Derek Winnert

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Timberjack ** (1955, Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston, Adolphe Menjou, David Brian) – Classic Movie Review 11,461

Director Joseph Kane’s 1955 American Trucolor Western film Timberjack is a lumbering tale of rivalry and revenge set in the backwoods of Montana in the late 1800s. Tim Chipman (Hayden) proves that he is a […]

Aug, 08

Fools of Fortune ** (1990, Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Julie Christie, Sean T McClory) – Classic Movie Review 11,354

Julie Christie is seen at her best in the 1990 film Fools of Fortune. Director Pat O’Connor’s 1990 British drama Fools of Fortune is written by Michael Hirst, based on the novel by William Trevor. […]

Jun, 29

The League of Frightened Men ** (1937, Walter Connolly, Lionel Stander, Eduardo Ciannelli, Irene Hervey, Victor Kilian, Nana Bryant) – Classic Movie Review 11,213

The 1937 film The League of Frightened Men stars smooth Walter Connolly, who makes a good job of playing Rex Stout’s grouchy housebound detective hero Nero Wolfe (taking over from Edward Arnold in the second […]

May, 16

Rolling Thunder **** (1977, William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes) – Classic Movie Review 11,190

Director John Flynn’s 1977 Seventies revenge film Rolling Thunder is a highly intriguing post-Vietnam thriller, in which a tortured former PoW, war hero Major Charles Rane (William Devane), sets off on the vengeance death trail […]

May, 10

A Man Betrayed ** (1941, John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis) – Classic Movie Review 10,947

‘Fearless! Stalking his prey in a stronghold of corruption… Daring death for the woman he loves!’ Director John H Auer’s 1941 A Man Betrayed stars John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford, and Ward […]

Feb, 21

The Sting II *** (1983, Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed) – Classic Movie Review 10,888

Director Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 1983 The Sting II is the belated, virtually ignored sequel to the 1973 blockbuster The Sting, a whole decade after the first, with the same writer David S Ward but alas […]

Feb, 06

The Ringer **** (1952, Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt, William Hartnell, Denholm Elliott) – Classic Movie Review 10,844

Guy Hamilton makes his directorial debut with the stylishly old-fashioned 1952 British black and white crime thriller The Ringer, one of the best films taken from Edgar Wallace’s work, the 1925 novel The Gaunt Stranger […]

Jan, 29

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