Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Invasion Quartet * (1961, Bill Travers, Spike Milligan, John le Mesurier, Grégoire Aslan) – Classic Movie Review 12,020

They tried to turn Spike Milligan into a movie star with Invasion Quartet (1961). Director Jay Lewis’s 1961 British World War Two comedy-drama film Invasion Quartet is based on a story by Norman Collins and […]

Mar, 20 · in Reviews

A Home of Your Own *** (1965, Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Janet Brown, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Cribbins, Ronnie Stevens, Bill Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 12,019

A Home of Your Own (1965) is advertised as ‘The Funniest 43 Minute Feature Ever Made!’ Director Jay Lewis’s 1965 British satirical film A Home of Your Own is a resourceful silent comedy short feature […]

Mar, 19 · in Reviews

Postman’s Knock ** (1962, Spike Milligan, Barbara Shelley, Wilfrid Lawson, Miles Malleson, Bob Todd, Warren Mitchell, Arthur Mullard, Lance Percival) – Classic Movie Review 12,018

They tried to turn Spike Milligan into a movie star with Postman’s Knock (1962).  Director Robert Lynn’s 1962 British mail theft ring slapstick comedy film Postman’s Knock stars Spike Milligan and Barbara Shelley, along with […]

Mar, 19

A Prayer for the Dying ** (1987, Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis, Liam Neeson, Alison Doody, Christopher Fulford, Karl Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 12,017

The 1987 British film A Prayer for the Dying is a tense and interesting but muddled thriller, recut by the producers to the fury of star Mickey Rourke and director Mike Hodges. Both Rourke, as […]

Mar, 18

The Corsican Brothers *** (1941, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, J Carrol Naish, H B Warner, Henry Wilcoxon) – Classic Movie Review 12,016

Director Gregory Ratoff’s 1941 swashbuckler film The Corsican Brothers stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr in a dual role as the title twins, Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, J Carrol Naish, H B Warner and Henry Wilcoxon. The […]

Mar, 17

Power of the Press ** (1943, Guy Kibbee, Gloria Dickson, Lee Tracy, Otto Kruger, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 12,015

Director Lew Landers’s 1943 Columbia Pictures American black and white crime drama film Power of the Press stars Guy Kibbee, Gloria Dickson, Lee Tracy, Otto Kruger, and Victor Jory. Otto Kruger plays a World War […]

Mar, 17

The Power of the Press *** (1928, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Jobyna Ralston) – Classic Movie Review 12,014

Frank Capra’s 1928 silent film The Power of the Press stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr as a cub reporter and Jobyna Ralston as a young woman suspected of murder. Director Frank Capra’s 1928 Columbia Pictures American […]

Mar, 16

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