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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PIECES

PIECES (aka: One Thousand Cries Has the Night)(aka: MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE) (director: Juan Piquer Simón; screenwriters: Dick Randall/Joe D'Amato; cinematographer: John Marine; editor: Antonio Gimeno; music: Librado Pastor;…

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BLACULA

BLACULA (director: William Crain; screenwriters: Joan Torres/Raymond Koenig; cinematographer: John Stevens; editor: Allan Jacobs; music: Gene Page; cast: William Marshall (Blacula/Mamuwalde), Thalmus Rasulala (Dr. Gordon Thomas), Vonetta McGee (Tina/Luva), Denise…

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PINK PANTHER, THE

PINK PANTHER, THE (director/writer: Blake Edwards; screenwriter: Maurice Richlin; cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop; editor: Ralph Winters; music: Henry Mancini; cast: Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau), David Niven (Sir Charles Lytton),…

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BLOW

BLOW (director: Ted Demme; screenwriters: from Bruce Porter's biography on Jung/David McKenna/Nick Cassavetes; cinematographer: Ellen Kuras; editor: Kevin Tent; cast: Johnny Depp (George Jung), Penelope Cruz (Mirtha), Jordi Molla (Diego),…

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PISTOL OPERA

PISTOL OPERA (director: Seijun Suzuki; screenwriter: Kazunori Ito; cinematographer: Yonezo Maeda; editor: Akira Suzuki; music: Kodama Kazufumi; cast: Makiko Esumi (Miyuki Minazuki/Stray Cat No. 3), Masatoshi Nagase(Man Dressed in Black/Dark…

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BLUME IN LOVE

BLUME IN LOVE (director/writer: Paul Mazursky; cinematographer: Bruce Surtees; editor: Donn Cambern; music: Bill Conti; cast: George Segal (Blume), Susan Anspach(Nina Blume), Kris Kristofferson (Elmo), Marsha Mason(Arlene), Shelly Winters (Mrs.…

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PLASTIC CITY

PLASTIC CITY (DANGKOU) (director/writer: Nelson Yu Likuai; screenwriters: Danilo Gullane/Fernando Bonassi; cinematographer: Yiu-Fai Lai; editor: Wenders Li; music: Yoshihiro Hanno; cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (Yuda), Joe Odagiri (Kirin), Yi Huang…

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BOOST, THE

THE BOOST (director: Harold Becker; screenwriters: Darryl Ponicsan/from a Ben Stein book called "Ludes"; cinematographer: Howard Atherton; editors: Maury Winetrobe; music: Stanley Myers; cast: James Woods (Lenny Brown), Steven Hill…

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