Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

When the Daltons Rode **** (1940, Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy, Andy Devine, George Bancroft, Stuart Erwin, Broderick Crawford, Frank Albertson) – Classic Movie Review 9812

The notorious Dalton brothers (Brian Donlevy as Grat, Broderick Crawford as Bob, Stuart Erwin as Ben and Frank Albertson as Emmett) ride the range after the greedy railroad guys deprive them of their land and […]

May, 23 · in Reviews

The Glory Guys ** (1965, Tom Tryon, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, James Caan, Harve Presnell, Senta Berger, Andrew Duggan, Slim Pickens, Michael Anderson Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9811

Director Arnold Laven’s 1965 film The Glory Guys is a sturdy Sam Peckinpah-scripted glossy Western about an ill-prepared US cavalry attack on the Sioux. Tom Tryon stars as Captain Demas Harrod, the soldier unwilling to send […]

May, 23 · in Reviews

The Old Crowd ** (1979, John Moffatt, Isabel Dean, Philip Stone, Frank Grimes, Peter Jeffrey, Rachel Roberts, Jill Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 9810

The 62-minute 1979 London Weekend Television TV movie The Old Crowd was considered a failure. It was awaited with great expectation as a collaboration between writer Alan Bennett and director Lindsay Anderson, but was dismissed […]

May, 23

Look Back in Anger *** (1980, Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Banes, Fran Brill, Raymond Hardie) – Classic Movie Review 9809

The 1980 British film Look Back in Anger stars Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Banes and Fran Brill, and is directed by Lindsay Anderson and David Hugh Jones. The film is based on John Osborne’s classic play, […]

May, 23

The White Bus *** (1967, Patricia Healey, Arthur Lowe, John Sharp) Classic Movie Review 9808

The White Bus is a humorous, flavourful and poignant 1967 46-minute short film directed by Lindsay Anderson, now a time capsule. In it, Patricia Healey plays The Girl, who leaves depressive London on a train […]

May, 23

Is That All There Is? *** (1992, director Lindsay Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 9807

‘Perfection is not an aim.’ Lindsay Anderson’s entertaining and informative 1992 75-minute autobiographical film for BBC Scotland, Is That All There Is?, is ironically his last film, first shown in 1992 and finally released in […]

May, 23

Glory! Glory! **** (1989, Ellen Greene, Richard Thomas, James Whitmore, Barry Morse) – Classic Movie Review 9806

Director Lindsay Anderson’s compelling, winning 1989 two-part TV movie comedy drama Glory! Glory! runs a riveting 206 minutes without a let-up and is outstanding. It is a witty, funny, razor-edged satirical spoof of American TV […]

May, 22

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