RETURNER

RETURNER (RITANA) (director/writer: Takashi Yamazaki; screenwriter: Kenya Hirata; cinematographers: Kozo Shibasaki/Akira Sako; editor: Takuya Taguchi; music: Akihiko Matsumoto; cast: Anne Suzuki (Milly), Takeshi Kaneshiro (Miyamoto), Goro Kishitani (Mizoguchi), Kisuke Iida…

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DESIREE

DESIREE (director: Henry Koster; screenwriters: Daniel Taradash/from the novel by Annemarie Selinko; cinematographer: Milton Krasner; editor: William Reynolds; music: Alex North; cast: Marlon Brando (Napoleon Bonaparte), Jean Simmons (Désirée Clary…

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RHAPSODY IN BLUE

RHAPSODY IN BLUE (director: Irving Rapper; screenwriters: Howard Koch/Elliot Paul/based on a story by Sonya Levien; cinematographer: Sol Polito; editor: Folmar Blangsted; music: Ray Heindorf/Max Steiner; cast: Robert Alda (George…

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RIDER ON THE RAIN

RIDER ON THE RAIN (LE PASSAGER DE LA PLUIE) (director: René Clément; screenwriters: Lorenzo Ventavoli/Sébastien Japrisot; cinematographer: Andreas Winding; editor: Françoise Javet; music: Francis Lai; cast: Charles Bronson (Col. Harry…

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DISHONORED

DISHONORED (director/writer: Josef von Sternberg; screenwriter: Daniel Nathan Rubin; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; editor: Josef von Sternberg; music: Karl Hajos/Herman Hand; cast: Marlene Dietrich (Marie Kolverer/X-27), Victor McLaglen (Colonel Kranau), Gustav…

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RIGHTEOUS KILL

RIGHTEOUS KILL (director: Jon Avnet; screenwriter: Russell Gewirtz; cinematographer: Denis Lenoir; editor: Paul Hirsch; music: Edward Shearmur; cast: Al Pacino (Rooster), Robert De Niro (Turk), Curtis Jackson (Spider), Carla Gugino…

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