Derek Winnert

Wings for the Eagle *** (1942, Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) – Classic Movie Review 12,540

Director Lloyd Bacon’s charming 1942 Warner Bros romantic adventure drama film Wings for the Eagle stars Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, and Jack Carson, and tells the story of workers at a Lockheed aircraft assembly plant […]

Jun, 13 · in Reviews

Shine On, Harvest Moon ** (1944, Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Irene Manning) – Classic Movie Review 12,539

Warner Bros’ tuneful 1944 film Shine on, Harvest Moon is a fun but flimsy musical biopic of Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, played by Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan. Jack Carson is The […]

Jun, 13 · in Reviews

The Homecoming *** (1973, Paul Rogers, Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Vivien Merchant, Terence Rigby – Classic Movie Review 12,537

Peter Hall adapts Harold Pinter’s Tony Award-winning play for his valuable 1973 drama film The Homecoming, based on Pinter’s own screenplay and with most of the original 1965 Royal Shakespeare Company cast. Director Peter Hall […]

Jun, 10

The Bourne Identity **** (1988, Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat, Yorgo Voyagis, Peter Vaughan, Denholm Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 12,537

The 1988 TV thriller The Bourne Identity stars Richard Chamberlain as tough spy Jason Bourne in this compelling miniseries version of Robert Ludlum’s clever novel. Satisfyingly, it follows the storyline of the original novel and […]

Jun, 09

Slaughter Trail ** (1951, Brian Donlevy, Gig Young, Virginia Grey, Andy Devine, Robert Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 12,536

Howard da Silva had appeared as the star in the completed 1951 Cinecolor Western film Slaughter Trail, but all his scenes were reshot with Brian Donlevy because da Silva was thought to be a Communist […]

Jun, 09

Nine Lives Are Not Enough ** (1941, Ronald Reagan, Howard da Silva, James Gleason, Edward Brophy, Joan Perry) – Classic Movie Review 12,535

Jerome Odlum’s mystery crime thriller novel is filmed in 1941 as the Warner Bros comedy drama Nine Lives Are Not Enough, starring Ronald Reagan as a reporter trying to solve a series of boarding house […]

Jun, 08

Murder, Inc ***½ (1960, Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, David J Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 12,534

The 1960 factual gangster film Murder, Inc stars Stuart Whitman, May Britt and Peter Falk, who was Oscar nominated as vicious killer Abe Reles, hitman leader of the real-life Murder, Inc gang.  Directors Burt Balaban […]

Jun, 08

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