PLAINSMAN, THE

PLAINSMAN, THE (director: Cecil B. DeMille; screenwriters: Waldemar Young/Harold Lamb/Lynn Riggs/inspired by stories by Courtney Ryley Cooper and Frank J. Wilstach's book Wild Bill Hickok, the Prince of Pistoleers (1926);…

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BOLSHOI BABYLON

BOLSHOI BABYLON (director: Nick Read/Mark Franchetti; cinematographer: Nick Read; editors: Jay Taylor/David Charap; music: Smiths & Elm; cast: Maria Alexandrova, Sergei Filin, Vladimir Urin, Anastasiya Meskova; Runtime: 86; MPAA Rating:…

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PLEASE GIVE

PLEASE GIVE (director/writer: Nicole Holofcener; cinematographer: Yaron Orbach; editor: Robert Frazen; music: Marcelo Zarvos; cast: Catherine Keener (Kate), Amanda Peet (Mary), Oliver Platt (Alex), Rebecca Hall (Rebecca), Ann Morgan Guilbert…

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BORN TO KILL

  BORN TO KILL (AKA: Deadlier than the Male) (director: Robert Wise; screenwriters: Eve Greene/Richard Macaulay/from book by James Gunn "Deadlier Than the Male"; cinematographer: Robert de Grasse; editor: Les…

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POINT BLANK

POINT BLANK (director: John Boorman; screenwriters: from the book The Hunter by Richard Stark/Alexander Jacobs/David Newhouse/Rafe Newhouse; cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop; editor: Henry Berman; music: Johnny Mandel; cast: Lee Marvin…

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BOYS, THE

THE BOYS (director: Sidney J. Furie; screenwriter: Stuart Douglass; cinematographer: Gerald Gibbs; editor: Jack Slade; music: The Shadows; cast: Richard Todd (Victor Webster), Robert Morley (Montgomery), Dudley Sutton (Stan Coulter),…

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POOLHALL JUNKIES

POOLHALL JUNKIES (director/writer: Mars Callahan; screenwriter: Chris Corso; cinematographer: Robert Morris; editor: James E. Tooley; music: Richard Glasser/Charlie Terrell; cast: Mars Callahan (Johnny), Chazz Palminteri (Joe), Rod Steiger (Nick), Michael…

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POSSE

POSSE (director: Kirk Douglas; screenwriters: from the story by Christopher Knopf/Christopher Knopf/William Roberts; cinematographer: Fred Koenekamp; editor: Charles Wheeler; music: Maurice Jarre; cast: Kirk Douglas (Marshal Howard Nightingale), Bruce Dern…

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