Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "army"

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Resurrected *** (1989, David Thewlis, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Michael Pollitt, Rudi Davies, William Hoyland, Evan Stewart, Christopher Fulford) – Classic Movie Review 11,714

Debut director Paul Greengrass’s 1989 British drama Resurrected is written by Martin Allen and stars David Thewlis as Kevin Deakin, a British private soldier pronounced dead during the Falklands War, who reappears some weeks later, […]

Nov, 09

Little Mister Jim ** (1946, Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins, James Craig, Frances Gifford) – Classic Movie Review 11,264

Director Fred Zinnemann’s wafer-thin, scarcely winsome 1946 MGM black and white film Little Mister Jim tells the tale of life on an army post, with Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins as the mildly diverting little star playing […]

Jun, 02

Blood on the Arrow ** (1964, Dale Robertson, Martha Hyer, Wendell Corey) – Classic Movie Review 11,090

‘Their justice was Blood on the Arrow (1964)!’ Director Sidney Salkow’s ordinary and over-familiar 1964 B-movie Blood on the Arrow stars Dale Robertson, Martha Hyer and Wendell Corey, and is only moderately entertaining. Apaches besiege […]

Apr, 11

The 300 Spartans *** (1962, Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, David Farrar, Barry Coe, Donald Houston, Kieron Moore, John Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 11,076

It’s Greece against Persia in 480BC, but with only 300 brave Spartans to defend the border from the immense Persian army – a little like Mike Tyson versus Norman Wisdom – though the inspirational fighting […]

Apr, 06

Laputa: Castle in the Sky [Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta] ***** (1986, Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui) – Classic Movie Review 10,967

Writer-director Hayao Miyazaki’s 1986 Studio Ghibli classic Laputa: Castle in the Sky [Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta] is a beautifully designed, excitingly handled and enthrallingly written Japanese animated adventure with a mythical yarn about a young […]

Feb, 26

Caught in the Draft *** (1941, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken) – Classic Movie Review 10,687

The 1941 comedy Caught in the Draft stars Bob Hope as a famous vain Hollywood movie star scaredy-cat, who tries to avoid being called up in World War Two, but is drafted into the US […]

Dec, 20

Badlands of Dakota *** (1941, Robert Stack, Broderick Crawford, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Hugh Herbert, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr) – Classic Movie Review 10,300

Director Alfred E Green’s well above just run-of-the-range 1941 Universal Pictures black and white Western film Badlands of Dakota stars Robert Stack, Broderick Crawford, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix and Frances Farmer. Stack plays wastrel Jim Holliday, […]

Sep, 13

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