Derek Winnert

Dutchman **** (1966, Shirley Knig ht, Al Freeman Jr, Frank Lieberman) – Classic Movie Review 10,517

Neurotic white woman Lula (Shirley Knight) humiliates black New Yorker Clay (Al Freeman Jr) on a subway train, in director Anthony Harvey’s 1966 drama Dutchman, a riveting, intensely played version of LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka)’s […]

Nov, 09 · in Reviews

Duchess of Idaho ** (1950, Esther Williams, Van Johnson, John Lund, Paula Raymond) – Classic Movie Review 10,516

The glossy, insubstantial 1950 MGM Technicolor musical romantic comedy Duchess of Idaho gets in the swim with a triangular romance between Esther Williams (‘wet she’s a star’) as roommate Chris Duncan, Van Johnson (as the band […]

Nov, 08 · in Reviews

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox *** (1976, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Conrad Janis) – Classic Movie Review 10,515

Director Melvin Frank’s amusing 1976 Western slapstick comedy The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox stars George Segal and Goldie Hawn as gambler Charlie Malloy and saloon hostess Amanda Quaid who get mixed up with trekking […]

Nov, 08

Assignment K * (1968, Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Jeremy Kemp, Jane Merrow) – Classic Movie Review 10,514

Classy actors Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Jeremy Kemp and Jane Merrow rescue Val Guest’s mostly dull and dreary 1968 British spy thriller film Assignment K. Director Val Guest’s mostly dull and dreary 1968 British spy […]

Nov, 08

Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War *** (2002, Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Peter Capaldi, Sheila Reid, Anna Wilson-Jones, Frank Mills, Terence Rigby) – Classic Movie Review 10,513

The amusing, heart-warming 2002 British comedy drama film Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War is based on a 1993 novel by Vernon Coleman, and boasts a very nice cast headed by Pauline Collins, John Alderton and Peter […]

Nov, 08

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet ** (1976, John Alderton, Colin Blakely, Lisa Harrow) – Classic Movie Review 10,512

Director Eric Till’s 1976 British comedy drama It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet [All Things Bright and Beautiful] is based on the book by James Herriot, and stars John Alderton, Colin Blakely and Lisa Harrow, […]

Nov, 08

Duffy ** (1968, James Coburn, James Mason, James Fox, Susannah York, John Alderton) – Classic Movie Review 10,511

Director Robert Parrish’s 1968 British comedy crime movie Duffy is a Swinging Sixties trendy caper thriller about half-brothers James Fox (as young playboy Stefane) and John Alderton (as Antony) planning to rob banker James Mason […]

Nov, 07

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