Derek Winnert

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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here **** (1969, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake, Susan Clark) – Classic Movie Review 9,474

As director or screenwriter, witch-hunt victim Abraham Polonsky was the auteur of three of the great film noirs: Body and Soul (1947), Force of Evil (1948) and Odds Against Tomorrow (1959). McCarthy witch-hunt victim Abraham […]

Mar, 07

Of Mice and Men *** (1992, John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko, John Terry, Ray Walston, Joe Morton, Sherilyn Fenn ) – Classic Movie Review 9150

Director Gary Sinese’s 1992 honourable big-screen version of John Steinbeck’s tragic story drama from his famed novella Of Mice and Men stars John Malkovich as the sweet, simple, childlike Lennie Small, the over-sized, mentally disabled […]

Dec, 12

The Trap ** (1946, Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung) – Classic Movie Review 9017

Sadly, Sidney Toler’s reign as Charlie Chan and his film career ended with a rather dull, thudding whimper with director Howard Bretherton’s 1946 comedy crime mystery The Trap, a slackly handled story of strangulations and revenge […]

Oct, 24

Doctor Dolittle 2 ** (2001, Eddie Murphy, Cedric the Entertainer, Kristen Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 8753

Director Steve Carr’s jolly, quite entertaining, easy-going 2001 sequel to the 1998 Doctor Dolittle remake, Doctor Dolittle 2, brings Eddie Murphy back as Doctor John Dolittle MD, who must save a forest from nasty, greedy […]

Jul, 24

Cairo *** (1942, Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters, Reginald Owen, Grant Mitchell, Lionel Atwill, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dooley Wilson, Dennis Hoey, Mona Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 8205

Director W S Van Dyke II’s 1942 movie Cairo is a spy comedy, though MGM advertised it as a ‘BIG ROMANCE WITH MUSIC’. It stars Robert Young as an American news reporter called Homer Smith […]

Mar, 06

The Brothers Rico **** (1957, Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, James Darren, Larry Gates, Paul Picerni) – Classic Movie Review 8014

Director Phil Karlson’s excellent 1957 black and white film noir crime thriller The Brothers Rico is taken from a Georges Simenon novel called Les Frères Rico, and stars Richard Conte, James Darren, Dianne Foster, Kathryn […]

Jan, 14

Valley of the Giants ** (1938, Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale Sr, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 7510

  Director William Keighley’s 1938 Warner Bros adventure Valley of the Giants stars Wayne Morris and Charles Bickford as lumberjacks Bill Cardigan and Howard Fallon who battle over California’s Redwood trees, when Easterner wood thieves move in […]

Aug, 29

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