Derek Winnert

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The Jayhawkers! ** (1959, Fess Parker, Jeff Chandler, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 12,308

‘These Were the Wild-Riding Vikings of the Great Plains! Against the background of a turbulent era when Civil War was a flaming cloud on history’s horizon… A TREMENDOUS MOTION PICTURE!’ Co-writer/ director Melvin Frank’s manly […]

Sep, 16

Fighting Father Dunne ** (1948, Pat O’Brien, Darryl Hickman, Charles Kemper, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 8893

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1948 drama Fighting Father Dunne stars Pat O’Brien as crusading priest Father Peter J Dunne, who is fighting for a home for poor orphan St Louis newsboys in 1905, in this well-meaning […]

Sep, 10

South of St Louis *** (1949, Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Victor Jory, Bob Steele, Alan Hale Sr) – Classic Movie Review 7240

Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott and Victor Jory kick up some considerable sparks in director Ray Enright’s strongly cast, a notch or so above routine 1949 Western South of St Louis about the lives and loves […]

Jul, 01

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ***** (2017, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage) – Movie Review 

Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell give dazzlingly brilliant performances in writer-director Martin McDonagh’s supremely dark and dangerous black comedy crime drama. McDonagh sure does like living dangerously, as he previously showed in In Bruges (2008) and Seven […]

Oct, 15

Skin Game **** (1971, James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr, Susan Clark, Brenda Sykes, Edward Asner, Andrew Duggan, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 5977

James Garner stars as a con man called Quincy Drew who keeps selling his African American sidekick Jason O’Rourke (Louis Gossett Jr [Lou Gossett]) as a slave and then rescuing him. Jason keeps escaping and […]

Aug, 27

I Shot Jesse James *** (1949, Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley) – Classic Movie Review 3516

Writer-director Samuel Fuller’s 1949 Western stars Preston Foster as old sheriff John Kelley, who helps a guilt-attacked Bob Ford (John Ireland), the man who shot his old best friend Jesse James (Reed Hadley) in order […]

Apr, 02

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer **** (1938, Tommy Kelly, Victor Jory, Walter Brennan, Jackie Moran, May Robson) – Classic Movie Review 3344

Director Norman Taurog and producer David O Selznick’s 1938 movie adaptation of Mark Twain’s beloved 1876 children’s favourite classic adventure story is a thoroughly enjoyable vintage entertainment. It is the first film version of the novel […]

Feb, 11

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