Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "British Empire"

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Conduct Unbecoming ** (1975, Michael York, Stacy Keach, Trevor Howard, Christopher Plummer, Richard Attenborough, Susannah York, James Faulkner, Helen Cherry) – Classic Movie Review 10,969

Director Michael Anderson’s 1975 British courtroom drama Conduct Unbecoming stars Michael York, Stacy Keach, Trevor Howard, Christopher Plummer, Richard Attenborough, Susannah York, James Faulkner, James Donald, Michael Culver and Helen Cherry. A British officer, Second […]

Feb, 27

The Four Feathers *** (1978, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward, Richard Johnson, Jane Seymour, Harry Andrews) Classic Movie Review 10,072

Director Don Sharp’s 1978 The Four Feathers is a reasonably enjoyable TV movie remake of the much-filmed A E W Mason tale about the British officer accused of cowardice who becomes a war hero in […]

Jul, 22

The Secret Garden *** (1949, Margaret O’Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 9259

Director Fred M Wilcox’s 1949 The Secret Garden stars Margaret O’Brien as little orphan Mary Lennox, who lives with grouchy uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall) and makes everything in the garden come up roses. She […]

Jan, 14

Clive of India **** (1935, Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive) – Classic Movie Review 8114

Director Richard Boleslawski’s 1934 Clive of India stars Ronald Colman, as Robert Clive, who starts as a humble clerk and moves up to building the British Empire as leader of the troops in India, but […]

Feb, 10

Sanders of the River *** (1935, Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney) – Classic Movie Review 5823

Leslie Banks stars as Edgar Wallace’s British colonial District Commissioner in Nigeria R G Sanders, who captures bad guys Lieutenant Tibbets (Robert Cochran) and J Ferguson (Martin Walker, who have sold guns and gin to the natives. […]

Jul, 29

Death Drums along the River [Sanders] ** (1963, Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven, Walter Rilla) – Classic Movie Review 5821

Richard Todd gives a solid star turn as dogged British colonial district commissioner Inspector Harry Sanders in director Lawrence Huntington’s dully written, freely adapted 1963 remake of Edgar Wallace’s famous 1911 African adventure novel Sanders of […]

Jul, 29

Dad’s Army **½ (2016, Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Daniel Mays, Blake Harrison, Bill Paterson) – Movie Review

There’s a World War Two German spy at work in Walmington-on-Sea and the old boys of the Home Guard are entranced by lovely visiting female journalist Rose Winters (Catherine Zeta-Jones) in this unexpected sitcom revival movie […]

Feb, 02

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