Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "orphan boy"

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Pixote **** (1980, Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Marília Pêra) – Classic Movie Review 11,607

Director Hector Babenco’s controversial 1980 Brazilian documentary-like drama Pixote is an overwhelmingly powerful and depressing film about a young orphan boy Pixote (Fernando Ramos da Silva) who embarks on a career as a child criminal […]

Sep, 28

The Treasure of Lost Canyon ** (1952, William Powell, Julie Adams, Charles Drake, Tommy Ivo, Rosemary DeCamp) – Classic Movie Review 10,991

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s 1952 Universal International Pictures Technicolor Western adventure film The Treasure of Lost Canyon retells the Robert Louis Stevenson short story The Treasure of Franchard, set in 1870 California. William Powell enjoys a […]

Mar, 06

Problem Child (1990, John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver) – Classic Movie Review 8975

Director Dennis Dugan’s 1990 family comedy Problem Child stars John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck as Ben Healy Jr and Flo Healy, a loving husband and his wacky wife who adopt a devilish seven-year-old orphan boy […]

Oct, 11

Oliver Twist ***** (1948, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies) – Classic Movie Review 165

Director David Lean’s richly entertaining 1948 movie adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist is still by far the best attempt to put the book on screen. Though he was accused of anti-Semitism in […]

Aug, 15

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