Derek Winnert

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The Molly Maguires *** (1970, Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar) – Classic Movie Review 8682

Sean Connery and Richard Harris give stalwart star performances in co-producer/ director Martin Ritt’s rarely screened, but extremely powerful if sombre and cerebral 1970 historical drama The Molly Maguires. It is suggested by a book […]

Jul, 07

Morituri [The Saboteur, Code Name Morituri] ** (1965, Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin) – Classic Movie Review 7,276

The double Oscar-nominated 1965 action war thriller film Morituri stars Marlon Brando, reprising his tormented German character as a World War Two spy called Robert Crain helping the British grab a German freighter helmed by […]

Jul, 10

The Train **** (1964, Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Albert Rémy, Charles Millot) – Classic Movie Review 7,050

The smart and exciting 1964 wartime action thriller The Train stars Burt Lancaster as a French Resistance leader trying to hijack the train-load of French art treasures a fanatical German Colonel (Paul Scofield) is sending […]

May, 14

Telefon ** (1977, Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Alan Badel, Patrick Magee, Sheree North) – Classic Movie Review 6783

Director Don Siegel’s far-fetched and feeble 1977 spy thriller, based on Walter Wager’s 1975 novel, stars Charles Bronson as a KGB agent called Major Grigori Borzov, who is sent to stop programmed Russian spies from blowing […]

Mar, 09

Star Wars: The Last Jedi ** (2017, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran) – Movie Review

Writer-director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi is nominated for four Oscars and has earned a fortune ($1,311,425,821 by 28 January 2018) but it is a letdown and certainly comes complete with a full cargo […]

Feb, 18

Carson City *** (1952, Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, Raymond Massey) – Classic Movie Review 6595

Director André de Toth’s 1952 Western Carson City stars Raymond Massey as its gentleman villain, Big Jack Davis, the wicked Virginian financier who tries to stop the tough hero, engineer Silent Jeff Kincaid (Scott) from building […]

Jan, 23

Operation Crossbow **** (1965, Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Richard Johnson, Tom Courtenay, Lilli Palmer, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd) – Classic Movie Review 6449

The star-studded, slap-up 1965 World War Two wartime adventure movie Operation Crossbow stars Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Richard Johnson, and Tom Courtenay.  Director Michael Anderson’s star-studded, slap-up 1965 World War Two […]

Dec, 22

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