Derek Winnert

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Splitting Heirs * (1993, Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese, Eric Sykes, Stratford Johns, Brenda Bruce) – Classic Movie Review 11,973

Eric Idle is supposed to be a young man called Tommy cheated out of his inheritance by American-raised impostor Henry (Rick Moranis), with whom he was swapped at birth. So he connives with Moranis’s fiancée […]

Mar, 02

The Impostor [Strange Confession] *** (1944 Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew, Peter Van Eyck, Ralph Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 11,766

Director Julien Duvivier’s 1944 Universal Pictures American black and white war drama film The Impostor [Strange Confession] stars Jean Gabin as a condemned murderer who escapes when the Nazis bomb his French jail. He takes […]

Dec, 04

Charley’s Aunt **** (1941, Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison) – Classic Movie Review 9288

OMG ! Jack Benny in drag! Director Archie Mayo’s effervescent 1941 black and white cross dressing comedy Charley’s Aunt [Charley’s American Aunt] stars the notable ensemble team of Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne […]

Jan, 21

Tarzan’s Savage Fury ** (1952, Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles) – Classic Movie Review 8043

Director Cy Endfield’s 1952 Tarzan’s Savage Fury is the sixteenth in the series, and stars Lex Barker as Tarzan in his fourth outing following Tarzan’s Magic Fountain (1949), Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) and […]

Jan, 21

As Young as You Feel *** (1951, Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Constance Bennett, Jean Peters, Marilyn Monroe) – Classic Movie Review 7601

Director Harmon Jones’s 1951 comedy As Young as You Feel stars Monty Woolley in excellent role for him (although it was intended for Clifton Webb) as an old employee John Hodges, who is angered at […]

Sep, 20

The Great Impostor *** (1961, Tony Curtis, Raymond Massey, Karl Malden, Edmond O’Brien, Arthur O’Connell, Gary Merrill, Frank Gorshin) – Classic Movie Review 7,121

Tony Curtis stars as Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr, a cheat notorious for living in other people’s skins, in the wacky, revealing 1961 true-life comedy drama of false pretences The Great Impostor. Director Robert Mulligan’s wacky, […]

Jun, 05

The Return of Martin Guerre [Le Retour de Martin Guerre] **** (1982, Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Sylvie Meda) – Classic Movie Review 4985

Co-writer/ director Daniel Vigne’s highly popular and successful 1982 romantic crime drama, based on the novel by Janet Lewis, finds Gérard Depardieu at a career peak. Depardieu does well, taking on a for him unusual quiet dignity […]

Feb, 15

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