Derek Winnert

The Triple Echo [Soldier in Skirts] *** (1972, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon) – Classic Movie Review 4278

Michael Apted directs this intriguing 1972 British film adaptation of an H E Bates story set in Wiltshire during World War Two. In his film debut, 23-year-old Brian Deacon stars as Barton, a young English soldier […]

Sep, 01 · in Uncategorized

Dulcima *** (1971, Carol White, John Mills, Stuart Wilson, Bernard Lee, Dudley Foster) – Classic Movie Review 4277

Writer-director Frank Nesbitt’s 1971 British drama stars Carol White (Poor Cow) as pretty young Dulcima Gaskain, who helps out mean, hard-drinking old farmer Mr Parker (John Mills) by cleaning his farm house. Soon she moves in […]

Sep, 01 · in Uncategorized

Suspiria **** (1977, Jessica Harper, Alida Valli, Joan Bennett, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Udo Kier, Miguel Bosé) – Classic Movie Review 4276

Co-writer/ director Dario Argento’s iconic 1977 Italian Gothic supernatural horror movie Suspiria is an extremely scary, effective shocker from the Italian horror maestro known as the Master of the Thrill. Jessica Harper stars as a […]

Sep, 01

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask *** (1972, Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Louise Lasser, Lynn Redgrave, Lou Jacobi) – Classic Movie Review 4275

Writer-director Allen’s 1972 comedy presents seven silly spoof skits on the subject of sex. They are variable but often very funny, with Gene Wilder as a doctor falling for one of his patients (a sheep), a […]

Aug, 31

Monte Walsh **** (1970, Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne Moreau, Mitchell Ryan, Jim Davis) – Classic Movie Review 4,274

William A Fraker makes his directorial debut with the tremendous 1970 elegiac Western film Monte Walsh, blessed with performances of high stature by Lee Marvin and Jack Palance. American cinematographer William A Fraker makes his directorial […]

Aug, 31

Sirocco ***½ (1951, Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J Cobb, Everett Sloane, Gerald Mohr, Zero Mostel, Nick Dennis, Onslow Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 4,273

Humphrey Bogart stars as amoral black marketeer Harry Smith in the tense and flavourful 1951 film noir Sirocco, a Casablanca-style movie about intrigue and romance in 1920s Syria. Director Curtis Bernhardt’s 1951 film noir movie […]

Aug, 31

Battle Circus ** (1953, Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith) – Classic Movie Review 4272

Humphrey Bogart and June Allyson seem to be ideally cast as Major Jed Webbe, a cynical, boozy army major surgeon, and Lieutenant Ruth McGara, an idealistic, altruistic nurse, who fall in love while working in a […]

Aug, 31

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