Derek Winnert

Soldiers Three *** (1951, Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 11,170

Director Tay Garnett’s 1951 MGM black and white film Soldiers Three is a minor-league, though entertaining Gunga Din-style comedy adventure tale, derived from Rudyard Kipling short stories, with Indian location shots from Kim (1950) helping things […]

May, 05 · in Reviews

A Soldier’s Story **** (1984, Howard E Rollins Jr, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier, Denzel Washington) – Classic Movie Review 11,169

‘Alone, far from home, and far from justice, he has three days to learn the truth about a murder… and the truth is a story you won’t forget.’ Director Norman Jewison’s 1984 film A Soldier’s […]

May, 05 · in Reviews

A Soldier’s Tale ** (1989, Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Judge Reinhold, Paul Wyett) – Classic Movie Review 11,168

‘For one brief weekend, their love was all that mattered.’ Director Larry Parr’s conscientious, well-acted, low-key, touching little 1989 World War Two romantic drama A Soldier’s Tale is based on the novel by M K […]

May, 05

Soldier of Orange [Soldaat van Oranje] **** (1977, Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 11,167

Paul Verhoeven’s engrossing and often very stirring 1979 Netherlands World War Two epic drama Soldier of Orange [Soldaat van Oranje] [Survival Run] tells the tale of four university students growing up fast during the Nazi […]

May, 05

The D.I. *** (1957, Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery) – Classic Movie Review 11,166

The black and white US Marine drama The D.I. stars Jack Webb and is produced and directed by him in 1957. It is made by Mark VII and released by Warner Bros. Jack Webb stars […]

May, 04

Fire and Ice *** (1983, Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor) – Classic Movie Review 11,165

The 1983 adult animated feature Fire and Ice is an intriguing, entertaining and eye-catching Conan the Barbarian-style sword and sorcery dark fantasy cartoon from director Ralph Bakshi, in which an evil lord, Nekron (Sean Hannon), […]

May, 04

Fingers at the Window *** (1942, Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone) – Classic Movie Review 11,163

Basil Rathbone stars as an evil hospital psychiatrist who hypnotises patients into committing murder, in MGM’s 1942 black and white film noir mystery chiller Fingers at the Window. ‘DANGER AT NIGHTFALL!  ROMANCE AT DAYBREAK!’ Lew […]

May, 04

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