STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME (director: Rob Reiner; screenwriters: from the novella "The Body" by Stephen King/Raynold Gideon/Bruce A. Evans; cinematographer: Thomas Del Ruth; editor: Robert Leighton; music: Jack Nitzsche; cast: Wil…

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STEEL LADY, THE

THE STEEL LADY (director: E. A. Dupont; screenwriters: Richard Schayer/story by Aubrey Wisberg; cinematographer: Floyd Crosby; editor: Grant Whytock; music: Emil Newman/Arthur Lange; cast: John Dehner (Sid Barlowe), Rod Cameron…

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STRAY DOG

STRAY DOG (NORA INU) (director: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriters: Ryuzo Kikushima/from the novel by Akira Kurosawa; cinematographer: Asakazu Nakai; editors: Toshio Goto/Yoshi Sugihara; music: Fumio Hayasaka; cast: Toshiro Mifune (Det. Murakami),…

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SUMMER STORM

SUMMER STORM (aka: GOODBYE MY LOVE) (director: Douglas Sirk; screenwriters: Rowland Leigh/based on the play "The Shooting Party" by Anton Chekhov; cinematographers: Archie J. Stout/Eugen Schufftan; editor: Gregg Tallas; music:…

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SUSPECT, THE

  SUSPECT, THE (director: Robert Siodmak; screenwriters: Bertram Millhauser/Arthur T. Horman/from the novel This Way Out by James Ronald; cinematographer: Paul Ivano; editor: Arthur Hilton; music: Frank Skinner; cast: Charles…

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SWITCH, THE

SWITCH, THE (directors: Will Speck/Josh Gordon; screenwriters: Allan Loeb/based on the short story “Baster,” by Jeffrey Eugenides; cinematographer: Jess Hall; editor: John Axelrad; music: Alex Wurman; cast: Jennifer Aniston (Kassie),…

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TALK TO HER

TALK TO HER (Hable con ella) (director/writer: Pedro Almodóvar; cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe; editor: José Salcedo; music: Alberto Iglesias; cast: Javier Cámara (Benigno), Darío Grandinetti (Marco Zuloaga), Leonor Watling (Alicia), Rosario…

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