Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Frisco Kid * (1979, Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford) – Classic Movie Review 12,312

‘The greatest cowboy ever to ride into the Wild West. From Poland’ Director Robert Aldrich’s 1979 comedy Western film The Frisco Kid stars the odd couple of Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. The Frisco Kid […]

Sep, 18 · in Reviews

Frisco Kid ** (1935, James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili Damita, Donald Woods, Barton MacLane) – Classic Movie Review 12,311

Frisco Kid (1935) starring James Cagney: ‘He’s the Two-Fisted Hero of the Square Mile of Hell the Devil Himself Disowned!’  Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1935 film Frisco Kid stars James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, Lili […]

Sep, 18 · in Reviews

Date with a Dream ** (1948, Terry-Thomas, Jeannie Carson, Bill Lowe, Len Lowe, Wally Patch, Vic Lewis, Ida Patlanksi, Norman Wisdom) – Classic Movie Review 12,310

Director Dicky Leeman’s 1948 British musical comedy film Date with a Dream stars Terry-Thomas, Jeannie Carson, Bill Lowe, Len Lowe, Wally Patch, Vic Lewis, and Ida Patlanksi, with Norman Wisdom, Sydney Bromley, and Elton Hayes. […]

Sep, 18

The Frightened Man ** (1952, Dermot Walsh, Charles Victor, Barbara Murray) – Classic Movie Review 12,309

John Gilling’s 1952 crime thriller The Frightened Man comes from Robert S Baker and Monty Berman’s Tempean Films, who made TV’s The Saint in the Sixties.  Writer/ director John Gilling’s 1952 British black and white […]

Sep, 17

Callaway Went Thataway *** (1951, Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel) – Classic Movie Review 12,309

Writer/ producer/ director team Melvin Frank and Norman Panama’s genial 1951 spoof Western film Callaway Went Thataway [The Star Said No] stars Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, and Howard Keel. Callaway Went Thataway is a gentle, […]

Sep, 17

The Jayhawkers! ** (1959, Fess Parker, Jeff Chandler, Nicole Maurey, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 12,308

‘These Were the Wild-Riding Vikings of the Great Plains! Against the background of a turbulent era when Civil War was a flaming cloud on history’s horizon… A TREMENDOUS MOTION PICTURE!’ Co-writer/ director Melvin Frank’s manly […]

Sep, 16

From This Day Forward *** (1946, Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp) – Classic Movie Review 12,307

Joan Fontaine stars in 1946 drama film From This Day Forward, a work of the postwar left wing. The film might be optimistic but soon director John Berry and screenwriter Hugo Butler were Hollywood blacklist […]

Sep, 16

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