Derek Winnert

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Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers **½ (1977, Robin Askwith, Nigel Davenport, George Layton, Robin Nedwell, Warren Mitchell, John le Mesurier, Edward Woodward, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 9739

Leslie Thomas scripts from his own novel, but is the now iconic Seventies cast that is the making of the 1977 British army sex comedy Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers. Director Norman Cohen’s 1977 British army […]

May, 09

The Last Time I Saw Archie ** (1961, Robert Mitchum, Jack Webb, Martha Hyer, France Nuyen) – Classic Movie Review 9588

Producer-director Jack Webb’s forgotten and neglected 1961 comedy The Last Time I Saw Archie stars Robert Mitchum as a real-life confidence trickster, Private Archie Hall, plying his trade at a US Forces base in the […]

Apr, 02

Universal Soldier ** (1972, George Lazenby, Edward Judd, Benito Carruthers, Germaine Greer, Rudolph Walker) – Classic Movie Review 9119

Director Cy Endfield’s 1972 war action drama Universal Soldier stars ex-Bond George Lazenby as mercenary Ryker, a gun for hire back in London with a view to a kill. Feminist Germaine Greer plays a feminist […]

Dec, 02

A Time for Killing ** (1967, Glenn Ford, George Hamilton, Inger Stevens, Paul Petersen) – Classic Movie Review 9070

Directors Phil Karlson and Roger Corman’s 1967 Western A Time for Killing [The Long Ride Home] stars Glenn Ford as Union soldier Major Charles Wolcott, who chases escaped Confederate prisoners led by Captain Dorrit Bentley […]

Nov, 15

Tracks *** (1976, Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 9018

Writer-director Henry Jaglom’s 1976 drama Tracks stars Dennis Hopper as Vietnam veteran sergeant Jack Falen, who accompanies the funeral casket of a dead comrade in arms on an epic train journey across the US to […]

Oct, 25

The Golden Coach [Le Carosse d’Or] [La Carrozza d’Oro] ***** (1952, Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli, Duncan Lamont, Ricardo Rioli) – Classic Movie Review 8986

The 1952 French romantic comedy drama The Golden Coach [Le Carosse d’Or] [La Carrozza d’Oro] is filmed by the great Jean Renoir in rich, effervescent style, with gorgeous, luminous Technicolor photography by his gifted nephew […]

Oct, 16

Morning Departure [Operation Disaster] **** (1950, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick, Lana Morris, Peter Hammond, Helen Cherry, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 8749

The British stalwart reserve and resolve in a crisis is examined in force in director Roy Ward Baker’s intense British classic 1950 real-life submarine naval drama Morning Departure [Operation Disaster]. John Mills stars as Lieutenant […]

Jul, 23

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