Derek Winnert

The Doomsday Flight *** (1966, Jack Lord, Edmond O’Brien, Van Johnson, Katherine Crawford, John Saxon, Richard Carlson, Michael Sarrazin, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 10,180

Director William Graham’s tense, credible and exciting 1966 bomb threat TV movie crime thriller The Doomsday Flight is written by Rod Serling and stars Jack Lord, Edmond O’Brien, Van Johnson, Katherine Crawford, John Saxon, Richard […]

Aug, 15 · in Reviews

Double Negative [Deadly Companion] ** (1980, Michael Sarrazin, Susan Clark, Anthony Perkins) – Classic Movie Review 10,179

Michael Sarrazin stars as a disturbed photo-journalist who sets out to find his wife’s killer, in the 1980 Canadian mystery film Double Negative [Deadly Companion]. Director George Bloomfield’s 1980 Canadian mystery film Double Negative [Deadly […]

Aug, 14 · in Reviews

Scorchers * (1991, Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, James Earl Jones, Emily Lloyd, Jennifer Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 10,178

Writer-director David Beaird’s 1991 drama Scorchers stars Faye Dunaway as the Bayou La Teche town slut, Denholm Elliott as the town drunk, James Earl Jones as the bar-keeper, Jennifer Tilly as Talbot, and Emily Lloyd […]

Aug, 14

Scoop ** (1987, Michael Maloney, Michael Hordern, Robert Eddison, Donald Pleasence, Denholm Elliott, Herbert Lom, Nicola Pagett) – Classic Movie Review 10,177

Director Gavin Millar’s 1987 TV movie Scoop is a much-heralded, £2.5 million London Weekend Television (LWT) production of Evelyn Waugh’s brilliant, mischievous Fleet Street satire, adapted by William Boyd, about nature columnist William Boot (Michael […]

Aug, 14

Seven Days Leave ** (1930, Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, Daisy Belmore) – Classic Movie Review 10,176

The young Gary Cooper’s career was boosted when he starred in producer and director Richard Wallace’s 1930 all-talking drama film Seven Days Leave, the early-sound version of J M Barrie’s 1917 play The Old Lady […]

Aug, 13

Seven Days’ Leave *** (1942, Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary, Mapy Cortes) – Classic Movie Review 10,175

Director Tim Whelan’s 1942 RKO Radio Pictures black and white romantic musical comedy Seven Days’ Leave stars the irresistible combination of Lucille Ball and Victor Mature (borrowed from 20th Century-Fox). Wartime GI soldier Johnny Grey […]

Aug, 13

Carbine Williams *** (1952, James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey) – Classic Movie Review 10,174

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1952 black and white biographical crime drama Carbine Williams stars James Stewart, who is effectively cast as David ‘Marsh’ Marshall Williams, an embittered jailed bootlegger, who, in the jail tool-shop, invents a new gun […]

Aug, 13

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