Derek Winnert

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz **** (1974, Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Denholm Elliott, Joseph Wiseman) – Classic Movie Review 10,135

Director Ted Kotcheff’s outstanding 1974 Canadian comedy drama The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz stars Richard Dreyfuss, who shows early signs of excellence as Duddy Kravitz, an ambitious youngster from Montreal’s Jewish ghetto in the late-1940s, […]

Aug, 05 · in Reviews

Arabian Adventure *** (1979, Christopher Lee, Milo O’Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms, Mickey Rooney) – Classic Movie Review 10,134

Director Kevin Connor’s 1979 fantasy adventure film Arabian Adventure stars Oliver Tobias as Prince Hasan, who has a quest to rescue beautiful damsel-in-distress Princess Zuleira (Emma Samms) from the wicked sorcerer Alquazar (Christopher Lee), who […]

Aug, 05 · in Reviews

The April Fools *** (1969, Jack Lemmon, Catherine Deneuve, Myrna Loy, Charles Boyer, Peter Lawford, Jack Weston) – Classic Movie Review 10,133

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s 1969 romantic comedy drama The April Fools stars the always essential Jack Lemmon, who saves a faded, unsparkling late-Sixties neo screwball concoction, in which he plays a sad husband, newly-promoted New York […]

Aug, 05

Search for Danger * (1949, John Calvert, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell) – Classic Movie Review 10,132

Director Jack Bernhard’s 1949 black and white thriller Search for Danger is the third and last of John Calvert’s Falcon films, made by the low-budget Film Classics company, and the very end of a series of […]

Aug, 04

Devil’s Cargo * (1948, John Calvert, Rochelle Hudson, Roscoe Karns) – Classic Movie Review 10,131

Director John F Link Sr’s 1948 thriller Devil’s Cargo is the opener in John Calvert’s poor trilogy of Falcon films, and the 14th part in the series, so with just two more to go – […]

Aug, 04

Appointment with Murder * (1948, John Calvert, Catherine Craig, Jack Reitzen, Lyle Talbot, Robert Coote) – Classic Movie Review 10,130

Director Jack Bernhard’s 1948 thriller Appointment with Murder is the second of John Calvert’s poor trilogy of Falcon films, and the 15th part in the series, following Devil’s Cargo (1948), and with just one more […]

Aug, 04

Acquasanta Joe ** (1971, Lincoln Tate, Ty Hardin, Richard Harrison, Silvia Monelli) – Classic Movie Review 10,129

Director Mario Gariazzo’s typically violent, though slightly below-average 1971 spaghetti Western film Acquasanta Joe [Holy Water Joe] stars Lincoln Tate as bounty hunter Acquanasta Joe who goes after the gang of ex-civil war soldier outlaws, led […]

Aug, 04

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