Derek Winnert

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The Stranglers of Bombay *** (1959, Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson, Andrew Cruickshank, Marne Maitland, Jan Holden) – Movie Review 3281

Director Terence Fisher’s intriguing and quite chilling 1959 Hammer Films adventure/horror movie stars Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson, Andrew Cruickshank, Marne Maitland, Jan Holden, George Pastell, Paul Stassino, Tutte Lemkow, David Spenser, Ewen Solon and Roger […]

Jan, 18

The River **** (1951, Esmond Knight, Nora Swinburne, Adrienne Corri, Patricia Walters, Thomas E Breen) – Classic Movie Review 3245

French master director Jean Renoir turns Rumer Godden’s romantic auto-biographical novel about an English family on the banks of the Ganges into this beautifully filmed (on location in Bengal in India), rich and compelling 1951 drama. The […]

Jan, 06

A Passage to India **** (1984, Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness, James Fox, Nigel Havers, Richard Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 3178

After a 14-year gap, writer-director David Lean made a spectacular comeback in 1984 with his accomplished and satisfying adaptation of the E M Forster classic novel about the eye-opening first visit to India of a […]

Dec, 21

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ***** (1984, Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Jonathan Ke Quan, Philip Stone, Rosan Seth) – Classic Movie Review 3077

Master entertainer Steven Spielberg piles up the breakneck thrills and spills in this exhilarating 1984 first sequel (or rather prequel) to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). The story by George Lucas throws in every […]

Nov, 22

The Drum [Drums] **** (1938, Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson, Desmond Tester, David Tree) – Classic Movie Review 3067

Director Zoltan Korda’s 1938 British film stars a 14-year-old Sabu in this thrilling Raj tale based on an original screen story by A E W Mason, author of The Four Feathers, filmed by Korda in […]

Nov, 17

Gunga Din ***** (1939, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 2439

Director George Stevens’s stirring 1939 movie Gunga Din was RKO Radio Pictures’ biggest movie up till that time. It is a hugely entertaining North West Frontier adventure yarn based loosely on Rudyard Kipling’s poem. Cary […]

Apr, 30

Jungle Book *** (1942, Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Rosemary DeCamp, Patricia O’Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 2406

Directed by Zoltán Korda, producer Alexander Korda’s 1942 version of Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories suffers from hesitant handling and is uncertainly pitched between a fantasy adventure and a wildlife showcase. And it’s disappointing that Laurence Stalling’s […]

Apr, 18

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