Derek Winnert

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Trouble in the Glen ** (1954, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker) – Classic Movie Review 9573

Unexpectedly, English director Herbert Wilcox directs Orson Welles as a wealthy South American in a Scottish comedy about a row over a closed road. The 1954 Trouble in the Glen boasts high-powered, if highly improbable […]

Mar, 29

Sinful Davey *** (1969, John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 8462

Director John Huston’s light-hearted, sexy, humorous 1969 comedy period adventure romp Sinful Davey finds the great director on one of his more careless days, or at least carefree days, and it is the actors and […]

May, 12

The Ghost of St Michael’s **** (1941, Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley) – Classic Movie Review 8392

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1941 vintage British black and white comedy thriller The Ghost of St Michael’s stars Will Hay again as a tatty teacher called William Lamb involved with spies once more. Hay takes on […]

Apr, 23

Bonnie Scotland *** (1935, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Lang, James Finlayson, Daphne Pollard, William Janney) – Classic Movie Review 7385

Director James Horne’s Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s 1935 Hal Roach Studios comedy Bonnie Scotland is a below-par (for them) lampoon of British Empire adventure epics, redeemed by their performances, some good support turns, some appealing […]

Aug, 01

The Master of Ballantrae *** (1984, Michael York, Richard Thomas, John Gielgud, Timothy Dalton, Ian Richardson, Finola Hughes, Nickolas Grace, Brian Blessed) – Classic Movie Review 7280

Likeable hero Michael York swashbuckles impressively again in director Douglas Hickox’s spruce, fast-paced, well produced 1984 British-made TV version of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure novel about the plot to put Bonnie Prince Charlie […]

Jul, 11

The Ghost Goes West **** (1935, Robert Donat, Eugene Palette, Jean Parker, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 7190

Robert Donat, Eugene Palette, Jean Parker and Elsa Lanchester all shine brightly in writer-director René Clair’s now creaky seeming but still deliciously enjoyable 1935 fanciful fantasy comedy The Ghost Goes West, with more charm and […]

Jun, 18

Road to Bali *** (1952, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour) – Classic Movie Review 6607

After a five-year layoff since Road to Rio, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour are back on the road again with director Hal Walker’s zippy 1952 Paramount comedy Road to Bali, the sixth in […]

Jan, 26

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