PAY OR DIE!

PAY OR DIE! (director/writer: Richard Wilson; screenwriters: Bertram Millhauser/Richard Collins; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Walter Hannemann; music: David Raksin; cast: Ernest Borgnine (Lt. Joseph Petrosino), Zohra Lampert (Adelina Saulino), Alan…

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BIG KNIFE, THE

BIG KNIFE, THE (director: Robert Aldrich; screenwriters: from a play by Clifford Odets/James Poe; cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo; editor: Michael Luciano; music: Frank De Vol; cast: Jack Palance (Charles Castle), Ida…

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PERSONAL AFFAIR

PERSONAL AFFAIR (director: Anthony Pelissier; screenwriter: from the play by Lesley Storm/Lesley Storm; cinematographer: Reginald Wyer; editor: Frederick Wilson; music: William Alwyn; cast: Gene Tierney (Kay Barlow), Leo Genn (Stephen…

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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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BLACK BART

BLACK BART (director: George Sherman; screenwriters: Luci Ward/William Bowers/Jack Natteford/story by Ward and Natteforf; cinematographer: Irving Glassberg; editor: Russell Schoengarth; music: Frank Skinner/Leith Stevens; cast: (Jersey Brady), Jeffrey Lynn (Lance…

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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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