Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "WW2"

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The Private Navy of Sgt O’Farrell * (1968, Bob Hope, Gina Lollobrigida, Phyllis Diller, Jeffrey Hunter, Mylène Demongeot) – Classic Movie Review 11,755

Writer-director Frank Tashlin’s 1968 backward-looking, old-fashioned, disappointing comedy The Private Navy of Sgt O’Farrell stars a very promising line-up in Bob Hope, Gina Lollobrigida, Phyllis Diller, Jeffrey Hunter, Mylène Demongeot, Henry Wilcoxon, Mako, John Myhers […]

Nov, 30

Decision Before Dawn *** (1951, Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hildegard Neff) – Classic Movie Review 11,739

Director Anatole Litvak’s 1951 20th Century Fox black and white war thriller film Decision Before Dawn was Oscar nominated for Best Picture. It stars Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner and Hildegard Neff. The Americans […]

Nov, 22

Never So Few *** (1959, Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Paul Henreid, Brian Donlevy, Dean Jones, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 11,637

Director John Sturges’s 1959 CinemaScope Metrocolor war film Never So Few [Campaign Burma] stars Frank Sinatra as Captain Tom C Reynolds, Allied leader of a tiny but stalwart band fighting the Japanese in Burma in […]

Oct, 09

No Time to Die [Tank Force!] * (1958, Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Bonar Colleano, Anthony Newley, Luciana Paluzzi, Alfred Burke) – Classic Movie Review 11,631

‘When iron men in iron monsters fought for a continent!’ Director Terence Young’s 1958 black and white British war film No Time to Die [Tank Force!] stars Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Bonar Colleano, Anthony Newley, […]

Oct, 05

Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming * (1990, Jason Connery, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joss Ackland, Patricia Hodge, David Warner, Colin Welland, Fiona Fullerton, Richard Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 11,549

Director Ferdinand Fairfax’s 1990 biographical film Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming narrates the myth-making fictional exploits of the James Bond creator Ian Fleming as a young playboy, a bad boy expelled from several […]

Sep, 04

They Who Dare ** (1954, Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gérard Oury, Eric Pohlmann, David Peel) – Classic Movie Review 11,494

Director Lewis Milestone’s 1954 British war film They Who Dare tells a mildly stirring World War Two story about British lads going on a commando raid on German-occupied Rhodes, Greece. They Who Dare offers lots […]

Aug, 19

They Were Expendable **** (1945, John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 11,493

Director John Ford’s 1945 American war film They Were Expendable is a moving wartime salute to the torpedo crews in the Pacific during World War Two, made by a production team still fresh from the […]

Aug, 19

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