Derek Winnert

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Cash on Demand *** (1961, Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon) – Classic Movie Review 10,836

Hammer Films’ most satisfying 1961 British black and white film noir crime thriller Cash On boasts a very fine performance from their big star Peter Cushing as an efficiency-obsessed bank manager made to help a […]

Jan, 27

The Seventh Cross *** (1944, Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead, Felix Bressart, George Macready, George Zucco, Steven Geray) – Classic Movie Review 9994

  Director Fred Zinnemann’s 1944 The Seventh Cross in an engrossing, intelligent, studio-bound escape adventure, with the excellent actors fleshing out intriguing characters. Spencer Tracy is at his best as George Heisler, one of seven […]

Jul, 03

Buckskin ** (1968, Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney Jr, John Russell, Richard Arlen, Barbara Hale, Barton MacLane, Bill Williams, Leo Gordon) – Classic Movie Review 9890

It’s heroic new marshal Chaddock (Barry Sullivan) versus cattle baron Rep Marlowe (Wendell Corey) in director Michael D Moore’s 1968 typical A C Lyles Western film Buckskin. It stars Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, […]

Jun, 10

A Pistol for Ringo [Una Pistola per Ringo] *** (1965, Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca, Nieves Navarro, Antonio Casas, George Martin) – Classic Movie Review 9324

Writer-director Duccio Tessari’s highly regarded spaghetti Western A Pistol for Ringo [Una Pistola per Ringo] (1965) stars Giuliano Gemma (credited as Montgomery Wood), Fernando Sancho, and Lorella De Luca (credited as Hally Hammond). Giuliano Gemma […]

Jan, 30

Parting Shots *** (1998, Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Ben Kingsley, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 7771

Writer/ producer/ director Michael Winner gathers his friends around him for his reasonably entertaining 1998 black comedy film Parting Shots, which proved to be his parting shot as his final movie. Chris Rea stars as failed […]

Nov, 10

Psycho II **** (1983, Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz) – Classic Movie Review 5862

Director Richard Franklin’s suspenseful 1983 first sequel to Psycho (1960), set 22 years later, is an unexpected success. Vera Miles is back as Lila Loomis, whose sister Marion (Janet Leigh) was of course one of the […]

Aug, 06

The Fast and the Furious **½ (1955, John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Bruce Carlisle) – Classic Movie Review 5292

Producer Roger Corman said: ‘John Ireland appeared in The Fast and the Furious (1955) only on the condition he could direct it. He did a fine job directing on a nine-day shoot with a budget […]

Apr, 15

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