Derek Winnert

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The Undefeated ** (1969, John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether, Ben Johnson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Antonio Aguilar, Bruce Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 6732

Even an enormous cast of renowned outdoor movie character players, a costly $7 million plus production and the big name star pairing of John Wayne and Rock Hudson cannot quite save director Andrew V McLaglen’s […]

Feb, 24

Major Dundee **** (1965, Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 5680

Charlton Heston gives a bravura turn as the tormented cavalry Major Amos Dundee and Richard Harris excels too as Captain Benjamin Tyreen, a dashing Confederate rebel, in director Sam Peckinpah’s troubled 1965 epic Western about […]

Jun, 28

Two Flags West **** (1950, Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, Jeff Chandler, Cornel Wilde) – Classic Movie Review 5679

Director Robert Wise’s stirring 1950 Western Two Flags West, based on a true incident that was also used in Major Dundee (1965), is splendidly acted, especially by Joseph Cotten, Jeff Chandler, Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, […]

Jun, 28

The Beguiled **** (1971, Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Jo Ann Harris) – Classic Movie Review 2577

Producer-director Don Siegel’s 1971 cult Civil War Western chiller is a rich and strange, and often quite beautiful movie. It was Siegel’s favourite of his films. It reunites him with Clint Eastwood, who stars as […]

Jun, 09

The General ***** (1926, Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender) – Classic Movie Review 731

Buster Keaton stars in this 1926 unchallenged silent comic masterpiece, set in the American Civil War and based on a real incident as told in the story The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittinger. A hugely-admired masterpiece as […]

Jan, 22

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