BIGGER THAN LIFE

BIGGER THAN LIFE (director/writer: Nicholas Ray; screenwriters: from an article in "The New Yorker" by Berton Roueché/story by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum/Cyril Hume/Richard Maibaum/Gavin Lambert (uncredited)/Clifford Odets (uncredited)/based on…

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BIG MOUTH, THE

BIG MOUTH, THE (director/writer: Jerry Lewis; screenwriter: Bill Richmond; cinematographer: W. Wallace Kelley; editor: Russel Wiles; music: Harry Betts; cast: Jerry Lewis (Gerald Clamson/Syd Valentine), Harold J Stone (Thor), Susan…

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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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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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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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BLACK CASTLE, THE

THE BLACK CASTLE (director/writer: Nathan Juran; screenwriter: Jerry Sackheim; cinematographer: Irving Glassberg; editor: Russell Shoengarth; music: ; cast: Boris Karloff (Dr. Meissen), Stephen McNally (Count von Bruno), Richard Greene (Sir…

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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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