Derek Winnert

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Jeremiah Johnson **** (1972, Robert Redford, Will Geer, Allyn Ann McLerie, Josh Albee, Stefan Gierasch, Charles Tyner) – Classic Movie Review 4991

Director Sydney Pollack’s manly 1972 mountain man movie Jeremiah Johnson is a remarkable outside adventure. It stars Robert Redford as the titular Jeremiah Johnson, who goes from naïve trapper to hardened mountain-dweller and on to […]

Feb, 15

Many Rivers to Cross **½ (1955, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen) – Classic Movie Review 4369

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker were not at their best in comedy, but they do show a surprisingly lively, nimble touch here as a reluctant Kentucky frontiersman called Bushrod Gentry (!) and Mary Cherne, the […]

Sep, 15

Grey Owl **** (1999, Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana, Graham Greene, Renée Asherson, Stephanie Cole) – Classic Movie Review 1446

Pierce Brosnan is first-rate as a Native American imposter in director Richard Attenborough’s good-hearted, unfairly overlooked 1999 adventure and true story biopic. Writer William Nicholson’s screenplay makes a really good, fascinating thing out of the unusual story […]

Jul, 18

The Abominable Snowman *** (1957, Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown) – Classic Movie Review 1,267

Writer Nigel Kneale turns his 1955 BBC TV play The Creature into the intriguing, intelligently written, decently acted 1957 Hammer horror film The Abominable Snowman, with Peter Cushing reprising his star TV role.  Writer Nigel […]

May, 31

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