PICCADILLY JIM

PICCADILLY JIM (director: Robert Z. Leonard; screenwriter: from the book Piccadilly Jim by P. G. Wodehouse/Charles Brackett; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: William S. Gray; music: William Axt; cast: Robert Montgomery…

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BLACK PIRATE, THE

THE BLACK PIRATE (director: Albert Parker; screenwriters: Douglas Fairbanks/Jack Cunningham; cinematographer: Henry Sharp; editor: William Nolan; music: Mortimer Wilson; cast: Douglas Fairbanks (The Duke of Arnoldo /The Black Pirate), Billie…

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PIER 5, HAVANA

PIER 5, HAVANA (director: Edward L. Cahn; screenwriters: James B. Gordon/story by Joseph Hoffman; cinematographer: Maury Gertsman; editor: Grant Whytock; music: Paul Sawtell/Bert Shefter; cast: Cameron Mitchell (Steve Daggett), Allison…

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BLAZE

BLAZE (director/writer: Ethan Hawke; screenwriter: Sybil Rosen/based on the memoir "Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley" by Sybil Rosen; cinematographer: Steve Cosens; editor: Jason Gourson; music:…

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BLUEBEARD

"It's prolific actor John Carradine's first starring role in a horror film and his own favorite performance." (director: Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: from a story by Arnold Phillips & Werner…

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BODY DOUBLE

BODY DOUBLE (director/writer: Brian De Palma; screenwriters: Robert Avrech/from a story by Brian De Palma; cinematographer: Stephen Burum; editors: Jerry Greenberg/Bill Pankow; music: Pino Donaggio; cast: Craig Wasson (Jake Scully),…

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PLAY DIRTY

PLAY DIRTY (director: Andre De Toth; screenwriters: Lotte Colin/Melvyn Bragg/from a story by George Marton; cinematographer: Edward Scaife; editor: Alan Osbiston; music: Michel Legrand; cast: Michael Caine (Capt. Douglas), Nigel…

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