ORDEAL

ORDEAL (TV) (director: Lee H. Katzin; screenwriters: story by Francis M. Cockrell/Leon Tokatyan/Francis M. Cockrell; cinematographer: William Jorgensen; editor: Joseph Silver; music: Pat Williams; cast: Arthur Hill (Richard Damian), Diana…

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ORPHEUS

ORPHEUS (Orphée) (director/writer: Jean Cocteau; cinematographer: Nicolas Hayer; editor: J. Sadoul; music: Georges Auric; cast: Jean Marais (Orpheus), Maria Casares (The Princess, Death), Marie Dea (Eurydice), Francois Perier (Heurtebise), Juliette…

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BATTLE ROYALE

BATTLE ROYALE (Batoru rowaiaru) (director: Kinji Fukasaku; screenwriters: from the novel by Koushun Takami/Kenta Fukasaku; cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagishima; editor: Hirohide Abe; music: Masamichi Amano; cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara (Shuya Nanahara -…

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OUTLAW, THE

OUTLAW, THE (director: Howard R. Hughes/Howard Hawks; screenwriter: Jules Furthman ; cinematographer: Gregg Toland; editor: Wallace Grissele; music: Victor Young; cast: Jane Russell (Rio), Jack Beutel (Billy the Kid), Walter…

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BEAU TRAVAIL

BEAU TRAVAIL( director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriters: from story by Herman Melville "Billy Budd"/Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Agnès Godard; editor: Nelly Quettier; cast: Denis Lavant (Galoup), Michel Subor (Commanding Office Bruno Forestier),…

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BEDEVILLED

BEDEVILLED (director: Mitchell Leisen; screenwriter: Jo Eisinger/story by Jo Eisinger; cinematographer: Freddie Young; editor: Frank Clarke; music: William Alwyn; cast: Anne Baxter (Monica Johnson), Steve Forrest (Gregory Fitzgerald), Simone Renant…

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