ONE WAY PASSAGE

ONE WAY PASSAGE ( director: Tay Garnett; screenwriters: from a novel by Robert Lord/Wilson Mizner/Joe Jackson; cinematographer: Robert Kurrle; editor: Ralph Dawson; cast: William Powell (Dan Hardesty), Kay Francis (Joan…

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ON THE BEACH

ON THE BEACH (director: Stanley Kramer; screenwriters: John Paxton/James Lee Barrett/from the novel by Nevil Shute; cinematographer: Daniel Fapp; editor: Frederic Knudtson; music: Ernest Gold; cast: Gregory Peck (Cmdr. Dwight…

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BAG MAN, THE

THE BAG MAN (director/writer: David Grovic; screenwriters: Paul Conway/story Motel by James Russo; cinematographer: David Knight/Steve Mason; editor: Michael R. Miller/Devin Maurer; music: Edward Rogers/Tony Morales; cast: John Cusack (Jack),…

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OPEN WATER

OPEN WATER (director/writer: Chris Kentis; cinematographer: Laura Lau/Chris Kentis; editor: Ben Wilkens/Chris Kentis; music: Graeme Revell; cast: Blanchard Ryan (Susan Watkins), Daniel Travis (Daniel Watkins), Saul Stein (Seth), Estelle Lau…

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BAMAKO

BAMAKO (director/writer: Abderrahmane Sissako; cinematographer: Jacques Besse; editor: Nadia Ben Rachid; cast: Aïssa Maïga (Melé), Tiécoura Traoré (Chaka), Hélène Diarra (Saramba), Habib Dembélé (Falaï), Djénéba Koné (Chaka’s Sister), Hamadoun Kassogué…

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BANK ALARM

BANK ALARM (MARKED MONEY) (director: Louis J. Gasnier; screenwriters: story by Cynthia and Lawrence Meade/Phil Dunham/Griffin Jay/David S. Levy; cinematographer: Mack Stengler ; editor: Dan Milner; cast: Conrad Nagel (Alan…

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OSAKA ELEGY

OSAKA ELEGY (NANIWA EREJÎ) (director/writer: Kenji Mizoguchi; screenwriters: Tadashi Fujiwara/Yoshikata Yoda/based on the story Mieko by Saburo Okada; cinematographer: Minoru Miki; editor: Tatsuko Sakane; music: Kôichi Takagi; cast: Benkei Shiganoya…

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