NO PLACE ON EARTH

NO PLACE ON EARTH (director/writer: Janet Tobias; screenwriter: Paul Laikin; cinematographers: Cesar Charlone/Eduard Grau/Sean Kirby/Peter Simonite; editors: Deirdre Slevin/Claus Wehlisch; music: John Piscitello; cast: Saul Stermer, Sam Stermer, Sonia Dodyk,…

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A SENSE OF LOSS

A SENSE OF LOSS(director: Marcel Ophüls; cinematographer: Simon Edelstein; editor: Marion Kraft; cast: Bernadette Devlin (Herself), Ian Paisley (Himself); Runtime: 135; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Marcel Ophüls; Cinema 5; 1972-Switzerland/USA)…

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ASSASSIN, THE

THE ASSASSIN (NIE YIN NIANG) (director/writer: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; screenwriters: T'ien-wen Chu, Tien-Wen Chu, Cheng Ah, Hai Meng Hsieh; cinematographer: Mark Lee Ping-Bin; editors: Liao Ching-sung, Pauline Huang Chih-chia; music: Lim…

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A STRANGER IN TOWN

A STRANGER IN TOWN (director: Roy Rowland; screenwriters: Isobel Lennart/William Kozlenko; cinematographer: Sidney Wagner; editor: Elmo Veron; music: Daniele Amfitheatrof/Nathaniel Shilkret; cast: Frank Morgan (John Josephus Grant), Richard Carlson (Bill…

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NOVEMBER MAN, THE

THE NOVEMBER MAN (director: Roger Donaldson; screenwriters: from novel There Are No Spies by Bill Granger/Michael Finch/Karl Gajdusek; cinematographer: Romain Lacourbas; editor: John Gilbert; music: Marco Beltrami; cast: Pierce Brosnan…

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AT GUNPOINT

  AT GUNPOINT (director: Alfred L. Werker; screenwriter: Dan Ullman; cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks; editor: Edna Warren; music: Carmen Dragon; cast: Fred MacMurray (Jack Wright), Dorothy Malone (Martha Wright), Walter Brennan…

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NUMBER, PLEASE?

NUMBER, PLEASE? (director/writer: Hal Roach/Fred Newmeyer; screenwriter: H.M. Walker; cinematographer: Walter Lundin; editor: ; music: Robert Israel; cast: Harold Lloyd (The Boy), Mildred Davis (The Girl), Roy Brooks (The Rival),…

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