SUSANA

SUSANA (aka: THE DEVIL AND THE FLESH) (director/writer: Luis Buñuel; screenwriters: from the novel by Manuel Reachi/Jaime Salvador; cinematographer: Jose Ortiz Ramos; editor: Jorge Bustos; music: Raul Lavista; cast: Fernando…

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SWINGER, THE

THE SWINGER (director: George Sidney; screenwriter: Lawrence Roman; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editor: Frank Santillo; music: Marty Paich; cast: Ann-Magaret (Kelly Olsson), Barbara Nichols (Blossom LaTour), Bert Freed (Police Captain), Horace…

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TALKING WALLS

TALKING WALLS (director/writer: Stephen Verona; screenwriter: from the novel by Mike McGrady; cinematographer: Scott Miller; editor: Jonathan Lawton; music: Richard Glasser; cast: Stephen Shellen (Paul Barton), Sally Kirkland (Hooker), Sybil…

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TEENAGE MONSTER

TEENAGE MONSTER (METEOR MONSTER) (director: Jacques Marquette; screenwriter: Ray Buffum; cinematographer: Taylor Byers; editor: Irving M. Schoenberg; music: Walter Greene; cast: Anne Gwynne (Ruth Cannon), Stuart Wade (Sheriff Bob Lehman),…

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THERE WAS A FATHER

THERE WAS A FATHER (Chichi ariki)(director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriters: Tadao Ikeda/Takao Yanai; cinematographer: Yuuhara Atsuta; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Kyoichi Saiki; cast: Chishu Ryu (Shuhei Horikawa), Shuji Sano (Ryohei), Shin…

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THREE COMRADES

THREE COMRADES (director: Frank Borzage; screenwriters: Joseph L. Mankiewicz-uncredited/F. Scott Fitzgerald/Edward E. Paramore, Jr./based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Frank Sullivan; music: Franz Waxman;…

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timbuktu2014

TIMBUKTU (director/writer: Abderrahmane Sissako; screenwriter: Kessen Tall; cinematographer: Sofian El Fani; editor: Nadia Ben Rachid; music: Amine Bouhafa; cast: Ibrahim Ahmed, a.k.a. Pino (Kidane), Toulou Kiki (Satima), Abel Jafri (Abdelkrim),…

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TO KILL A STRANGER

TO KILL A STRANGER (director/writer: J. Lopez-Moctezuma; screenwriters: Emerich Oross/Rafael Buñuel/Michael Elliott/Morrie Ruvinsky; cinematographer: Alex Phillips; editor: Carlos Savage; music: Mort Garson; cast: Donald Pleasence (Col. Kostik), Angelica Maria (Cristina…

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