Derek Winnert

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Blue * (1968, Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden, Ricardo Montalban) – Classic Movie Review 6498

Director Silvio Narizzano’s weird American version of the spaghetti Western is a very typical product of its extravagant 1968 era – and one of its many flops. In this truly odd Western, Terence Stamp is […]

Dec, 31

A Town Called Bastard [A Town Called Hell] **½ (1971, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Martin Landau, Michael Craig, Fernando Rey, Dudley Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 6345

Director Robert Parrish’s cold-blooded, crudely made and excessively violent 1971 Spaghetti Western (or paella Western as it is filmed in Spain), with its main assets in the dependable cast – especially Robert Shaw, Martin Landau, […]

Dec, 02

A Bullet for the General **** [Quién sabe?] (1967, Gian Maria Volontè, Klaus Kinski, Lou Castel, Martine Beswick) – Classic Movie Review 6199

‘When the bullet turns red… the General will be dead!’ Director Damiano Damiani’s riveting 1967 Italian adult Western with typical spaghetti violence was belatedly introduced to Britain in 1990, thanks to the BBC2 TV Moviedrome […]

Nov, 06

Joe Kidd **** (1972, Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 6169

Director John Sturges’s 1972 movie, written by Elmore Leonard, shot by Bruce Surtees, produced by Sidney Beckerman and scored by Lalo Schifrin, is an underrated, largely forgotten Clint Eastwood genre Western. Running just 88 minutes, […]

Nov, 01

The Lawless [The Dividing Line] **** (1950, Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands) – Classic Movie Review 5845

Director Joseph Losey spins a strong, intriguing story, and keeps his 1950 film noir drama The Lawless neat, sprightly and buoyant with very solid performances, particularly Macdonald Carey, who is rarely as inspired like this. […]

Aug, 02

The Border ***½ (1982, Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo) – Classic Movie Review 5275

Director Tony Richardson’s 1982 desperately dour and downbeat thriller stars Jack Nicholson as a bored and corrupt US Border Patrol agent called Charlie Smith, who is guarding the Mexican border. He operates on the fuzzy side […]

Apr, 10

Buchanan Rides Alone **** (1958, Randolph Scott, Craig Stevens, Manuel Rojas, Barry Kelley, Peter Whitney, L Q Jones, Tol Avery) – Classic Movie Review 3,508

Budd Boetticher’s 1958 cult classic Western film Buchanan Rides Alone stars Randolph Scott as Texas cowboy drifter Buchanan, who rides alone against a nasty dynasty who run the Tex-Mex border town of Agry. Director Budd […]

Mar, 29

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