Derek Winnert

Pursued **** (1947, Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Harry Carey Jr, Alan Hale Sr) – Classic Movie Review 6,350

Raoul Walsh’s brooding, gritty and very impressive 1947 Western film Pursued boasts tremendous performances and startling noir-style cinematography by the masterly James Wong Howe. ‘Robert Mitchum fights for the love of three people who want […]

Dec, 03 · in Reviews

The Purple Plain *** (1954, Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than, Maurice Denham, Lyndon Brook) – Classic Movie Review 6349

Director Robert Parrish’s fine, distinguished 1954 British wartime adventure drama stars Gregory Peck as Squadron Leader Bill Forrester, a Canadian bomber pilot who is reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid. He […]

Dec, 03 · in Reviews

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw **½ (1958, Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 6348

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1958 British paella Western packs in a lot of easy-going silly comedy fun from Jayne Mansfield as the buxom, pistol-packing blonde Kate, and Kenneth More as Jonathan Tibbs, the pistol-maker from England […]

Dec, 03

Escape from Alcatraz **** (1979, Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom) – Classic Movie Review 6347

The only real-life escape from the infamous San Francisco island prison of Alcatraz in 1962 provides the true story for director Don [Donald] Siegel’s totally gripping 1979 Clint Eastwood thriller. Three inmates attempt a daring escape […]

Dec, 02

Pancho Villa [El Desafio de Pancho Villa] *½ (1971, Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors, Anne Francis ) – Classic Movie Review 6346

An exciting train-crunching station shootout climax helps to save director Eugenio [Gene] Martin’s too often mundane and dreary 1971 paella Western from total tedium. And so do the star cast of Telly Savalas as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, […]

Dec, 02

A Town Called Bastard [A Town Called Hell] **½ (1971, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Martin Landau, Michael Craig, Fernando Rey, Dudley Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 6345

Director Robert Parrish’s cold-blooded, crudely made and excessively violent 1971 Spaghetti Western (or paella Western as it is filmed in Spain), with its main assets in the dependable cast – especially Robert Shaw, Martin Landau, […]

Dec, 02

The Man Who Invented Christmas * (2017, Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce) – Movie Review

I’ve just opened my Time Out and I’m in shock. They gave The Man Who Invented Christmas FOUR STARS! So I’ve got to say it: ‘Bah, humbug!’ The Man Who Invented Christmas is a well meaning […]

Dec, 02

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