Derek Winnert

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The Desperados ** (1969, Vince Edwards, Sylvia Syms, Benjamin Edney, Jack Palance, Sheila Burrell, George Maharis, Kate O’Mara, Christian Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 11,810

Director Henry Levin’s generic but tolerable 1969 American Technicolor 35 mm US Civil War paella Western film The Desperados stars Vince Edwards, Sylvia Syms, Benjamin Edney, Jack Palance, Sheila Burrell, George Maharis, Kate O’Mara, and […]

Dec, 23

The Pilgrim *** (1923, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Mack Swain, Loyal Underwood, Dean Riesner, Charles Reisner) – Classic Movie Review 11,754

Charles Chaplin’s 1923 four-reel silent comedy film The Pilgrim stars Chaplin as The Pilgrim, an escaped convict who snatches a swimming minister’s clothes to replace his prison uniform. Writer/ producer/ director Charles Chaplin’s 1923 four-reel […]

Nov, 29

Glory! Glory! **** (1989, Ellen Greene, Richard Thomas, James Whitmore, Barry Morse) – Classic Movie Review 9806

Director Lindsay Anderson’s compelling, winning 1989 two-part TV movie comedy drama Glory! Glory! runs a riveting 206 minutes without a let-up and is outstanding. It is a witty, funny, razor-edged satirical spoof of American TV […]

May, 22

Count Three and Pray *** (1955, Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey, Raymond Burr, Allison Hayes, Myron Healey) – Classic Movie Review 8586

Director George Sherman’s 1955 Count Three and Pray is a very decent little Technicolor CinemaScope Western with a punchy performance by the sometimes too-quiet actor Van Heflin as the homecoming Civil War veteran Luke Fargo, […]

Jun, 12

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! ** (1970, Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asner) – Classic Movie Review 6479

Director Gordon Douglas’s 1970 sequel to the 1967 classic In the Heat of the Night is an ordinary, but mildly entertaining thriller, in which Sidney Poitier reprises his role as good cop Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs on […]

Dec, 27

The Outrage ** (1964, Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G Robinson, William Shatner) – Classic Movie Review 6355

Though by no means an outrage, director Martin Ritt’s 1964 Western is a misguided attempt to relocate Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 Japanese classic Rashomon to the American Southwest in the 1870s, with four people telling their widely […]

Dec, 04

Elmer Gantry **** (1960, Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger) – Classic Movie Review 5688

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s barnstorming 1960 drama triumphed at the Academy Awards with three Oscar wins – for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. […]

Jun, 30

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