PAYOFF, THE

PAYOFF, THE (director: Arthur Dreifuss; screenwriters: story by Arthur Hoerl/Edward Dein; cinematographer: Ira Morgan; editor: Charles Henkel Jr.; cast: Lee Tracy (Brad McKay), Tom Brown (Guy Norris), Tina Thayer (Phyllis…

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BIG GAME, THE

THE BIG GAME (director/writer: George Nicholls Jr.; screenwriters: Irwin Shaw/based on the novel The Big Game by Francis Wallace; cinematographer: Harry Wild; editor: Frederic Knudtson; music: Nathaniel Shilkret; cast: Philip…

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PEOPLE ON SUNDAY

PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG) (director: Robert Siodmak/Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: Billy Wilder/Robert Siodmak/Curt Siodmak/from a story by Curt Siodmak; cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan; music: Elena Kats-Chernin (added in 2000);…

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PERSONA

PERSONA (director/writer: Ingmar Bergman; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Ulla Ryghe; music: Lars Johan Werle; cast: Bibi Andersson (Alma, The Nurse), Liv Ullmann (Elisabeth Vogler, The Actress), Margaretha Krook (The Doctor),…

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BIG STAKES

BIG STAKES (director: Clifford S. Elfelt; screenwriter: Earl Wayland Bowman; music: Donald Socio; cast: James B. Warner (Jim Gregory), Eleanor Fair (Senorita Mercedes Aloyez), Les Bates (Bully Brand), Wilamae Carson…

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BIRD BOX

BIRD BOX (director: Susanne Bier; screenwriters: Eric Heisserer/novel by Josh Maleerman; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Ben Lester; music: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; cast: Sandra Bullock (Malorie Shannon), Trevante Rhodes (Tom),…

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PHOENIX

PHOENIX (director: Danny Cannon; screenwriter: Eddie Richey; cinematographer: James L. Carter; editor: Zach Staenberg; cast: Ray Liotta (Harry), Anthony LaPaglia (Henshaw), Jeremy Piven (Fred), Daniel Baldwin (James), Anjelica Huston (Leila),…

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BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (director/writer: Richard Brooks; screenwriters: from the book by Evan Hunter; cinematographer: Russell Harlan; editor: Ferris Webster; music: Charles Wolcott; cast: Glenn Ford (Richard Dadier), Anne Francis (Anne Dadier),…

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