Derek Winnert

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Blackbeard’s Ghost ** (1968, Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette) – Classic Movie Review 10,170

Peter Ustinov’s engagingly vigorous portrayal as Captain Blackbeard is the main attraction of Walt Disney’s otherwise uninspired comedy fantasy, director Robert Stevenson’s 1968 Blackbeard’s Ghost. Ben Stahl’s story about the bumbling ghost of Blackbeard the […]

Aug, 12

Blackbeard, the Pirate *** (1952, Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes, Torin Thatcher, Alan Mowbray) – Classic Movie Review 10,169

Director Raoul Walsh’s ripsnorting 1952 Technicolor RKO Radio Pictures buccaneer movie Blackbeard, the Pirate was first conceived as a Boris Karloff vehicle, and then for Charles Laughton, but Robert Newton finally took command, staggering hugely entertainingly […]

Aug, 12

Slave Girl ** (1947, Yvonne De Carlo, George Brent, Broderick Crawford, Albert Dekker) – Classic Movie Review 9776

Director Charles Lamont’s 1947 Technicolor trifle Slave Girl tells an entertainingly silly action adventure tale (with weedy added humour when the Universal studio saw what a risible movie the original Victorian-set historical adventure story had […]

May, 16

The Light at the Edge of the World *** (1971, Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar) – Classic Movie Review 9589

Director Kevin Billington’s 1971 pirate malarkey adventure The Light at the Edge of the World stars Kirk Douglas as a lighthouse keeper, Will Denton, who is locked in a battle royal with a ruthless pirate, […]

Apr, 02

Fortunes of Captain Blood ** (1950, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready) – Classic Movie Review 9376

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1950 swashbuckling adventure film Fortunes of Captain Blood is an acceptably humble adventure, based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini, though the routine script and direction, and the cheap-looking Columbia Pictures production […]

Feb, 13

The Pirates of Penzance **** (1983, Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt) – Classic Movie Review 9131

Director Wilford Leach’s 1983 comedy musical The Pirates of Penzance is the welcome, ultra-cheerful, uber-energetic film version of the bright, vivacious Broadway and London revival (by producer Joseph Papp) of a souped -up version of […]

Dec, 06

Dead Men Tell *** (1941, Sidney Toler, Sheila Ryan, Robert Weldon, Victor Sen Yung, Don Douglas, Kay Aldridge, George Reeves, Ethel Griffies) – Classic Movie Review 9035

Director Harry Lachman’s 1941 Dead Men Tell again stars Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, who uncovers the murderer of eccentric old lady Miss Patience Nodbury (Ethel Griffies) – apparently scared stiff by a ghost! – […]

Oct, 31

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