Derek Winnert

Eight on the Lam [Eight on the Run] ** (1967, Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Jonathan Winters, Shirley Eaton, Jill St John) – Classic Movie Review 8335

Veteran director George Marshall’s 1966 comedy Eight on the Lam [Eight on the Run] stars Bob Hope as a widowed bank clerk who goes on the lam (run) with his seven kids (including his real-life […]

Apr, 05 · in Reviews

Dry Rot *** (1956, Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Sidney James, Peggy Mount, Michael Shepley, Heather Sears, Joan Sims) – Classic Movie Review 8334

Director Maurice Elvey’s 1956 British black and white comedy movie Dry Rot gallops along at a fair whip and stays the course, but, alas, fails to get to the winning post first, being a bit […]

Apr, 05 · in Reviews

Sailor Beware! [Panic in the Parlor] **** (1956, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Ronald Lewis, Esma Cannon, Cyril Smith, Gordon Jackson, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 8333

Director Gordon Parry’s 1956 British black and white romantic comedy Sailor Beware! [Panic in the Parlor] is the film that turned the redoubtable Peggy Mount into a popular screen star at 40 as Mrs Emma […]

Apr, 04

Journey Back to Oz *** (1972, voices of Liza Minnelli, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle, Margaret Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 8332

Director Hal Sutherland’s 1972 full-length musical cartoon adventure Journey Back to Oz is exactly what the title says, with Liza Minnelli voicing her mother Judy Garland’s best-known role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, […]

Apr, 04

Joseph Andrews ** (1977, Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Peter Bull, John Gielgud, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 8331

Director Tony Richardson re-enters Tom Jones country (the scene of his 1963 movie triumph) for this romping and rollicking farcical tale of a lusty servant Joseph Andrews (Peter Firth) in the 18th century. Ann-Margret stars […]

Apr, 03

A Jolly Bad Fellow [They All Died Laughing] **** (1964, Leo McKern, Janet Munro, Maxine Audley, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 8330

Director Don Chaffey’s 1964 British comedy A Jolly Bad Fellow [They All Died Laughing] stars Leo McKern as a philandering English chemistry don, Professor Kerris Bowles-Ottery, who develops an undetectable poison to bump off those […]

Apr, 03

The Jokers **** (1967, Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald, Daniel Massey, Michael Hordern, Gabriella Licudi, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 8329

Director Michael Winner’s 1967 British comedy The Jokers stars Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed as unlikely siblings, the Tremayne brothers, who, just for a lark and to make themselves famous, plan to rob Her Majesty […]

Apr, 03

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