Derek Winnert

Take Me High * (1973, Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, George Cole, Hugh Griffith, Richard Wattis, Anthony Andrews, Madeline Smith, Moyra Fraser, Ronald Hines) – Classic Movie Review 10,430

Director David Askey’s 1973 British feature film Take Me High stars Cliff Richard, who takes us low in this rare item, a British musical about Birmingham, banks and beefburgers (the dreaded Brumburger!) – brought to us […]

Oct, 17 · in Reviews

Two a Penny * (1967, Cliff Richard, Dora Bryan, Avril Angers, Ann Holloway) – Classic Movie Review 10,429

Director James F Collier’s 1967 crusading drama Two a Penny is a well-meaning but simple-minded religious fable that arose through pop star Cliff Richard’s meeting with Billy Graham through Christian evangelism. Making an improbable job […]

Oct, 17 · in Uncategorized

Finders Keepers ** (1966, Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Peggy Mount, Viviane Ventura, Graham Stark, The Shadows, John le Mesurier) – Classic Movie Review 10,428

‘The beat is the wildest! The blast is the craziest!… and the fun is where you find it!’ Director Sidney Hayers’s 1966 Finders Keepers stars Cliff Richard, who is helped out by experienced Morley (who […]

Oct, 17

Wonderful Life ** (1964, Cliff Richard, Walter Slezak, Susan Hampshire, Melvyn Hayes, Richard O’Sullivan, Una Stubbs, Derek Bond, Gerald Harper) – Classic Movie Review 10,427

The cast and crew return from the 1961 hit The Young Ones for director Sidney J Furie’s 1964 follow-up musical Wonderful Life [Swingers’ Paradise]. Cliff Richard and The Shadows are stranded on the Canary Islands, […]

Oct, 17

La Cage aux Folles II *** (1980, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcel Bozzuffi) – Classic Movie Review 10,425

Director Edouard Molinaro’s 1980 comedy sequel La Cage aux Folles II finds that part two unexpectedly answers the awkward questions arising from the 1978 part one, La Cage aux Folles, as Michel Serrault and Ugo […]

Oct, 16

La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding * (1985, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi) – Classic Movie Review 10,426

Director Georges Lautner’s 1985 comedy second sequel La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding [La cage aux folles III: ‘Elles’ se marient] is third time unlucky for the gay duo, in which drag queen Albin […]

Oct, 16

Partners * (1982, Ryan O’Neal, John Hurt, Kenneth McMillan) – Classic Movie Review 10,424

The 1982 crime comedy Partners is a disappointing, wrong-headed comedy-drama from American TV’s sitcomic mastermind James Burrows in his bewildering film début. John Hurt and Ryan O’Neal play an odd couple as LA cops probing […]

Oct, 16

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