Derek Winnert

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The Seventh Survivor *** (1941, Linden Travers, Austin Trevor, John Stuart, Martita Hunt, Frank Pettingell, Jane Carr, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 12,156

A WW2 passenger ship is torpedoed and six survivors plus the captain of the U-boat that sank the ship make it to a British lighthouse. One of the survivors is a German spy and another […]

Jun, 02

Three Brothers [Tre Fratelli] **** (1981, Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andréa Ferréol, Charles Vanel) – Classic Movie Review 11,074

Director Francesco Rosi’s 1981 Italian/ French film Three Brothers [Tre Fratelli] stars Philippe Noiret, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Michele Placido, Charles Vanel and Andréa Ferréol. Vanel is remarkable as the elderly father, comforted by his three grown-up […]

Apr, 05

Great Day in the Morning ** (1956, Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 10,214

There are deep divisions down in Denver as both sides in the US Civil War try to get the gold, in Jacques Tourneur’s 1955 Great Day in the Morning, an over-serious Western that is full […]

Aug, 23

Wild Rovers *** (1971, William Holden, Ryan O’Neal, Karl Malden, Tom Skerritt, Joe Don Baker, Lynn Carlin, Rachel Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 10,115

Writer-director Blake Edwards’s 1971 Western film Wild Rovers stars old-timer William Holden from The Wild Bunch and Ryan O’Neal fresh from Love Story as two likeable cowboy ruffians, Ross Bodine and Frank Post, cowhands on […]

Jul, 31

The Bitter Tea of General Yen **** (1932, Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Toshia Mori) – Classic Movie Review 6776

‘The flaming drama of a forbidden love that wrecked an empire! ‘ ‘They found a love they dared not touch!’ Ah yes, great! Director Frank Capra’s sexy 1932 beauty-and-the-beast romantic melodrama stars Barbara Stanwyck as […]

Mar, 07

Across the Great Divide ** (1976, Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, Mark Edward Hall) – Classic Movie Review 6452

Writer-director Stewart Raffill’s prettily photographed 1977 family Western adventure is brisk and capable and just as predictable, as two plucky orphans cross the Rocky Mountains in 1876 to claim their inheritance of a 400-acre Oregon ranch. […]

Dec, 22

The Immigrant **** (1917, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 2536

This now restored 25-minute silent comedy short from 1917 is among writer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s best work, still clever, touching and above all funny after 100 years. He’s a poor new arrival to America, who endures hardships […]

May, 30

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