Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "WW2"

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They Who Dare ** (1954, Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gérard Oury, Eric Pohlmann, David Peel) – Classic Movie Review 11,494

Director Lewis Milestone’s 1954 British war film They Who Dare tells a mildly stirring World War Two story about British lads going on a commando raid on German-occupied Rhodes, Greece. They Who Dare offers lots […]

Aug, 19

They Were Expendable **** (1945, John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 11,493

Director John Ford’s 1945 American war film They Were Expendable is a moving wartime salute to the torpedo crews in the Pacific during World War Two, made by a production team still fresh from the […]

Aug, 19

Till We Meet Again ** (1944, Ray Milland, Barbara Britton, Walter Slezak, Lucile Watson, Konstantin Shayne, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mona Freeman) – Classic Movie Review 11,456

Director Frank Borzage’s 1944 Paramount Pictures black and white drama film Till We Meet Again stars Ray Milland, Barbara Britton and Walter Slezak. Standard, only partly effective World War Two action adventure, with American flyer John […]

Aug, 07

The Square Peg ** (1958, Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 11,431

Director John Paddy Carstairs’s 1958 British Rank Organisation black and white war comedy film The Square Peg stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman and Honor Blackman. In the original screenplay by Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, Eddie […]

Jul, 29

Against the Wind *** (1948, Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret, Jack Warner, John Slater, Gordon Jackson, Paul Dupuis) – Classic Movie Review 10,940

Director Charles Crichton’s 1948 intelligent, if downbeat espionage, sabotage and resistance thriller Against the Wind, set in wartime occupied Belgium, comes from Ealing Studios, is produced by Michael Balcon, and is well acted by the […]

Feb, 19

The Night of San Lorenzo [La Notte di San Lorenzo] **** (1982, Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli) – Classic Movie Review 10,465

Italians try to survive as the Americans liberate a small town in Tuscany from the Germans in August 1944, in the moving 1981 Italian wartime drama film The Night of San Lorenzo from Paolo Taviani […]

Oct, 27

The Proud and Profane *** (1956, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 10,029

The, er, fairly entertaining 1956 World War Two Pacific Island romantic drama film The Proud and Profane gets a lift from stars William Holden, Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter.  Director George Seaton’s 1956 World War […]

Jul, 12

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