Derek Winnert

A French Mistress *** (1960, Cecil Parker, James Robertson Justice, Ian Bannen, Raymond Huntley, Irene Handl, Agnès Laurent) – Classic Movie Review 2117

Co-writer/director Roy Boulting’s saucy 1960 comedy A French Mistress stars James Robertson Justice as Robert Martin or ‘Bow Wow’, Cecil Parker as John Crane MA. headmaster of Melbury School, Raymond Huntley as the reverend Edwin Peake, […]

Jan, 26 · in Reviews

The French Lieutenant’s Woman **** (1981, Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern) – Classic Movie Review 2.116

Director  Karel Reisz’s fascinating 1981 film of John Fowles’s 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman is graced with another literate, distinguished screenplay by Harold Pinter, striking cinematography by Freddie Francis, a lovely […]

Jan, 26 · in Reviews

Fiddler on the Roof ***** (1971, Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon) – Classic Movie Review 2,115

Producer-director Norman Jewison’s triple Oscar-winning 1971 movie of the all-time great musical Fiddler on the Roof soars to the rooftops thanks to a great show and the spirited Topol’s charismatic star turn. On the route […]

Jan, 26

The Hill **** (1965, Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear, Michael Redgrave, Ossie Davis, Jack Watson) – Classic Movie Review 2114

Director Sidney Lumet’s distinguished, brutal 1965 military drama The Hill is a showcase for tour de force acting from Sean Connery as Joe Roberts, one of the five new prisoners being punished in a British […]

Jan, 25

The Deadly Affair ***** (1966, James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret, Harry Andrews, Harriet Andersson) – Classic Movie Review 2,113

Sidney Lumet’s 1966 spy thriller film The Deadly Affair, adapted from John le Carré’s Call for the Dead, is chilling and riveting. James Mason plays le Carré’s famous British secret agent George Smiley, here called […]

Jan, 25

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ***** (1965, Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker, Peter Van Eyck) – Classic Movie Review 2,112

Martin Ritt’s scintillating 1965 British spy film The Spy Who Came In from the Cold is based on the 1963 novel by John le Carré, and stars Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Oskar Werner.  Director Martin Ritt’s scintillating 1965 […]

Jan, 25

The Angry Silence **** (1960, Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, Alfred Burke) – Classic Movie Review 2111

Director Guy Green’s 1960 drama The Angry Silence is a refreshingly bracing, grown-up and engrossing thought piece that finds the 1960 British cinema in a surprisingly serious frame of mind in a story that tackles […]

Jan, 24

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