Derek Winnert

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J W Coop **** (1971, Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare) – Classic Movie Review 10,564

The 1971 Western drama film J W Coop is a triumph for co-writer-producer-director Cliff Robertson, who also stars as the rodeo cowboy J W Coop who rides back to confront his kinfolks after a decade behind bars, […]

Nov, 19

Münchhausen [The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] **** (1943, Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen) – Classic Movie Review 10,406

Director Josef von Báky’s 1943 Agfacolor comedy fantasy adventure Münchhausen [The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] [Baron Münchhausen] is the costly, sweeping and handsome-looking German film version of the Gottfried August Bürger novel about the infamous […]

Oct, 12

The Great White Hope **** (1970, James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Hal Holbrook, R G Armstrong, Beah Richards, Chester Morris, Robert Webber, Moses Gunn) – Classic Movie Review 10,400

James Earl Jones gives a knockout performance as the world’s first black heavyweight boxing champion, in Martin Ritt’s 1970 drama film The Great White Hope. Director Martin Ritt’s 1970 drama film The Great White Hope […]

Oct, 10

Author! Author! *** (1982, Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy) – Classic Movie Review 9675

Director Arthur Hiller’s 1982 comedy Author! Author! Stars Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, and Bob Dishy, and has a screenplay by Israel Horovitz. Although Al Pacino is odd casting (since he is not exactly […]

Apr, 25

Little Lord Fauntleroy ** (1980, Ricky Schroder, Alec Guinness, Eric Porter, Colin Blakely, Connie Booth, Rachel Kempson) – Classic Movie Review 8641

Director Jack Gold’s 1980 family romantic drama Little Lord Fauntleroy is well crafted and decently acted, and has its appeal, but, as a Victorian heart-tugger, it is way out of its time. It was made […]

Jun, 25

Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River * (1968, Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Bernard Cribbins, Patricia Routledge, Nicholas Parsons, Michael Bates) – Classic Movie Review 8573

‘Jerry’s in London – trying to make an easy million the hard way!’ Director Jerry Paris’s 1968 British comedy Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River has a clumsy title for a clumsy film. Jerry […]

Jun, 09

Gold ** (1974, Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, John Gielgud, Bradford Dillman, Tony Beckley) – Classic Movie Review 8445

Long-time Clapham South resident Susannah York plays the forlorn love interest Terry Steyner, who ends up two-in-a-bath with her co-star Roger Moore, in director Peter R Hunt’s 1974 South African-filmed adventure thriller hokum Gold. Wilbur […]

May, 07

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