Derek Winnert

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The Man Inside ** (1958, Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Nigel Patrick, Anthony Newley, Bonar Colleano) – Classic Movie Review 12,062

Director John Gilling’s 1958 British crime thriller film The Man Inside stars Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Nigel Patrick, Anthony Newley, and Bonar Colleano. But, despite a really tremendous cast, it is only a mediocre, rather […]

Apr, 14

The Diamond Queen ** (1953, Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 11,057

Director John Brahm’s 1953 The Diamond Queen is a daft but colourful and jolly romantic adventure movie, set in Paris and India in 1659. It is the final film credited as being shot in SuperCinecolor. […]

Mar, 29

The Diamond Mercenaries * (1976, Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O’Brian, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, O J Simpson) – Classic Movie Review 11,056

Director Val Guest’s 1975 action crime thriller adventure The Diamond Mercenaries [Killer Force] has a particularly interesting and promising mixed group of actors to recommend it and a capable director. It is filmed where it […]

Mar, 29

Rhodes of Africa ** (1936, Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney, Peggy Ashcroft) – Classic Movie Review 10,529

Director Berthold Viertel’s 1936 British black and white biopic Rhodes of Africa [Rhodes] is a portrait of Cecil Rhodes, diamond and gold miner, British Empire builder and the father of Rhodesia, made at the time […]

Nov, 11

Mister Jerico *** (1970, Patrick Macnee, Connie Stevens, Herbert Lom) – Classic Movie Review 10,016

Director Sidney Hayers’s 1970 adventure thriller Mister Jericho stars Patrick Macnee, who is on good form as conman Mister Dudley Jericho, who sets out to Malta to grab a fabled diamond from ultra-rich corrupt millionaire Victor […]

Jul, 08

One Mysterious Night *** (1944, Chester Morris, Janis Carter, William Wright) – Classic Movie Review 9628

The 1944 crime mystery thriller One Mysterious Night finds that Chester Morris is back as Boston Blackie in this fast-paced, top-of-the-range Columbia Pictures series episode, directed by cult Western name, Budd Boetticher, then billed as […]

Apr, 11

The Southern Star *** (1969, George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry) – Classic Movie Review 9316

Director Sidney Hayers’s 1969 UK France co-production caper The Southern Star [L’Etoile du Sud] is a carefree, endearing Sixties adventure movie of fun and games in Africa, with a slapdash script based remotely on a […]

Jan, 29

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