BIG BROWN EYES

BIG BROWN EYES (director/writer: Raoul Walsh; screenwriter: from the short stories Hahsit Babe and Big Brown Eyes by James Edward Grant/Bert Hanlon; cinematographer: George Clemens; editor: Robert Simpson; music: Gerard…

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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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BIGGER THAN THE SKY

BIGGER THAN THE SKY (director: Al Corley; screenwriter: Rodney Vacarro; cinematographer: Carl Nilsson; editor:Axel Hubert; music: Rob Cairns; cast: Marcus Thomas (Peter Rooker/Cyrano), Clare Higgins(Edwina Winters), Amy Smart (Grace Hargrove/Roxanne),…

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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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BIG NIGHT, THE

BIG NIGHT, THE (director/writer: Joseph Losey; screenwriters: Stanley Ellin/from his novel Dreadful Summit by Ellin; cinematographer: Hal Mohr; editor: Edward Mann; music: Lynn Murray; cast: John Barrymore Jr. (George La…

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PICKUP

PICKUP (director/writer: Hugo Haas; screenwriters: Arnold Phillips/based on the novel Watchman 47 by Joseph Kopra; cinematographer: Paul Ivano; editor: Donald W. Bagler; music: Harold Byrns; cast: Hugo Haas (Jan 'Hunky'…

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BIG STEAL, THE

BIG STEAL, THE (director: Don Siegel; screenwriter: Daniel Mainwaring/Gerald Drayson Adams/based on the Saturday Evening Post Story "The Road to Carmichael's by Richard Wormser; cinematographer: Harry J. Wild; editor: Samuel…

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PILLAGED

PILLAGED (MIS A SAC) (director/writer: Alain Cavalier; screenwriters: Claude Sautet/based on the novel The Score by Richard Stark; cinematographers: Pierre Lhomme/Alain Cavalier; editor: Pierre Gillette; music: Jean Prodromidès; cast: Daniel…

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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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PIRATE, THE

PIRATE, THE (director: Vincente Minnelli; screenwriters: from the play by S.N. Behrman/Frances Goodrich/Albert Hackett; cinematographer: Harry Stradling; editor: Blanche Sewell; cast: Judy Garland (Manuela), Gene Kelly (Serafin), Walter Slezak (Don…

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