BIG COMBO, THE

BIG COMBO, THE (director: Joseph H. Lewis; screenwriter: Philip Yordan; cinematographer: John Alton; editor: Robert S. Eisen; cast: Cornel Wilde (Police Lt. Leonard Diamond), Capt. Peterson (Robert Middleton), Richard Conte…

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PENALTY, THE

PENALTY, THE (director: Wallace Worsley; screenwriters: Charles Kenyon/Philip Lonergan/based on the novel by Gouverneur Morris; cinematographer: Don Short; editors: J.G. Hawks/Frank E. Hull; cast: Lon Chaney (Blizzard), Ethel Grey Terry…

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BIG HOUSE, THE

BIG HOUSE, THE (director: George W. Hill; screenwriters: Joseph Farnham/Martin Flavin/Frances Marion/Lennox Robinson; cinematographer: Harold Wenstrom; editor: Blanche Sewell; cast: Chester Morris (John Morgan), Wallace Beery (Butch Schmidt), Lewis Stone…

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PERFORMANCE

  PERFORMANCE (directors: Donald Cammell/Nicolas Roeg; screenwriter: Donald Cammell; cinematographer: Nicolas Roeg; editor: Frank Mazzola; cast: James Fox (Chas Devlin), Mick Jagger (Turner), Anita Pallenberg (Pherber), Michele Breton (Lucy), Johnny…

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BIG SHAVE, THE

THE BIG SHAVE (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ares Demertzis; cast: Peter Bernuth; Runtime: 7; MPAA Rating: NR; Janus; 1968) "personal statement film." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Shot by recent NYU…

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PETER IBBETSON

PETER IBBETSON (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: from the novel by George duMaurier and the play by John Nathaniel Raphael and Constance Collier/ Vincent Lawrence/Waldemar Young/John Meehan/Edwin Justus Mayer; cinematographer: Charles…

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BIG WHEEL, THE

BIG WHEEL, THE (director: Edward Ludwig; screenwriter: Robert Smith; cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo; editor: Walter Thompson; music: Nathaniel W. Finston; cast: Mickey Rooney (Billy Coy), Spring Byington (Mary Coy), Lina Romay…

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PHANTOM THREAD

PHANTOM THREAD (director/writer: Paul Thomas Anderson; cinematographer: Paul Thomas Anderson; editor: Dylan Tichenor; music: Jonny Greenwood; cast: Daniel Day-Lewis (Reynolds Woodcock), Vicky Krieps (Alma), Lesley Manville (Cyril), Camilla Rutherford (Johanna),…

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BITCH, THE

THE BITCH (director/writer: Gerry O'Hara; screenwriter: Jackie Collins novel; cinematographer: Dennis Lewiston; editor: Eddy Joseph; music: Biddu; cast: Joan Collins (Fontaine Khaled), Michael Coby (Nico Cantafora/Antonio Cantafora), Ian Hendry (Thrush…

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