Derek Winnert

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Fury at Smugglers’ Bay *** (1961, Peter Cushing, John Fraser, Bernard Lee, William Franklyn, June Thorburn, Miles Malleson, Michèle Mercier, George Coulouris, Liz Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 4175

Writer-director John Gilling’s fun 1961 period adventure stars Peter Cushing as a Cornish squire who tries to keep the smugglers at bay. Gilling’s British sea saga about a gang of shipwreckers’ reign of terror in […]

Aug, 15

The Sea Hawk **** (1924, Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery) – Classic Movie Review 3859

Director Frank Lloyd’s once famous 1924 silent film of Rafael Sabatini’s sea-borne swashbuckler story is beautifully produced and still exciting. It was a big hit and ended up the highest grossing movie of 1924. Forgotten star […]

Jun, 13

Mysterious Island *** (1961, Michael Craig, Herbert Lom, Joan Greenwood, Gary Merrill, Michael Callan, Percy Herbert, Beth Rogan) – Classic Movie Review 3722

Director Cy Endfield’s 1961 British adventure movie is produced by Charles H Schneer. Michael Craig and Michael Callan star as embattled American Civil War soldiers, officers Captain Cyrus Harding (Craig) and Herbert Brown (Callan), who […]

May, 19

China Seas **** (1935, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Hattie McDaniel, Wallace Beery, Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley, C Aubrey Smith, Akim Tamiroff) – Classic Movie Review 3688

MGM Studios assembles a top-notch cast for director Tay Garnett’s great 1935 adventure yarn of piracy and romance on the high seas. Aboard ship Hong Kong to Singapore are dynamic, hard-drinking captain Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable), his […]

May, 10

The Crimson Pirate ***** (1952, Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok) – Classic Movie Review 3471

Director Robert Siodmak’s 1952 classic stars a wonderfully agile Burt Lancaster as Captain Vallo, aka The Crimson Pirate, and his former circus acrobat partner Nick Cravat as Ojo. Lancaster and Cravat are awash in acrobatic […]

Mar, 12

The Son of Captain Blood ** (1962, Sean Flynn, Ann Todd) – Classic Movie Review 3288

Sean (son of Errol) Flynn gives a thin-blooded performance as Robert Blood, the son of his real-life father’s notorious pirate character from the excellent 1935 classic swashbuckler Captain Blood. Director Tulio Demicheli’s flabby 1962 adventure […]

Jan, 19

Captain Blood ***** (1935, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Guy Kibbee) – Classic Movie Review 3282

Director Michael Curtiz’s vintage 1935 American black-and-white swashbuckler pirate film Captain Blood from Warner Bros is a great bona fide adventure classic and turned the young Errol Flynn into a superstar. It also established the […]

Jan, 18

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