BIG STAKES

BIG STAKES (director: Clifford S. Elfelt; screenwriter: Earl Wayland Bowman; music: Donald Socio; cast: James B. Warner (Jim Gregory), Eleanor Fair (Senorita Mercedes Aloyez), Les Bates (Bully Brand), Wilamae Carson…

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BIRD BOX

BIRD BOX (director: Susanne Bier; screenwriters: Eric Heisserer/novel by Josh Maleerman; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Ben Lester; music: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; cast: Sandra Bullock (Malorie Shannon), Trevante Rhodes (Tom),…

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PHANTOM RAIDERS

PHANTOM RAIDERS (director: Jacques Tourneur; screenwriters: Walter Lipman/story by Jonathan Latimer; cinematographer: Clyde DeVinna; editor: Conrad Nervig; music: David Snell; cast: Walter Pidgeon (Nick Carter), Donald Meek (Bartholomew), Joseph Schildkraut…

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BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (director/writer: Richard Brooks; screenwriters: from the book by Evan Hunter; cinematographer: Russell Harlan; editor: Ferris Webster; music: Charles Wolcott; cast: Glenn Ford (Richard Dadier), Anne Francis (Anne Dadier),…

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PIANIST, THE

PIANIST, THE (director: Roman Polanski; screenwriters: Ronald Harwood/from the autobiography by Wladyslaw Szpilman; cinematographer: Pawel Edelman; editor: Herve de Luze; music: Wojciech Kilar; cast: Adrien Brody (Wladyslaw Szpilman), Thomas Kretschmann…

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