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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PEOPLE ON SUNDAY

PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG) (director: Robert Siodmak/Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: Billy Wilder/Robert Siodmak/Curt Siodmak/from a story by Curt Siodmak; cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan; music: Elena Kats-Chernin (added in 2000);…

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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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PERSONA

PERSONA (director/writer: Ingmar Bergman; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Ulla Ryghe; music: Lars Johan Werle; cast: Bibi Andersson (Alma, The Nurse), Liv Ullmann (Elisabeth Vogler, The Actress), Margaretha Krook (The Doctor),…

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BIKINI BLOODBATH

BIKINI BLOODBATH (V) (director/writer: Jonathan Gorman/Thomas Edward Seymour; cinematographer: Mike Anderson; editor: Christopher W. Doyle; music: Tim Kulig; cast: Debbie Rochon (Miss Johnson), Thomas Edward Seymour (Phil), Russ Russo (Mike…

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PHANTOM KILLER

PHANTOM KILLER (director: William Beaudine; screenwriter: Karl Brown/story by Albert DeMond; cinematographer: Marcel LePicard; editor: Jack Ogilvie; music: Frank Sanucci; cast: Dick Purcell (Edward Clark), Joan Woodbury (Barbara Mason), John…

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BITE THE BULLET

BITE THE BULLET (director/writer: Richard Brooks; cinematographer: Harry Stradling, Jr.; editor: George Grenville; music: Alex North; cast: Gene Hackman (Sam Clayton), Candice Bergen (Miss Jones), James Coburn (Luke Matthews), Ben…

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PHOENIX

PHOENIX (director: Christian Petzold; screenwriters: Harun Farocki/based on the novel “Le Retour des Cendres” by Hubert Monteilhet; cinematographer: Hans Fromm; editor: Bettina Böhler; music: Stefan Will; cast: Nina Hoss (Nelly…

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BLACKMAIL

BLACKMAIL (director/writer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenwriters: Charles Bennett/Benn W. Levy/Garnett Weston/based on the play by Charles Bennett; cinematographer: Jack Cox; editor: Emile de Ruelle; music: Campbell and Connelly/arranged by Hubert Bath…

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PICKUP

PICKUP (director/writer: Hugo Haas; screenwriters: Arnold Phillips/based on the novel Watchman 47 by Joseph Kopra; cinematographer: Paul Ivano; editor: Donald W. Bagler; music: Harold Byrns; cast: Hugo Haas (Jan 'Hunky'…

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