Derek Winnert

The Spider and the Fly *** (1949, Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray, George Cole) – Classic Movie Review 7750

Director Robert Hamer’s little-known 1949 British romantic comedy thriller The Spider and the Fly is of considerable interest and entertainment value, even if it fails to deliver fully on any of the three counts as […]

Nov, 04 · in Reviews

Kismet *** (1944, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold, Hugh Herbert, Joy Ann Page, Florence Bates, Harry Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 7749

The MGM studio’s wonderfully plush and luscious remake of the Edward Knoblock stage yarn is World War Two wartime escapism gone mad, with notable casting in Ronald Colman as the beggar king Hafiz and Jamilla […]

Nov, 03 · in Reviews

Song of Norway ** (1970, Florence Henderson, Toralv Maurstad, Christina Schollin) – Classic Movie Review 7748

The 1944 Broadway hit stage show by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran, Song of Norway, is brought to the screen by producer-director Andrew L Stone in 1970 with 70 mm 6-Track Stereo, Panavision 70, De Luxe colour and […]

Nov, 03

The Stunt Man **** (1980, Peter O’Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell, Adam Roarke, Philip Bruns) – Classic Movie Review 7747

Co-writer/ director Richard Rush’s 1980 The Stunt Man is a good fun parody on the movies, with terrific stunts, in which Vietnam veteran on the run Cameron (Steve Railsback) accidentally kills sinister film director Eli Cross (Peter […]

Nov, 03

The Secret Life of an American Wife*** (1968, Walter Matthau, Anne Jackson, Patrick O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 7746

Writer-director George Axelrod’s 1968 The Secret Life of an American Wife is a pleasing little satirical comedy-drama, sending up the middle-aged, middle-class American mores of the time. Anne Jackson stars as frustrated housewife Victoria Layton, who […]

Nov, 03

Darling Lili *** (1970, Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival) – Classic Movie Review 7745

Darling Lili or Mata Hari – The Musical! Producer-director Blake Edwards’s 1970 Darling Lili is an appealing and attractive World War One Mata Hari spoof romantic spy drama with songs. It stars Julie Andrews, who gives […]

Nov, 03

The Secret Invasion *** (1964, Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Henry Silva, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes, William Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 7744

Director Roger Corman and writer R Wright Campbell rework their story for Corman’s first film as director, the 1955 Western Five Guns West as a 1964 World War Two wartime mission action thriller involving convicts, in […]

Nov, 03

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