Derek Winnert

The Bridges at Toko-Ri *** (1954, William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney) – Classic Movie Review 8479

James A Michener’s bestselling novel about the friendship of two Korean War jet pilots is strongly cast in director Mark Robson’s high-flying 1954 Paramount Pictures production The Bridges at Toko-Ri. The stars (especially William Holden […]

May, 18 · in Reviews

Mayerling **** (1936, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier) – Classic Movie Review 8478

Director Anatole Litvak’s original 1936 black and white movie Mayerling is the memorable French hit film based on Claude Anet’s novel of the fateful love of the 19th-century married Hapsburg heir, Archduke Rudolf, for the […]

May, 17 · in Reviews

Mayerling *** (1968, Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner, James Robertson Justice, Genevieve Page) – Classic Movie Review 8477

Director Terence Young’s 1968 Mayerling is the third movie version (after 1936’s Mayerling and 1940’s Sarajevo) of the story from Claude Anet’s novel about the 19th-century misalliance of the Austrian Crown Prince, Archduke Rudolf. Mayerling […]

May, 17

Don’t Talk to Strange Men *** (1962, Christina Gregg, Janina Faye, Cyril Raymond) – Classic Movie Review 8476

Director Pat Jackson’s taut, tense and tight little 1962 black and white British thriller Don’t Talk to Strange Men tackles the theme of a child talking with a stranger and phone terror. It stars Christina […]

May, 17

The Mind of Mr Soames ** (1970, Terence Stamp, Robert Vaughn, Nigel Davenport, Christian Roberts, Donal Donnelly) – Classic Movie Review 8475

Amicus Productions tries for classy science fiction with director Alan Cooke’s 1970 British sci-fi drama The Mind of Mr Soames, starring Terence Stamp, Robert Vaughn, Nigel Davenport, Christian Roberts, and Donal Donnelly, based on the […]

May, 17

The Brigand of Kandahar *** (1965, Ronald Lewis, Oliver Reed, Duncan Lamont) – Classic Movie Review 8474

‘His Plundering Army of Bandit Raiders Sweeps to Glory Across the Plains of India!’ Hammer Films studios recast a rather handsome young Oliver Reed, star of their The Pirates of Blood River (1962) and The […]

May, 17

Brigham Young **** (1940, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Brian Donlevy, Dean Jagger, Jane Darwell, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 8473

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1940 historical adventure saga of pioneering Mormons and the founding of Salt Lake City stars Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Brian Donlevy, with Dean Jagger on good form as Brigham Young, the […]

May, 16

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