ON GUARD

ON GUARD (LE BOSSU) (director/writer: Philippe de Broca; screenwriters: Jean Cosmos/Jerome Tonnerre/from the book ''Le Bossu'' by Paul Féval; cinematographer: Jean-François Robin; editor: Henri Lanoë; music: Philippe Sarde; cast: Daniel…

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ON THE FIDDLE

      ON THE FIDDLE (aka: OPERATION SNAFU) (director: Cyril Frankel; screenwriters: Harold Buchman/based on the novel "Stop at a Winner" by R.F. Delderfield; cinematographer: Edward Scaife; editor: Peter…

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BANK DICK, THE

BANK DICK, THE (director: Edward F. Cline; screenwriter: W.C. Fields (Mahatma Kane Jeeves); cinematographer: Milton Krasner; editor: Arthur D. Hilton; music: Charles Previn; cast: W.C. Fields (Egbert Sousé), Cora Witherspoon…

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OPERATION CROSSBOW

OPERATION CROSSBOW (aka: THE GREAT SPY MISSION) (director: Michael Anderson; screenwriters: Derry Quinn/Ray Rigby/Richard Imrie-pseudonym for Emeric Pressburger; cinematographer: Erwin Hillier; editor: Ernest Walter; music: Ron Goodwin; cast: George Peppard…

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BARNUM

BARNUM (TV) (director: Lee Philips; screenwriter: Michael Norell/story by Michael Norell & Andy Siegel; cinematographer: Reginald Morris; editor: George Jay Nicholson; music: Charles Gross; cast: Burt Lancaster (Phineas Taylor 'P.T.'…

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OREGON PASSAGE

OREGON PASSAGE (RIO BRAVO) (director: Paul Landres; screenwriters: Jack Dewitt/from the novel Rio Bravo by Gordon D. Shirreffs; cinematographer: Ellis Carter; editor: Maury Wright; music: Paul Dunlap; cast: John Ericson…

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BATMAN BEGINS

BATMAN BEGINS (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; screenwriters: David S. Goyer/from Bob Kane characters; cinematographer: Wally Pfister; editor: Lee Smith; music: James Newton Howard/Hans Zimmer; cast: Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Michael Caine…

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BAXTER, VERA BAXTER

BAXTER, VERA BAXTER (director/writer: Marguerite Duras; cinematographer: Sacha Vierny; editors: Dominique Auvray/Caroline Camus/Roselyne Petit; music: Carlos D'Alessio; cast: Claudine Gabay (Vera Baxter), Gerard Depardieu (Cayre), Delphine Seyrig Noëlle Chatelet (Monique…

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