Derek Winnert

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McVicar ***½ (1980, Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell, Billy Murray, Georgina Hale, Steven Berkoff, Ian Hendry) – Classic Movie Review 9955

The Britain’s Public Enemy Number One man himself, John McVicar, adapts his own book about his days as a dangerous criminal, his jailbreaks and his rehabilitation. Director Tom Clegg’s 1980 crime thriller McVicar is a […]

Jun, 24

We Think the World of You *** (1988, Alan Bates, Gary Oldman, Liz Smith, Max Wall) – Classic Movie Review 9944

Director Colin Gregg’s provocative 1988 British comedy drama We Think the World of You stars Alan Bates and Gary Oldman. J R Ackerley’s moving novel about a middle-aged gay man, Frank Meadows, and his loving […]

Jun, 21

Arizona Raiders ** (1965, Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, Ben Cooper, Buster Crabbe, Gloria Talbott, George Keymas, Ray Stricklyn) – Classic Movie Review 9889

Director William Witney’s 1965 film Arizona Raiders is a routinely scripted but pacey and lively old-style Western with a bad sense of history and a good supply of gunsmoke. After the US Civil War, confederate […]

Jun, 10

À Nous la Liberté ***** (1931, Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla France) – Classic Movie Review 9851

Raymond Cordy and Henri Marchand star in writer-director René Clair’s dazzlingly witty 1931 left-wing satirical comedy À Nous la Liberté [Freedom for Us], in which Louis (Raymond Cordy) escapes from jail and works his way up […]

Jun, 01

Mix Me a Person ** (1962, Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden, Adam Faith) – Classic Movie Review 9613

Young Adam Faith (aged 22) stars as Harry Jukes, who is unjustly convicted of a cop killing, but finds a champion in his lawyer Philip Bellamy QC (Donald Sinden)’s wife, psychiatrist Dr Anne Dyson (Anne […]

Apr, 07

Framed *** (1975, Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock Peters, John Larch) – Classic Movie Review 9578

Director Phil Karlson’s 1975 action crime thriller Framed stars Joe Don Baker as innocent gambler Ron Lewis who is out after four years of jail for supposedly killing a town sheriff (he has killed the […]

Mar, 30

Un Condamné à Mort S’est Échappé [A Man Escaped] ***** (1956, François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock) – Classic Movie Review 9554

Director Robert Bresson’s 1956 French film Un Condamné à Mort S’est Échappé ou Le Vent Souffle où il Veut [A Man Escaped] is the brilliantly made, stark, true story of a captured French Resistance fighter, […]

Mar, 24

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