Derek Winnert

Back from Eternity *** (1956, Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 7846

The 1956 black and white adventure thriller Back from Eternity tells a familiar tale but is actually a bigger budget remake by producer-director John Farrow of his admired 1939 hit Five Came Back, which starred […]

Nov, 27 · in Reviews

Five Came Back **** (1939, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins, C Aubrey Smith) – Classic Movie Review 7845

Director John Farrow’s admired 1939 adventure melodrama Five Came Back stars Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins and C Aubrey Smith, and is suspenseful and entertaining. Based on the story by […]

Nov, 27 · in Reviews

Sands of the Kalahari *** (1965, Stanley Baker, Stuart Whitman, Harry Andrews, Susannah York, Theodore Bikel, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 7844

Stanley Baker reunites with his Zulu writer-director Cy Endfield for this enjoyable enough, if samey, 1965 adventure yarn Sands of the Kalahari. It was old fashioned in 1965 when the movie scene had changed so much, […]

Nov, 27

Sea Fury *** (1958, Stanley Baker, Victor McLaglen, Luciana Paluzzi, Grégoire Aslan) – Classic Movie Review 7843

Director Cy Endfield’s 1958 British movie Sea Fury presents a tale of adventure, romance and drama on salvage tug boats sailing between Spain and England. Stanley Baker stars as second-in-command handsome English sailor Abel Hewson […]

Nov, 27

Sea Devils *** (1953, Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Maxwell Reed, Bryan Forbes) – Classic Movie Review 7842

Director Raoul Walsh’s 1953 romantic historical action adventure drama Sea Devils stars Rock Hudson as Gilliatt, the swashbuckling fisherman cum smuggler who falls for beautiful English spy Drucette (Yvonne De Carlo) and sets her on […]

Nov, 27

Conan the Destroyer *** (1984, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia d’Abo) – Classic Movie Review 7,841

Arnold Schwarzenegger successfully re-creates his role as the comic-book hero Conan in the likeable 1984 fantasy adventure film Conan the Destroyer – the more fun, less violence sequel to 1982’s Conan the Barbarian. Director Richard […]

Nov, 27

Red Sonja *** (1985, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman) – Classic Movie Review 7840

Director Richard Fleischer’s 1985 Red Sonja is a fairly amusing sword-and-sorcery romp culled from the fantasy adventure stories of Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E Howard and based on the character created by him. The remarkable […]

Nov, 27

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