COMANCHE STATION

COMANCHE STATION (director: Budd Boetticher; screenwriter: Burt Kennedy; cinematographer: Charles Lawton, Jr.; editor: Edwin Bryant; music: Heinz Roemheld; cast: Randolph Scott (Jefferson Cody), Claude Akins (Ben Lane), Nancy Gates (Nancy…

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QUILLS

QUILLS (director: Philip Kaufman; screenwriter: Doug Wright, based upon his play; cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers; editor: Peter Boyle; cast: Geoffrey Rush (Marquis de Sade), Kate Winslet (Madeleine), Joaquin Phoenix (Abbe Coulmier),…

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CONSPIRATOR, THE

CONSPIRATOR, THE (director: Robert Redford;; screenwriter: James Solomon; cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel; editor: Craig McKay; music: Mark Isham; cast: Robin Wright (Mary Surratt), James McAvoy (Frederick Aiken), Kevin Kline (Secretary…

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RACKETEER, THE

RACKETEER, THE (director: Howard Higgin; screenwriters: Paul Gangelin/A.A. Kline; cinematographer: David Abel; editor: Doane Harrison; music: Josiah Zuro; cast: Robert Armstrong (Mahlon Keane), Carol Lombard (Rhoda Philbrooke), Roland Drew (Tony…

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RAN

RAN (director/writer: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriter: based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear; cinematographers: Asakazu Nakai/Takao Saitô/Masaharu Ueda; editor: Akira Kurosawa; music: Tôru Takemitsu; cast: Tatsuya Nakadai (Lord Hidetora Ichimonji), Akira…

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CROSSFIRE

CROSSFIRE (director: Edward Dmytryk; screenwriters: from the novel "The Brick Foxhole" by Richard Brooks/John Paxton; cinematographer: J. Roy Hunt; editor: Harry Gerstad; cast: Robert Young (Captain Finlay), Robert Mitchum (Sgt.…

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