Derek Winnert

The Wings of Eagles *** (1957, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 3412

This strongly felt, nostalgic 1957 personal project from director John Ford turns out to be an uneven, minor airborne action drama providing an interesting but bumpy ride. But there are lots of incidental real pleasures […]

Feb, 26 · in Reviews

McLintock! *** (1963, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Yvonne De Carlo, Alissa Wayne, Chill Wills, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kruschen, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 3411

Best friends in real life, John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara star together for the fourth of their five movies in director Andrew V McLaglen’s thoroughly enjoyable, typically raucous, rowdy romantic comedy Western. There are some soapy […]

Feb, 26 · in Reviews

Big Jake *** (1971, John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Chris Mitchum, Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 3410

Director George Sherman’s robust 1971 Western sees an ageing John Wayne coming towards the end of the trail as Big Jake McCandles, an old Texas cattleman chasing John Fain (Richard Boone)’s bloodthirsty gang who have […]

Feb, 26

Last Train from Gun Hill **** (1959, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Brian G Hutton, Brad Dexter) – Classic Movie Review 3,409

The brilliant 1959 Western film Last Train from Gun Hill comes from the star, director and producer of Gunfight at the OK Corral. Kirk Douglas stars as Marshal Matt Morgan, determined to bring his wife’s […]

Feb, 25

Attack! **** (1956, Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Buddy Ebsen, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel) – Classic Movie Review 3,408

Robert Aldrich’s classic 1956 anti-war film Attack! is as uncompromising as it is powerful. It is one of the all-time great World War Two movies. Producer-director Robert Aldrich’s classic 1956 war movie, or rather anti-war […]

Feb, 25

The Big Red One **** (1980, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 3407

Writer-director Samuel Fuller’s semi-autobiographical 1980 war film is spellbinding. His raw, realistic screenplay is based on Fuller’s own experiences of World War Two, as true to historical facts and his personal philosophy as he could make it. The […]

Feb, 25

The Long Riders **** (1980, Stacy Keach, James Keach, David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid) – Classic Movie Review 3406

Director Walter Hill’s thrilling 1980 film version of the well-known, much told story of the Jesse James outlaw gang of bank robbers starts with the useful gimmick of four sets of actual brothers in the star parts […]

Feb, 24

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