Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "American Civil War"

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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

The generic but tolerable 1969 Technicolor 35 mm US Civil War paella Western film The Desperados stars Vince Edwards, Sylvia Syms and Jack Palance. Director Henry Levin’s generic but tolerable 1969 American Technicolor 35 mm […]

Dec, 23

Virginia City *** (1940, Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 11,094

‘Go West!.. .to Virginia City… for excitement, for adventure, for primitive romance!!!’ Director Michael Curtiz’s 1940 Warner Bros American black and white historical Western action drama Virginia City is an always lusty but sometimes struggling […]

Apr, 13

Face to Face [Faccia a Faccia] **** (1967, Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian, William Berger) – Classic Movie Review 10,895

Director Sergio Sollima’s 1967 Italian film Face to Face [Faccia a Faccia] stars Gian Maria Volontè, Tomas Milian and William Berger. The BBC’s Moviedrome show rescued this extremely interesting Sixties widescreen spaghetti Western from its […]

Feb, 08

Tap Roots ** (1948, Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond, Richard Long, Arthur Shields, Griff Barnett) – Classic Movie Review 10,709

Director George Marshall’s 1948 Tap Roots is a bloodless Mississippi-set Civil War romantic drama with Susan Hayward and Van Heflin emoting to little effect as lovers, Southern belle Morna Dabney and Keith Alexander, trying to […]

Dec, 26

Stars in My Crown **** (1950, Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 10,615

Director Jacques Tourneur’s celebrated 1950 black and white Western family drama film Stars in My Crown stars Joel McCrea and Ellen Drew as Josiah and Harriet Gray. Josiah Doziah Gray is an American Civil War […]

Dec, 02

The Last Outpost *** (1951, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 10,540

Rhonda Fleming signed a three-picture deal with Paramount Pictures and Pine-Thomas Productions used her as Ronald Reagan’s leading lady in the Western The Last Outpost (1951). Confederate Capt. Vance Britten (Reagan) and his Unionist brother […]

Nov, 14

Arizona Bushwhackers ** (1968, Howard Keel, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 9888

The 1968 Arizona Bushwhackers is a typical A C Lyles production employing a ripe bunch of old faithfuls in a routine but watchable 1950s-style B-movie Western. The story by Steve Fisher (also screenplay) and Andrew […]

Jun, 10

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