OSCAR, THE

OSCAR, THE (director/writer: Russell Rouse; screenwriters: from a novel by Richard Sale/Harlan Ellison/Clarence Greene; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Chester W. Schaeffer; music: Percy Faith; cast: Stephen Boyd (Frankie Fane), Elke…

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BATTLE CRY

  BATTLE CRY (director: Raoul Walsh; screenwriter: from the novel by Leon Uris/Leon Uris; cinematographer: Sid Hickox; editor: William Ziegler; music: Max Steiner; cast: Van Heflin (Major Sam Huxley), Aldo…

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BEACH, THE

BEACH, THE (director: Danny Boyle; screenwriters: from a novel by Alex Garland/John Hodge; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editor: Masahiro Hirakubo; cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Richard), Tilda Swinton (Sal), Virginie Ledoyen (Francoise), Guillaume…

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BEAU GESTE

BEAU GESTE (director: William A. Wellman; screenwriters: Robert Carson/based on the novel by P. C. Wren; cinematographer: Theodor Sparkuhl; editor: Thomas Scott; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Gary Cooper (Michael "Beau"…

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OVER THE EDGE

OVER THE EDGE (director: Jonathan Kaplan; screenwriter: Charles Haas/Tim Hunter; cinematographer: Andrew Davis; editor: Robert Barrere; music: Sol Kaplan; cast: Michael Eric Kramer (Carl Willat), Pamela Ludwig (Cory), Kim Kliner…

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BEFORE I HANG

BEFORE I HANG (director: Nick Grinde; screenwriters: Robert Hardy Andrews/Karl Brown; cinematographer: Ben Kline; editor: Charles Nelson; music: Morris W. Stoloff; cast: Boris Karloff (Dr. John Garth), Evelyn Keyes (Martha…

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