PAY OR DIE!

PAY OR DIE! (director/writer: Richard Wilson; screenwriters: Bertram Millhauser/Richard Collins; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Walter Hannemann; music: David Raksin; cast: Ernest Borgnine (Lt. Joseph Petrosino), Zohra Lampert (Adelina Saulino), Alan…

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BIG JAKE

BIG JAKE (director: George Sherman; screenwriter: Harry Julian Fink/Rita M. Fink; cinematographer: William H. Clothier; editor: Harry Gerstad; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: John Wayne (Jacob McCandles), Patrick Wayne (James McCandles),…

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BIG SHORT, THE

THE BIG SHORT (director/writer: Adam McKay; screenwriters: based upon the book by Michael Lewis/Michael Lewis/Charles Randolph; cinematographer: Barry Ackroyd; editor: Hank Corwin; music: Nicholas Britell; cast: Steve Carell (Mark Baum),…

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PERSONAL AFFAIR

PERSONAL AFFAIR (director: Anthony Pelissier; screenwriter: from the play by Lesley Storm/Lesley Storm; cinematographer: Reginald Wyer; editor: Frederick Wilson; music: William Alwyn; cast: Gene Tierney (Kay Barlow), Leo Genn (Stephen…

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BIKINI BLOODBATH

BIKINI BLOODBATH (V) (director/writer: Jonathan Gorman/Thomas Edward Seymour; cinematographer: Mike Anderson; editor: Christopher W. Doyle; music: Tim Kulig; cast: Debbie Rochon (Miss Johnson), Thomas Edward Seymour (Phil), Russ Russo (Mike…

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PHANTOM KILLER

PHANTOM KILLER (director: William Beaudine; screenwriter: Karl Brown/story by Albert DeMond; cinematographer: Marcel LePicard; editor: Jack Ogilvie; music: Frank Sanucci; cast: Dick Purcell (Edward Clark), Joan Woodbury (Barbara Mason), John…

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BITE THE BULLET

BITE THE BULLET (director/writer: Richard Brooks; cinematographer: Harry Stradling, Jr.; editor: George Grenville; music: Alex North; cast: Gene Hackman (Sam Clayton), Candice Bergen (Miss Jones), James Coburn (Luke Matthews), Ben…

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PHOENIX

PHOENIX (director: Christian Petzold; screenwriters: Harun Farocki/based on the novel “Le Retour des Cendres” by Hubert Monteilhet; cinematographer: Hans Fromm; editor: Bettina Böhler; music: Stefan Will; cast: Nina Hoss (Nelly…

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BLACKMAIL

BLACKMAIL (director/writer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenwriters: Charles Bennett/Benn W. Levy/Garnett Weston/based on the play by Charles Bennett; cinematographer: Jack Cox; editor: Emile de Ruelle; music: Campbell and Connelly/arranged by Hubert Bath…

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