Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Scarlet Thread *** (1951, Kathleen Byron, Laurence Harvey, Sydney Tafler) – Classic Movie Review 13,126

The 1951 British crime drama film Scarlet Thread is directed with some brio and style by the young Lewis Gilbert, with Laurence Harvey and Sydney Tafler starring as crooks hiding out in Cambridge University. Solomon […]

Sep, 18 · in Uncategorized

The Great Sioux Uprising ** (1953, Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue, Lyle Bettger) – Classic Movie Review 13,125

Lloyd Bacon’s well-made but unremarkable 1953 Universal Pictures American Technicolor Western film The Great Sioux Uprising stars Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue and Lyle Bettger. Director Lloyd Bacon’s well-made but unremarkable 1953 Universal Pictures American Technicolor […]

Sep, 16 · in Uncategorized

The Great Sioux Massacre [Custer Massacre] ** (1965, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey, Julie Sommars, Nancy Kovack) – Classic Movie Review 13,124

‘Blood-Vengeance Clashed With Custer’s Cavalry!’ The competent 1965 Western CinemaScope film The Great Sioux Massacre stars Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin and Philip Carey. It is interesting as a different take on Custer’s Last Stand. ‘Blood-Vengeance […]

Sep, 16

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp *** (1954, Diane Cilento, Felix Aylmer, Jerry Desmonde) – Classic Movie Review 13,123

The appealing 1954 British fantasy comedy film The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp is based on a novel and subsequent 1951 TV play by Charles Terrot, and stars Diane Cilento as The Angel, Felix Aylmer […]

Sep, 16

Alive *** (1993, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Spano, Bruce Ramsay, John Haymes Newton, Illeana Douglas, Danny Nucci) – Classic Movie Review 13,122

The harrowing but moving 1993 real-life survival film Alive is based on the 1974 book by Piers Paul Read that follows the story of a Uruguayan rugby team’s crash aboard a Uruguay to Chile plane […]

Sep, 15

Without Warning ** (1980, Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Cameron Mitchell, Neville Brand, Ralph Meeker, Sue Ann Langdon, Larry Storch) – Classic Movie Review 13,121

‘The Alien Terror Is Here On Earth.’ The 1980 low-budget sci-fi  horror film Without Warning stars Jack Palance and Martin Landau, with Tarah Nutter and Christopher S Nelson as teenagers Sandy and Greg who go […]

Sep, 14

I Love Trouble **** (1947, Franchot Tone, Janet Blair, Janis Carter, Adele Jergens, Glenda Farrell, Steve Geray, Tom Powers, Lynn Merrick, John Ireland, Donald Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 13,120

‘FIVE LOVELIES LEAVE A TRAIL OF PERFUME… AND MURDER! ‘ Franchot Tone stars as LA private eye Stuart Bailey, on the case of a missing wife (Lynn Merrick), in the sophisticated 1947 film noir mystery […]

Sep, 14

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