BIRD OF PARADISE

BIRD OF PARADISE (director: King Vidor; screenwriters: Leonard Praskins/Wells Root/adaptation of Richard Walton Tally's play; cinematographers: Lucien Andriot/Clyde De Vinna/Edward Cronjager; editor: Archie F. Marshek; music: Max Steiner; cast: Joel…

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PHONE BOOTH

PHONE BOOTH (director: Joel Schumacher; screenwriter: Larry Cohen; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editor: Mark Stevens; music: Harry Gregson-Williams; cast: Colin Ferrell (Stu Shepard), Forest Whitaker (Capt. Ramey), Katie Holmes (Pamela McFadden),…

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BLACK CAT

  BLACK CAT (director/writer: Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: from an Edgar Allan Poe story/Peter Ruric; cinematographer: John Mescall; editor: Ray Curtiss; cast: Boris Karloff (Hjalmar Poelzig), Bela Lugosi (Dr. Vitus…

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PICKUP ALLEY

PICKUP ALLEY (INTERPOL) (director: John Gilling; screenwriters: John Paxton/short story by A.J. Forrest; cinematographer: Ted Moore; editor: Richard Best; music: Richard Bennett; cast: Victor Mature (Charles Sturgis), Anita Ekberg (Gina…

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BLACK SUNDAY

BLACK SUNDAY (director: John Frankenheimer; screenwriters: novel by Thomas Harris/Ernest Lehman/Kenneth Ross/Ivan Moffat; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Tom Roif; music: John Williams; cast: Robert Shaw (Major David Kabakov), Bruce…

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BLOCKERS

BLOCKERS (director: Kay Cannon; screenwriter: Brian Kehoe, Jim Kehoe, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Eben Russell; cinematographer: Russ T. Alsobrook; editor: Stacey Schroeder; music: Mateo Messina; cast: Leslie Mann (Lisa), John…

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PIRATE RADIO

  PIRATE RADIO (aka: THE BOAT THAT ROCKED)   (director/writer: Richard Curtis; cinematographer: Danny Cohen; editor: Emma E. Hickox; cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the Count), Bill Nighy (Quentin), Rhys Ifans…

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