Derek Winnert

Tribute to a Bad Man *** (1956, James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Irene Papas, Stephen McNally, Vic Morrow, Royal Dano, Lee Van Cleef) – Classic Movie Review 7437

Director Robert Wise’s 1956 Western Tribute to a Bad Man stars James Cagney, who replaces the originally cast Spencer Tracy (who walked out after falling out with director Wise) as Jeremy Rodock, a vicious horse […]

Aug, 12 · in Reviews

Tribute *** (1980, Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst, Kim Cattrall, John Marley) – Classic Movie Review 7436

Director Bob Clark’s 1981 drama Tribute stars Jack Lemmon, who memorably records on film his superlative, poignant Broadway performance as joking New York theatre publicist Scottie Templeton, who learns that he is afflicted by terminal […]

Aug, 12 · in Reviews

Mister Buddwing * (1966, James Garner, Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Angela Lansbury, Katharine Ross) – Classic Movie Review 7,435

The 1966 movie Mister Buddwing stars James Garner as a man who comes round on a park seat in New York’s Central Park and cannot remember who he is. Garner recalled: ‘Worst picture I ever […]

Aug, 12

Waltz of the Toreadors ** (1962, Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, John Fraser, Cyril Cusack, Margaret Leighton) – Classic Movie Review 7434

Jean Anouilh’s French farce Waltz of the Toreadors is filmed in Britain in 1962 by director John Guillermin as a vehicle for Peter Sellers playing a lecherous old general, Gen Leo Fitzjohn, who retires to his Sussex […]

Aug, 12

Life at the Top *** (1965, Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman) – Classic Movie Review 7433

Director Ted Kotcheff’s modest but diverting enough 1965 drama Life at the Top is the soap-opera-style sequel to Room at the Top (1959) that, even while it entertains, misses the quality and bitter taste of the […]

Aug, 12

How to Make an American Quilt *** (1995, Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Alfre Woodard) – Classic Movie Review 7432

Director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s 1995 American drama How to Make an American Quilt is based on the 1991 novel by Whitney Otto, with a screenplay by Jane Anderson, and stars Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan and Alfre Woodard. It was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for […]

Aug, 11

Divorce American Style *** (1967, Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons) – Classic Movie Review 7,431

The acerbically witty 1967 comedy film Divorce American Style finds Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds well paired as a warring married couple. Norman Lear was an Oscar nominee for his screenplay. Director Bud Yorkin’s […]

Aug, 11

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