Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Sheriff"

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Race with the Devil *** (1975, Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker) – Classic Movie Review 5338

A vacation collapses amid blood, rattlesnakes and much talk of runes in director Jack Starrett’s devillishly bad, racily handled 1975 junk movie favourite, a Seventies trash classic. It tracks holiday-makers Roger and Frank (Peter Fonda […]

Apr, 23

Badman’s Territory *** (1946, Randolph Scott, Steve Brodie, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Ann Richards, Ray Collins, Chief Thundercloud, Lawrence Tierney, Tom Tyler) – Classic Movie Review 5306

Randolph Scott stars as desperate lawman Sheriff Mark Rowley, who takes on Jesse and Frank James (Lawrence Tierney, Tom Tyler) and almost every legendary Western badman, in director Tim Whelan’s entertaining if wildly non-factual 1946 Western. […]

Apr, 17

The Girl in Black Stockings *** (1957, Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, John Dehner, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, Mamie Van Doren) – Classic Movie Review 5217

Director Howard W Koch’s entertaining 1957 thriller stars a fine line-up in Anne Bancroft, Lex Barker, John Dehner, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, Mamie Van Doren and John Holland, and makes ideal late-night film noir viewing. […]

Mar, 29

Places in the Heart **** (1984, Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 5126

Writer-director Robert Benton’s 1984 US Deep South drama was a triumph for both him and his star Sally Field, who won her second Best Actress Oscar for her typically spunky performance as Edna Spalding, the sheriff’s […]

Mar, 10

Man with the Gun **** (1955, Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Henry Hull, Emile Meyer, John Lupton, Angie Dickinson) – Classic Movie Review 5,060

The stalwart 1955 Western film Man with the Gun stars Robert Mitchum as a gunman who rides into town looking for his estranged wife (Jan Sterling) and is hired for as sheriff to take on […]

Feb, 25

Tickle Me **½ (1965, Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Francine York, Allison Hayes) – Classic Movie Review 4,854

The 1965 musical film Tickle Me stars Elvis Presley as a singing rodeo rider cowboy working as a stable boy on Julie Adams’s girly Arizona health farm dude ranch. Director Norman Taurog’s 1965 Elvis Presley […]

Jan, 07

Robin and the 7 Hoods ** (1964, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Falk) – Classic Movie Review 4777

Damon Runyon meets the outlaws of Sherwood Forest in director Gordon Douglas’s 1964 Rat Pack gangster movie spoof film version of Roaring Twenties Chicago, with Frank Sinatra (Ribbo), Dean Martin (Little John), Sammy Davis Jr (Will) […]

Dec, 09

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