Derek Winnert

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Huckleberry Finn *** (1974, Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 9487

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1974 Huckleberry Finn is the sequel to the 1973 family musical adventure Tom Sawyer, with Jeff East returning from that film as Huckleberry Finn and Lucille Benson back as Widder Douglas. […]

Mar, 09

The Hook *** (1963, Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker Jr., Nick Adams) – Classic Movie Review 9396

Director George Seaton’s 1963 MGM black and white Korean War drama The Hook stars Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker Jr and Nick Adams. Three fleeing American soldiers, troubled by their principles aboard a neutral vessel, must […]

Feb, 16

Girl in the News *** (1940, Margaret Lockwood, Barry K Barnes, Emlyn Williams) – Classic Movie Review 9337

Margaret Lockwood completes a trio of films in a row for director Carol Reed as Ann Graham, a nurse wrongly accused of poisoning her wheelchair-using patient Edward Bentley (Wyndham Goldie), in the enjoyable, if routinely […]

Feb, 02

A Girl Must Live *** (1939, Margaret Lockwood, Renee Houston, Lilli Palmer) – Classic Movie Review 9336

After Bank Holiday (1938), director Carol Reed asked Margaret Lockwood back to star in his 1939 film A Girl Must Live, a romantic comedy about gold-digging showgirls romantically entangled with a rich lord. Young Earl of […]

Feb, 02

Girl in the Headlines [The Model Murder Case] *** (1963, Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Margaret Johnston, Jeremy Brett, Jane Asher) – Classic Movie Review 9334

Who killed Ursula Gray? Director Michael Truman’s 1963 British noir mystery thriller Girl in the Headlines [The Model Murder Case] stars Ian Hendry and Ronald Fraser, who make an appealing pair of investigators as Inspector […]

Feb, 02

Seven Thieves **** (1960, Edward G Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Eli Wallach) – Classic Movie Review 9293

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1960 French Riviera black and white caper movie Seven Thieves stars Edward G Robinson as old reprobate professor Theo Wilkins, who leads a gang of thieves in a cleverly constructed plot to […]

Jan, 23

The Little Drummer Girl ** (1984, Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey, Michael Cristofer, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 9278

Director George Roy Hill’s disappointing 1984 thriller The Little Drummer Girl stars Diane Keaton, whose performance as a naive pro-Palestinian American actress called Charlie involved in spying in the Arab-Israel conflict just about saves a […]

Jan, 19

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