Derek Winnert

When Eight Bells Toll ** (1971, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley, Corin Redgrave, Nathalie Delon, Ferdy Mayne, Derek Bond) – Classic Movie Review 6256

Director Etienne Perier’s 1971 British adventure is a goodish Boy’s Own action thriller, taken from an Alistair MacLean novel, in which an excellent cast, boats and gold bullion figure against a backdrop of eye-catching Scottish […]

Nov, 15 · in Reviews

The Law and Jake Wade *** (1958, Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens, Robert Middleton, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 6255

The MGM studio employ their fading but still busy star Robert Taylor to strong effect in director John Sturges’s very good 1958 traditional Western The Law and Jake Wade. That is mainly a credit to […]

Nov, 15 · in Reviews

Midway *** (1976, Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Edward Albert, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 6,254

Jack Smight’s 1976 World War Two movie Midway is a detailed, intense re-creation of the heroism at the Battle of Midway in 1942. Director Jack Smight’s 1976 World War Two movie Midway is a detailed, […]

Nov, 14

Speedway * (1968, Elvis Presley, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Bixby, Gale Gordon, William Schallert) – Classic Movie Review 6253

Alas Speedway is just another duff movie from the late period of Elvis Presley’s film career. The pairing of Elvis Presley as a stock-car speedway king called Steve Grayson and Nancy Sinatra as an income […]

Nov, 14

The Satan Bug **** (1965, George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 6252

Richard Basehart stars as the power-mad villain Dr Gregor Hoffman, who acquires a germ warfare lab’s mislaid bottle of a virus (The Satan Bug) that could destroy civilisation, in director John Sturges’s jolly 1965 crime, mystery, […]

Nov, 14

Krakatoa: East of Java *** (1968, Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Rossano Brazzi, Barbara Werle, John Leyton, J D Cannon, Sal Mineo, Jacqui Chan) – Classic Movie Review 6251

‘The Incredible Day That Shook The Earth To Its Core!’ Director Bernard L Kowalski’s spirited, globe-hopping 1968 adventure movie offers a good-looking production, matchstick-thin characters, a handsome old boat and a fistful of vintage situations. […]

Nov, 14

Ice Station Zebra **** (1968, Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan) – Classic Movie Review 6250

Director John Sturges’s pulsating 1968 adventure movie stars Rock Hudson as Commander James Ferraday, USN, who commands the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Tigerfish on a journey under the ice from its Scottish base to […]

Nov, 14

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