Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "drifter"

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Picnic **** (1955, William Holden, Kim Novak, Arthur O’Connell, Rosalind Russell, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Betty Field, Nick Adams) – Classic Movie Review 5090

Director Joshua Logan’s heated and touching 1955 romantic drama is a high-powered version of William Inge’s Pulitzer prize-winning play about sexual turmoil in a small Kansas town. All the star players grab their chances to […]

Mar, 01

Roustabout **½ (1964, Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Sue Ann Langdon, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Raquel Welch, Teri Garr) – Classic Movie Review 4697

Director John Rich’s 1964 musical is a colourful but routine vehicle for Elvis Presley, though it is notable as one the few times that he had the support of a major star – Barbara Stanwyck. […]

Nov, 25

Fallen Angel **** (1945, Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford, Anne Revere, Bruce Cabot, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 4,687

Otto Preminger’s stylish and intriguing 1945 film noir thriller Fallen Angel stars Alice Faye, Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell. Producer-director Otto Preminger’s stylish and intriguing 1945 film noir thriller Fallen Angel stars Dana Andrews as slick, down-on-his-luck […]

Nov, 23

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter **** (1968, Sondra Locke, Alan Arkin, Stacy Keach, Chuck McCann) – Classic Movie Review 4153

Director Robert Ellis Miller’s truly affecting 1968 drama The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is remarkable for the touching performance of young Sondra Locke (aged 24), who was Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress in […]

Aug, 10

Scarecrow **** (1973, Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Eileen Brennan, Ann Wedgeworth) – Classic Movie Review 3,484

Gene Hackman and Al Pacino light sparks as drifters who hitchhike across the US in the 1973 drama film gem Scarecrow. Time has been kind to this almost forgotten gem of 50 years ago, a box-office […]

Mar, 19

WUSA **** (1970, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey, Pat Hingle, Don Gordon, Robert Quarry, Clifton James, David Huddleston, Cloris Leachman) – Classic Movie Review 2958

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s ambitious 1970 drama is a painstaking, involving and intelligent political allegory, with meaty roles for Paul Newman, his wife Joanne Woodward and Anthony Perkins, who reward audiences with careful, winning performances. Newman […]

Oct, 05

The Postman ** (1997, Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Olivia Williams, Larenz Tate) – Classic Movie Review 2543

Kevin Costner’s self-directed 1997 post-apocalyptic epic, the land equivalent of Waterworld, got the thumbs down almost everywhere, though it has its impressive moments in that dreadfully long running time of 180 minutes. It’s 2013, and […]

May, 30

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