ORDINARY PEOPLE

ORDINARY PEOPLE (director: Robert Redford; screenwriters: Alvin Sargent/Nancy Dowd/from the novel by Judith Guest; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Jeff Kanew; music: Marvin Hamlisch; cast: Donald Sutherland ("Cal" Jarrett), Mary Tyler…

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BANZAI RUNNER

BANZAI RUNNER (director/writer: John G. Thomas; screenwriter: Paul Harange; cinematographer: Howard A. Wexler; editor: Drake Silliman; music: Joel Goldsmith; cast: Dean Stockwell (Billy Baxter), John Shepherd (Beck Baxter), Charles Dierkop…

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OSCAR, THE

OSCAR, THE (director/writer: Russell Rouse; screenwriters: from a novel by Richard Sale/Harlan Ellison/Clarence Greene; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Chester W. Schaeffer; music: Percy Faith; cast: Stephen Boyd (Frankie Fane), Elke…

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BARRICADE

BARRICADE (director: Peter Godfrey; screenwriters: William Sackheim/based on the Jack London novel Sea Wolf; cinematographer: Carl Guthrie; editor: Clarence Kolster; music: William Lava; cast: Dane Clark (Bob Peters), Ruth Roman…

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BATTLE CRY

  BATTLE CRY (director: Raoul Walsh; screenwriter: from the novel by Leon Uris/Leon Uris; cinematographer: Sid Hickox; editor: William Ziegler; music: Max Steiner; cast: Van Heflin (Major Sam Huxley), Aldo…

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BEACH, THE

BEACH, THE (director: Danny Boyle; screenwriters: from a novel by Alex Garland/John Hodge; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editor: Masahiro Hirakubo; cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Richard), Tilda Swinton (Sal), Virginie Ledoyen (Francoise), Guillaume…

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BEAU GESTE

BEAU GESTE (director: William A. Wellman; screenwriters: Robert Carson/based on the novel by P. C. Wren; cinematographer: Theodor Sparkuhl; editor: Thomas Scott; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Gary Cooper (Michael "Beau"…

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