Derek Winnert

The Bed Sitting Room *** (1969, Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook) – Classic Movie Review 9506

The public of the day was more mystified than amused by director Richard Lester’s 1969 The Bed Sitting Room, but it does entertain sporadically and sustain a level of interest when viewed now on TV. […]

Mar, 15 · in Reviews

Firewalker * (1986, Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr, Melody Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 9505

The all too moderate 1986 effort Firewalker is a below-par vehicle for popular action star Chuck Norris, in which Patricia Goodwin (Melody Anderson) hires adventurer fortune hunters (Max Donigan) Norris and Leo Porter (Louis Gossett […]

Mar, 14 · in Reviews

Allegheny Uprising *** (1939, Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders) – Classic Movie Review 9504

John Wayne stars in director William A Seiter’s rousing 1939 Western action epic Allegheny Uprising [The First Rebel], set in 1759 in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Valley. Wayne plays an American frontier pioneer Jim Smith who leads […]

Mar, 14

First Men in the Moon ** (1964, Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries) – Classic Movie Review 9503

Director Nathan Juran’s 1964 sci-fi adventure yarn First Men in the Moon, taken from a story by H G Wells, is aimed to please eager teenagers, though it has some appeal to dads too. A […]

Mar, 13

The First Great Train Robbery [The Great Train Robbery] *** (1978, Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down) – Classic Movie Review 9,502

All aboard the London to Folkestone express for Michael Crichton’s 1979 Victorian crime caper, with Sean Connery as the cracksman William Pierce and Donald Sutherland as the safe-cracker Agar. ‘Steal from a moving train? Whoever […]

Mar, 13

The Firm **** (1989, Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis) – Classic Movie Review 9501

Director Alan Clarke’s 1989 BBC film The Firm stars Gary Oldman, who sizzles in this unsettling, violent TV movie as Bex Bissell, the psychotic leader of a London firm of soccer hooligans. He is 30, […]

Mar, 13

The Stranger Left No Card **** (1952, Alan Badel, Cameron Hall, Geoffrey Bayldon) – Classic Movie Review 9500

Director-deviser Wendy Toye’s excellent 1952 British black and white short film mystery drama The Stranger Left No Card stars the young Alan Badel in his film debut as an enigmatic stranger who arrives by train […]

Mar, 13

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