Derek Winnert

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The Sergeant *** (1968, Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Frank Latimore, Ludmila Mikael) – Classic Movie Review 5725

Director John Flynn’s well-meaning but overheated, and now badly dated 1968 gay melodrama in which Rod Steiger stars as Master Sergeant Albert Callan who understandably gets steamed up over young handsome private Tom Swanson (John […]

Jul, 07

The Great Garrick **** (1937, Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Lionel Atwill, Melville Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 5662

Director James Whale’s polished 1937 comedy is a joyful celebration of the theatre and actors, and brings on the stylish and amusing high jinks among the acting fraternity as the Paris Comédie Française players try […]

Jun, 25

Le Chat [The Cat] **** (1971, Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret, Annie Cordy, Jacques Rispal, Nicole Desailly) – Classic Movie Review 5552

Co-writer/ director Pierre Granier-Deferre’s compelling and disturbing 1971 film adaptation of a novel by Georges Simenon about a late middle-aged Parisian couple’s troubled, angst-ridden domestic life, which is characterised by a shared disgust and the […]

Jun, 04

Lilac Time [Love Never Dies] **** (1928, Colleen Moore, Gary Cooper, Eugenie Besserer) – Classic Movie Review 5487

Director George Fitzmaurice’s sweet, simple and strong 1928 romantic drama is a silent movie with a musical score and sound effects, featuring the song Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time, and has attractive performances from […]

May, 22

Jean de Florette ***** (1986, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu) – Classic Movie Review 5284

Director Claude Berri’s magnificent first episode of his 1986 two-part film of the book by Marcel Pagnol tells an epic tale of greed in the French Provençal countryside. It is a French modern classic movie, […]

Apr, 14

Le Mans *** (1971, Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen) – Classic Movie Review 5282

Directors Lee H Katzin and John Sturges’s 1971 documentary-style sports action adventure drama allows Steve McQueen to bring his car-racing hobby to the screen in a fictional star role as Michael Delaney, a sullen American […]

Apr, 13

Cornered **** (1945, Dick Powell, Micheline Cheirel, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 5,252

Edward Dmytryk’s edgy, gripping 1945 RKO film noir thriller Cornered finds an ideal star in Dick Powell in a welcome re-teaming after Farewell My Lovely (1944). Director Edward Dmytryk’s edgy, gripping 1945 RKO film noir thriller […]

Apr, 04

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