Derek Winnert

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That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] ** (1955, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Françoise Rosay, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 10,306

Director Terence Young’s 1955 British-Spanish historical adventure That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] is an intriguing but largely disappointing Middle Ages costume-drama with Philip II (Paul Scofield), the King of Spain, abusing his position in […]

Sep, 14

What a Carve Up! ** (1961, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Donald Pleasence, Michael Gough, Esma Cannon, Michael Gwynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,280

What a silly title! The Americans did not fancy What a Carve Up! and the 1961 horror comedy was released in the US as No Place Like Homicide! London West End farceur Ray Cooney (Run […]

Sep, 09

Smiley Gets a Gun ** (1958, Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert) – Classic Movie Review 10,264

Porducer-director Anthony Kimmins’s 1958 Australian comedy drama Smiley Gets a Gun is the sequel to his Smiley (1956), in which Smiley Greevins, now played by Keith Calvert, must keep out of trouble at school, help […]

Sep, 04

Dr Fischer of Geneva *** (1984, James Mason, Alan Bates, Greta Scacchi) – Classic Movie Review 10,262

Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1984 British television film Dr Fischer of Geneva stars James Mason, Alan Bates and Greta Scacchi. Graham Greene’s lukewarm novella proves ideal material for a TV movie, at least this TV movie, […]

Sep, 04

The Shepherd of the Hills *** (1964, Richard Arlen, James Middleton, Sherry Lynn, Hal Meadows) – Classic Movie Review 10,231

Writer-director Ben Parker’s 1964 low-budget double-feature Western film The Shepherd of the Hills is a pleasant independent film remake of the 1941 semi-classic The Shepherd of the Hills, based on Harold Bell Wright’s 1907 novel, […]

Aug, 27

The Malpas Mystery ** (1960, Maureen Swanson, Allan Cuthbertson, Geoffrey Keen, Ronald Howard, Sandra Dorne, Alan Tilvern) – Classic Movie Review 10,226

Maureen Swanson stars in the 1960 crime film The Malpas Mystery, a lively and involving, if fairly routine, British B-movie Edgar Wallace thriller adaptation. Director Sidney Hayers’s 1960 second feature crime film The Malpas Mystery […]

Aug, 26

Crime and Punishment *** (1935, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray) – Classic Movie Review 10,222

Director Pierre Chenal’s 1935 black and white crime drama Crime and Punishment [Crime et Châtiment] is the simultaneously filmed French version of the Fyodor Dostoevsky classic novel, while Josef Von Sternberg was making his Hollywood […]

Aug, 25

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