BACKFIRE

BACKFIRE (director: Vincent Sherman; screenwriters: Ivan Goff/Larry Marcus/Ben Roberts/from a story by Mr. Marcus; cinematographer: Carl E. Guthrie; editor: Thomas Reilly; music: Max Steiner/Daniele Amfitheatrof; cast: Virginia Mayo (Julie Benson),…

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ONED-EYED JACKS

ONED-EYED JACKS (director: Marlon Brando; screenwriters: Guy Trosper/Calder Willingham/from the novel by Charles Neider; cinematographer: Charles Lang Jr.; editor: Archie Marshek; music: Hugo Friedhofer; cast: Marlon Brando (Rio), Karl Malden…

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BAD EDUCATION

BAD EDUCATION (aka: La Mala Educación) (director/writer: Pedro Almodóvar; cinematographer: Jose Luis Alcaine; editor: José Salcedo; music: Alberto Iglesias; cast: Gael García Bernal (Angel/Juan/Zahara), Fele Martínez (Enrique Goded), Javier Cámara…

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ONE MORE TIME

ONE MORE TIME (director: Jerry Lewis; screenwriter: Michael Pertwee; cinematographer: Ernest Steward; editor: William Butler; music: Geoff Stephens; cast: Peter Lawford (Chris Pepper/Lord Sydney Pepper ), Sammy Davis, Jr. (Charlie…

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BAIT

BAIT (director: Hugo Haas; screenwriter: Samuel W. Taylor; cinematographer: Edward P. Fitzgerald; editor: Robert & Harry Eisen; music: Martin Scwab; cast: Cedric Hardwicke (The Devil, prologue), John Agar (Ray Brighton),…

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BANK DICK, THE

BANK DICK, THE (director: Edward F. Cline; screenwriter: W.C. Fields (Mahatma Kane Jeeves); cinematographer: Milton Krasner; editor: Arthur D. Hilton; music: Charles Previn; cast: W.C. Fields (Egbert Sousé), Cora Witherspoon…

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