Derek Winnert

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Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst [Battle Hell] *** (1957, Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Keye Luke) – Classic Movie Review 6543

Director Michael Anderson’s meticulously crafted 1957 true-story account of the crippled British warship HMS Amethyst’s escape through heavy fire from being trapped on Yangtse River by the Red Chinese in 1949 is based on the […]

Jan, 10

César ***** (1936, Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, André Fouché, Alida Rouffé) – Classic Movie Review 6396

Marcel Pagnol wrote the third part of his marvellous Marius trilogy especially for the cinema, and this time he directs the film himself too. It follows Marius (1931) and Fanny (1932). It is slower, longer […]

Dec, 11

Fanny ***** (1932, Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffé) – Classic Movie Review 6394

Director Marc Allégret’s 1932 French classic is the middle episode in the marvellous Marcel Pagnol Marius trilogy, a highspot of world cinema, following the first film Marius (1931). Orane Demazis stars as the abandoned pregnant […]

Dec, 11

Lord Jim *** (1965, Peter O’Toole, James Mason, Eli Wallach, Paul Lukas, Jack Hawkins, Daliah Lavi, Curt Jurgens, Akim Tamiroff) – Classic Movie Review 6342

Richard Brooks’s 1965 film adaptation the gloomy 1900 Joseph Conrad novel was always going to be difficult to film and hard going. But Peter O’Toole is excellent as Lord Jim and there is good star […]

Dec, 01

Girls! Girls! Girls! ** (1962, Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Laurel Goodwin, Jeremy Slate) – Classic Movie Review 6238

Stella Stevens plays selfish singer Robin Gantner, who offers ship’s captain Elvis a new boat, in the 1962 Presley musical star vehicle film Girls! Girls! Girls!  Director Norman Taurog’s mediocre 1962 musical star vehicle film […]

Nov, 12

Deadline at Dawn **** (1946, Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams, Osa Massen, Lola Lane, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 5259

This 1946 thriller is the sole movie direction effort of Harold Clurman, luminary and co-founder of the renowned New York-based collective Group Theater that ran from 1932 to 1941. Another member of the Group Theater, the […]

Apr, 06

Letter to Brezhnev **** (1985, Margi Clarke, Alexandra Pigg, Peter Firth, Alfred Molina) – Classic Movie Review 5246

Director Chris Bernard’s 1985 British comedy drama has a fine star team in Margi Clarke, Alexandra Pigg, Peter Firth and Alfred Molina and was a much-deserved big hit in its home UK. It tells a […]

Apr, 03

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