Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "inquisition"

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Galileo *** (1975, Topol, Edward Fox, Tom Conti, Colin Blakely, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Patrick Magee, John McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 10,078

Topol is an unexpected choice as the 17th-century Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, but, in an intense, dignified star turn, he earns his inclusion in Joseph Losey’s 1975 historical biographical drama film Galileo.  Thanks to the […]

Jul, 23

Captain from Castile **** (1947, Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J Cobb, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Alan Mowbray, John Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 4683

The spirited classic 1947 swashbuckling adventure film Captain from Castile hands the handsome and dashing Tyrone Power a tailor-made role as the 16th-century young Spanish officer Pedro De Vargas. Director Henry King’s spirited classic 1947 […]

Nov, 22

The Pit and the Pendulum *** (1991, Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William J Norris, Oliver Reed) – Classic Movie Review 2846

Lance Henriksen is suitably haunted as the particularly sadistic Spanish Inquisition torturer Torquemada in director Stuart Gordon’s gruesome, nasty-toned 1991 made-for-cinema remake of Roger Corman’s 1961 chiller. Rona De Ricci plays Maria, who speaks out […]

Aug, 23

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