Derek Winnert

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The Sins of Rachel Cade ** (1961, Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore) – Classic Movie Review 12,047

The 1961 drama film The Sins of Rachel Cade stars Angie Dickinson as an American Christian missionary nurse, involved in romance and trouble in the Belgian Congo during World War Two.  Director Gordon Douglas’s 1961 […]

Apr, 06

Eagle Squadron ** (1942, Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, Jon Hall, Eddie Albert, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Leif Erickson) – Classic Movie Review 10,673

Sparks fly when Americans enter Britain’s Royal Air Force in director Arthur Lubin’s simplistic and dramatically unrealistic 1942 World War Two airborne action war film Eagle Squadron, which blends fictional and real-life events and fails […]

Dec, 16

A Yank in the RAF ** (1941, Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 10,672

Director Henry King’s 1941 American black-and-white action adventure drama romantic musical war film A Yank in the RAF stars Tyrone Power, Betty Grable and John Sutton. It was sold as a light-hearted look at war rather […]

Dec, 16

Angels One Five *** (1952, Jack Hawkins, John Gregson, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Andrew Osborn) – Classic Movie Review 10,346

Director George More O’Ferrall’s 1952 Britain at War film Angels One Five stars Jack Hawkins, John Gregson and Michael Denison, who display their impressive stiff upper-lips to advantage in this sterling tale of life in […]

Sep, 24

Journey Together *** (1945, Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson, Edward G Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 10,061

Director John Boulting’s 1945 World War Two Royal Air Force Film Unit production Journey Together is part documentary, part propaganda and part drama, and shows wartime pilots going through their introduction and training in England […]

Jul, 20

Mosquito Squadron ** (1969, David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, Charles Gray) – Classic Movie Review 8509

The first outing for the RAF’s bouncing bomb, in which in 1944 the British attack a rocket base in France, is related in director Boris Sagal’s odd, very small-scale 1969 World War Two action thriller […]

May, 28

Battle of Britain ** (1969, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Laurence Olivier, Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Kenneth More, Susannah York) – Classic Movie Review 7706

Director Guy Hamilton’s 1969 Battle of Britain is a well-meaning and respectful but insufficiently exciting all-star extravaganza made to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1940 aerial attack on England. However this historical re-enactment is […]

Oct, 27

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