Derek Winnert

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Samson ** (1961, Brad Harris, Alan Steel, Serge Gainsbourg, Mara Berni) – Classic Movie Review 11,474

Writer-director Gianfranco Parolini’s Samson [Sansone] is a 1961 Italian French co-production peplum film, which was shot in Yugoslavia. American actor and stuntman Brad Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) plays the title role […]

Aug, 13

Salome *** (1953, Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 7124

Director William Dieterle’s 1953 Salome is a spectacularly made if shakily scripted (by Harry Kleiner) movie epic of the famous Bible tale. The story of the biblical stripper (taken up by Oscar Wilde, who turned it […]

Jun, 06

Samson and Delilah *** (1949, Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, George Sanders, Henry Wilcoxon, Olive Deering) – Classic Movie Review 6862

Hedy Lamarr appears as Delilah opposite Victor Mature’s Samson in Cecil B DeMille’s lurid romantic biblical epic film Samson and Delilah in 1949. Lamarr has a great time playing ‘HISTORY’S MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TREACHEROUS WOMAN!’  It […]

Mar, 26

Risen *** (2016, Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, María Botto, Stephen Hagan) – Movie Review

In an admirable, convincing star turn mixing easy, effortless athleticism with thoughtful intelligence, Joseph Fiennes is excellent as Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune who witnesses the agonising crucifixion of the Christ, Yeshua (Cliff Curtis). […]

Mar, 18

Ben-Hur ***** (1959, Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 78

Unfortunately, this incredibly popular and sincere 1959 remake of the 1925 Ramon Novarro silent epic Ben-Hur about the conflict of the Jews and the Romans at the time of Christ just plain hasn’t aged too […]

Jul, 21

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