POOLHALL JUNKIES

POOLHALL JUNKIES (director/writer: Mars Callahan; screenwriter: Chris Corso; cinematographer: Robert Morris; editor: James E. Tooley; music: Richard Glasser/Charlie Terrell; cast: Mars Callahan (Johnny), Chazz Palminteri (Joe), Rod Steiger (Nick), Michael…

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POSSE

POSSE (director: Kirk Douglas; screenwriters: from the story by Christopher Knopf/Christopher Knopf/William Roberts; cinematographer: Fred Koenekamp; editor: Charles Wheeler; music: Maurice Jarre; cast: Kirk Douglas (Marshal Howard Nightingale), Bruce Dern…

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BUCCANEER, THE

THE BUCCANEER (director: Anthony Quinn; screenwriters: novel Lafitte the Pirate by Lyle Saxon/1938 screenplay by Harold Lamb/C. Gardner Sullivan/Jesse Lasky Jr./Jeanne McPherson/Edwin Justus Mayer; cinematographer: Loyal Griggs; editor: Archie Marshek;…

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POWER

POWER (director: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: David Himmelstein; cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak; editor: Andrew Mondshein; music: Cy Coleman; cast: Richard Gere (Pete St. John), Julie Christie (Ellen Freeman), Gene Hackman (Wilfred Buckley),…

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BUTTERFIELD 8

  BUTTERFIELD 8 (director: Daniel Mann; screenwriters: Charles Schnee/John Michael Hayes/based on the novel by John O'Hara; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Ralph E. Winters; music: Bronislau Kaper; cast: Elizabeth Taylor…

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PRETTY BABY

PRETTY BABY (director/writer: Louis Malle; screenwriter: Polly Platt/from the story by Polly Platt; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Suzanne Fenn; music: Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton/Scott Joplin; cast: Brooke Shields (Violet), Keith…

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PRIME GIG, THE

PRIME GIG, THE (director: Gregory Mosher; screenwriter: William Wheeler; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: James Y. Kwei; music: David Robbins; cast: Vince Vaughn (Penny Wise), Ed Harris (Kelly Grant), Julia…

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