Derek Winnert

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The Sand Pebbles *** (1966, Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, Richard Crenna) – Classic Movie Review 3185

In 1926, the gunboat USS San Pablo is patrolling the Yangtse River during the Chinese revolution and must rescue stranded missionaries at the China Light Mission. Producer-director Robert Wise’s adventure drama about American gunboat diplomacy in […]

Dec, 24

The World’s Greatest Athlete *** (1973, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne, Billy De Wolfe, Nancy Walker, Vito Scotti) – Classic Movie Review 1601

The young, fresh-faced, rippling-muscled Jan-Michael Vincent stars in Walt Disney’s bright and lively 1973 Tarzan-style adventure The World’s Greatest Athlete. As Vincent said: ‘It sounds like a typical “Me Nanu, you Jane” movie, but it’s […]

Aug, 29

Chariots of Fire ***** (1981, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, Nicholas Farrell, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 1399

Director Hugh Hudson’s four-Oscar-winning 1981 triumph Chariots of Fire tells the real-life story of two athletes, Scottish missionary Eric Liddell and Jewish Cambridge University undergraduate Harold Abrahams, who ran for Britain in the 1924 Olympics. […]

Jul, 06

The African Queen ***** (1951, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull) – Classic Movie Review 327

Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn lighting electric sparks off each other on screen together is the main attraction of the enchanting 1951 British-American romantic adventure drama movie The African Queen. Along with their stupendous star […]

Oct, 26

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