PHANTOM LADY

PHANTOM LADY (director: Robert Siodmak; screenwriters: Bernard Schoenfeld/from the novel by Cornell Woolrich; cinematographer: Woody Bredell; editor: Arthur D. Hilton; cast: Franchot Tone (Jack Marlow), Ella Raines (Carol "Kansas" Richman),…

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BIG STEAL, THE

BIG STEAL, THE (director: Don Siegel; screenwriter: Daniel Mainwaring/Gerald Drayson Adams/based on the Saturday Evening Post Story "The Road to Carmichael's by Richard Wormser; cinematographer: Harry J. Wild; editor: Samuel…

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PHONE BOOTH

PHONE BOOTH (director: Joel Schumacher; screenwriter: Larry Cohen; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editor: Mark Stevens; music: Harry Gregson-Williams; cast: Colin Ferrell (Stu Shepard), Forest Whitaker (Capt. Ramey), Katie Holmes (Pamela McFadden),…

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BIRD OF PARADISE

BIRD OF PARADISE (director: King Vidor; screenwriters: Leonard Praskins/Wells Root/adaptation of Richard Walton Tally's play; cinematographers: Lucien Andriot/Clyde De Vinna/Edward Cronjager; editor: Archie F. Marshek; music: Max Steiner; cast: Joel…

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PICKUP ALLEY

PICKUP ALLEY (INTERPOL) (director: John Gilling; screenwriters: John Paxton/short story by A.J. Forrest; cinematographer: Ted Moore; editor: Richard Best; music: Richard Bennett; cast: Victor Mature (Charles Sturgis), Anita Ekberg (Gina…

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BLACK CAT

  BLACK CAT (director/writer: Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: from an Edgar Allan Poe story/Peter Ruric; cinematographer: John Mescall; editor: Ray Curtiss; cast: Boris Karloff (Hjalmar Poelzig), Bela Lugosi (Dr. Vitus…

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BLACK SUNDAY

BLACK SUNDAY (director: John Frankenheimer; screenwriters: novel by Thomas Harris/Ernest Lehman/Kenneth Ross/Ivan Moffat; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Tom Roif; music: John Williams; cast: Robert Shaw (Major David Kabakov), Bruce…

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PIRATE RADIO

  PIRATE RADIO (aka: THE BOAT THAT ROCKED)   (director/writer: Richard Curtis; cinematographer: Danny Cohen; editor: Emma E. Hickox; cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the Count), Bill Nighy (Quentin), Rhys Ifans…

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BLONDE ICE

BLONDE ICE (director: Jack Bernhard; screenwriters: based on the story by Whitney Chambers/ Kenneth Gamet; cinematographer: George Robinson; editors: Douglas W. Bagier/Jason H. Bernie; music: Irving Gertz; cast: Leslie Brooks…

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