Derek Winnert

Destination Gobi *** (1953, Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter) – Classic Movie Review 10,253

‘ADVENTURE AS FIERY AND FURIOUS AS THE FLAMING SANDS OF CHINA’S GOBI DESERT!’ Director Robert Wise’s 1953 drama Destination Gobi, his first film in colour, is an engrossing war adventure about US Navy men on […]

Sep, 01 · in Uncategorized

Scalawag ** (1973, Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand) – Classic Movie Review 10,252

Kirk Douglas directs himself in the 1973 adventure film Scalawag as Pete, a ‘yo-ho-ho’ one-legged pirate searching for hidden treasure in Mexico. Scalawag is an unsubtle reworking of Treasure Island, with decent sets, costumes and […]

Sep, 01 · in Uncategorized

Posse *** (1975, Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern, Bo Hopkins, James Stacy, Luke Askew, David Canary, Alfonso Arau) – Classic Movie Review 10,251

The 1975 Western film Posse stars Kirk Douglas as Texas right-wing lawman Howard Nightingale, who leads a posse to capture the infamous outlaw Jack Strawhorn (Bruce Dern). Director Kirk Douglas’s 1975 Western film Posse stars […]

Sep, 01

Posse from Hell ** (1961, Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Zohra Lampert) – Classic Movie Review 10,250)

Director Herbert Coleman’s 1961 Posse from Hell stars Audie Murphy, who rides in as a tough former gunfighter called Banner Cole, heading the search for a murderous band of four ex-cons, all convicted killers who […]

Aug, 31

The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] **** (1975, Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila) – Classic Movie Review 10,249

Director Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 Swedish film The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] is a magical filming of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s great opera, eavesdropping on a performance at Drottningholm’s 18th century court theatre in Stockholm. With Sven Nykvist’s […]

Aug, 31

The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart *** (1970, Don Johnson, Linda Gillen, Michael Greer, Dianne Hull, Victoria Racimo) – Classic Movie Review 10,248

Director Leonard J Horn’s 1970 The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart stars a very young and sweet-looking Don Johnson in his film debut as the 23-year-old home-movie addict Columbia University student dropout Stanley Sweetheart, blowing […]

Aug, 31

Desperate Characters *** (1971, Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 10,247

Writer-director Frank D Gilroy’s engrossing 1971 drama Desperate Characters stars Shirley MacLaine in a very remarkable performance as Sophie Bentwood, a depressed, frigid New York housewife living in the East Side suburbs, married to the […]

Aug, 31

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