Derek Winnert

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The Ambassador’s Daughter ** (1956, Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Edward Arnold, Adolphe Menjou) – Classic Movie Review 10,110

‘A gay, bubbly magnum of fun.’ Writer-producer-director Norman Krasna’s 1956 pleasant if past its sell-by date comedy The Ambassador’s Daughter stars Olivia de Havilland and John Forsythe, who give it their best shot, but that […]

Jul, 30

Wee Willie Winkie **** (1937, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C Aubrey Smith, June Lang) – Classic Movie Review 9282

Rudyard Kipling’s story about a little boy in 19th-century India is adapted as a vehicle for Shirley Temple in director John Ford’s 1937 adventure Wee Willie Winkie. Kipling wrote about Percival Williams, but Temple plays […]

Jan, 20

Trooper Hook *** (1957, Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman) – Classic Movie Review 9215

Director Charles Marquis Warren’s 1957 star-powered black and white action Western film Trooper Hook stars veteran stalwarts Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. McCrea plays Sergeant Clovis Hook, who escorts Cora Sutliff (Stanwyck) and her half-breed […]

Jan, 02

Caravan * (1934, Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Jean Parker) – Classic Movie Review 8695

Director Erik Charrell’s 1934 Caravan is a flop piece of musical romantic whimsy with a strained script and mediocre songs, and poor Charles Boyer struggling as Latzi, a Hungarian violinist trapped between Countess Wilma (Loretta […]

Jul, 11

The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn *** (1956, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Dick Emery) – Classic Movie Review 8555

Director Joseph Sterling’s 1956 surreal spoof comedy The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn is a precious memento of BBC radio’s The Goon Show, in which Peter Sellers does his deaf and senile character Henry Crun […]

Jun, 04

Sergeant Steiner [Breakthrough] *** (1979, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Helmut Griem, Curd Jürgens, Robert Mitchum, Michael Parks, Klaus Löwitsch) – Classic Movie Review 8359

With Sam Peckinpah’s 1977 Cross of Iron judged a success, a sequel called Sergeant Steiner [aka Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil, aka Breakthrough] was ordered in 1979, directed by Andrew V McLaglen. James […]

Apr, 12

Skyjacked *** (1972, Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain, Walter Pidgeon, Susan Dey) – Classic Movie Review 8241

Director John Guillermin bids you welcome to captain Charlton Heston’s Boeing 707 supposedly bound for Minneapolis but unfortunately for the passengers it is hijacked by a crazed Vietnam vet bomber, who demands to be taken […]

Mar, 13

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