Derek Winnert

Sayonara *** (1957, Marlon Brando, Miyoshi Umeki, Miiko Taka, Red Buttons, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, Kent Smith, Martha Scott, James Garner) – Classic Movie Review 7275

Director Joshua Logan’s 1957 romantic drama Sayonara won four Oscars and stars Marlon Brando and Red Buttons as US air force Major Lloyd ‘Ace’ Gruver and Airman Joe Kelly, a pair of US Korean war servicemen buddies, […]

Jul, 10 · in Reviews

The Tall Stranger *** (1957, Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 7274

Little-known director Thomas Carr’s well-crafted 1957 Western The Tall Stranger stars Joel McCrea as ex-Yankee officer Ned Bannon, who is shot half dead by rustlers, but is saved by an intrepid wagon train of former Confederate settlers on their […]

Jul, 10 · in Reviews

Tall Story *** (1960, Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda, Ray Walston, Anne Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 7273

‘SUCH FUN! That college girl who can’t help lovin’ tall boys!…’ Jane Fonda makes her film debut as cheerleader June Ryder, a new student at Custer College, paired in love with nervy science major Ray […]

Jul, 10

The Burning Hills ** (1956, Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Skip Homeier, Eduard Franz, Earl Holliman, Claude Akins, Ray Teal, Frank Puglia) – Classic Movie Review 7,272

The 1956 Western film The Burning Hills stars Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood as young lovers fighting off the murdering bad guys who killed Tab’s brother Jerry and a crazy ex-lover. Director Stuart Heisler’s 1956 […]

Jul, 09

Istanbul ** (1957, Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, Torin Thatcher, Leif Erickson, Martin Benson, Peggy Knudsen) – Classic Movie Review 7271

Director Joseph Pevney’s 1957 romantic espionage adventure crime drama Istanbul is a rehash of 1947’s Singapore, this time (obviously) relocated to Istanbul and starring Errol Flynn as pilot adventurer James Brennan deported for diamond smuggling but returning […]

Jul, 09

Singapore *** (1947, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez, Porter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 7270

Director John Brahm’s 1947 action, adventure, crime romantic thriller Singapore stars Ava Gardner as gorgeous old flame Linda, now married to stuffy rich planter Michael Van Layden (Roland Culver), who comes back into the life of carefree pearl […]

Jul, 09

Shield for Murder *** (1954, Edmond O’Brien, John Agar, Marla English) – Classic Movie Review 7269

Edmond O’Brien co-directs and stars in the tough, involving and engrossing 1954 film noir crime film Shield for Murder as a crooked police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name by William P McGivern. Edmond O’Brien plays […]

Jul, 08

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