand Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 6489

Director Budd Boetticher’s solid 1952 Western stars Audie Murphy as Bill Doolin, aka The Cimarron Kid, who lands up behind bars after making one last ride in a train heist with the Dalton gang of Bob, Grat, Emmett […]

Dec, 29

Cimarron * (1960, Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O’Connell, Vic Morrow, Russ Tamblyn, Mercedes McCambridge) – Classic Movie Review 6488

Director Anthony Mann’s 1961 remake of the classic 1931 Western film Cimarron, based on the novel by Edna Ferber, is slow, overblown and empty, running a plodding 147 minutes. It is a real disappointment, despite […]

Dec, 29

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