Derek Winnert

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Vengeance ** (1968, Richard Harrison, Claudio Camaso, Spela Rozin, Werner Pochath, Paolo Gozlino) – Classic Movie Review 8841

‘FIVE MEN HELD THE BALANCE OF DEATH… …his revenge explodes in a blaze of hellfire!’ Director Anthony M Dawson’s fairly appetising 1968 Spaghetti Western Vengeance [Joko, Invoca Dio… e Muori] was shot in Almería, Andalucía, […]

Aug, 19

My Name Is Nobody [Il mio nome è Nessuno] **** (1973, Henry Fonda, Terence Hill, Jean Martin, R G Armstrong, Steve Kanaly, Geoffrey Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 8401

Sergio Leone had the idea for and executive produces director Tonino Valerii’s 1973 Italian film My Name Is Nobody [Il Mio Nome E Nessuno], a delightfully flamboyant, undervalued spoof of his Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns. […]

Apr, 27

Gunslinger *** (1956, John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 7721

Director Roger Corman’s 1956 very quick, very low cost Western stars John Ireland, Beverly Garland and Allison Hayes, with Corman regulars Dick Miller, William Schallert, Bruno VeSota and Jonathan Haze in support. With the screenplay by writers Charles […]

Oct, 29

Guns of the Magnificent Seven ** (1969, George Kennedy, Monte Markham, Bernie Casey, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni, Joe Don Baker, Scott Thomas, Fernando Rey, Michael Ansara) – Classic Movie Review 6577

Director Paul Wendkos’s 1969 Western stars George Kennedy as hired gun Chris Adams, taking over in Yul Brynner’s rather worn saddle for the second Magnificent Seven sequel, the third in the series after 1960’s The […]

Jan, 18

Rooster Cogburn *** (1975, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan, Anthony Zerbe) – Classic Movie Review 6271

John Wayne re-creates his Oscar-winning one-eyed U.S. Marshal Rooster J Cogburn act from True Grit (1969) and makes like he is Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen (1951) romancing the one and only Hepburn as feisty spinster […]

Nov, 19

The Dark Tower * (2017, Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor) – Movie Review

English teen actor Tom Taylor (born 16 July 2001) gives a reasonable performance as 11-year-old New Yorker Jake Chambers having visions involving a Gunslinger who opposes a Man in Black bent on destroying a Tower and ruining […]

Aug, 20

Death Rides a Horse [Da uomo a uomo] **** (1967, Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law, Luigi Pistilli, Anthony Dawson) – Classic Movie Review 5723

John Phillip Law is well remembered for his role as gunfighter Bill Meceita in the Spaghetti Western Death Rides a Horse (1967) with Lee Van Cleef. Co-writer/ director Giulio Petroni’s strong, well regarded 1967 run-of-the-range […]

Jul, 07

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