CHINA SYNDROME

CHINA SYNDROME (director/writer: James Bridges; screenwriters: Mike Gray/T.S. Cook; cinematographer: James Crabe; editor: David Rawlins; music: Stephen Bishop/song "Somewhere in Between"; cast: Jane Fonda (Kimberly Wells), Jack Lemmon (Jack Godell),…

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PURPLE NOON

PURPLE NOON (PLEIN SOLEIL) (director/writer: Rene Clement; screenwriters: Paul Gegauff/based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; cinematographer: Henri Decae; editor: Francoise Javet; music: Nino Rota; cast:…

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CIMARRON

CIMARRON (director: Anthony Mann; screenwriters: story by Edna Ferber/Arnold Schulman; cinematographer: Robert Surtees; editor: John D. Dunning; music: Franz Waxman; cast: Glenn Ford (Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat ), Maria Schell (Sabra…

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PYGMY ISLAND

PYGMY ISLAND (director: William Berke; screenwriter: Carroll Young; cinematographer: Ira H. Morgan; editor: Jerome Thoms; music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff; cast: Johnny Weissmuller (Jungle Jim), Ann Savage (Captain Ann Kingsley), David Bruce…

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CLOCK, THE

CLOCK, THE (aka: UNDER THE CLOCK) (director: Vincente Minnelli; screenwriters: Robert Nathan/Joseph Schrank/story by Pauline and Paul Gallico; cinematographer: George Folsey; editor: George White; music: George Bassman; cast: Judy Garland…

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QUEEN KELLY

QUEEN KELLY (director/writer: Erich von Stroheim; cinematographers: Paul Ivano/Gordon Pollock; editor: Viola Lawrence; music: Adolf Tandler; cast: Gloria Swanson (Kitty Kelly), Walter Byron (Prince Wolfram), Seena Owen (Queen Regina V),…

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COLD HEAVEN

  COLD HEAVEN (director: Nicolas Roeg; screenwriter: from the novel by Brian Moore/Allan Scott; cinematographer: Francis Kelly; editor: Tony Lawson; music: Stanley Myers; cast: Theresa Russell (Maria Davenport), Mark Harmon…

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RABID

RABID (director/writer: David Cronenberg; cinematographer: René Verzier; editor: Jean Lafleur; cast: Marilyn Chambers (Rose), Frank Moore (Hart Read), Joel Silver (Murray Cypher), Howard Ryshpan (Dr. Dan Keloid), Patricia Gage (Dr.…

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