42ND STREET

42ND STREET (director: Lloyd Bacon; screenwriters: from the book by Bradford Ropes/James Seymour/Rian James; cinematographer: Sol Polito; editors: Thomas Pratt/Frank Ware; music: Al Dubin/Harry Warren; cast: Warner Baxter (Julian Marsh),…

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MONTENEGRO

MONTENEGRO (director/writer: Dusan Makavejev; screenwriters: Donald Arthur/Branko Vucicevic; cinematographer: Tomislav Pinter; editor: Sylvia Ingemarsson; music: Kornell Kovach; cast: Susan Anspach (Marilyn Jordan), Erland Josephson (Martin Jordan), Bora Todorovic (Alex Rossignol),…

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MOONLIGHT MURDER

MOONLIGHT MURDER (director/writer: Edward L. Marin; screenwriters: from a story suggested by Albert J. Cohen and Robert T. Shannon/Florence Ryerson/Edgar Allan Woolf; cinematographer: Charles Clarke; editor: Ben Lewis; music: Herbert…

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99 RIVER STREET

99 RIVER STREET  (director: Phil Karlson; screenwriters: from a story by George Zuckerman/Robert Smith; cinematographer: Franz Planer; editor: Buddy Small; cast: John Payne (Ernie Driscoll), Evelyn Keyes (Linda James), Brad…

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MORITURI

MORITURI (aka The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri) (director/writer: Bernhard Wicki; screenwriters: Daniel Taradash/from the book by Werne Joerg Luedecke; cinematographer: Conrad L. Hall; editor: Joseph Silver; music: Jerry Goldsmith; cast:…

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A BETTER LIFE

A BETTER LIFE (director: Chris Weitz; screenwriters: Eric Eason/based on a story by Roger L. Simon; cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe; editor: Peter Lambert; music: Alexandre Desplat; cast: Demian Bichir (Carlos Galindo),…

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MOSTLY MARTHA

MOSTLY MARTHA (BELLA MARTHA) (director/writer: Sandra Nettelbeck; cinematographer: Michael Bertl; editor: Mona Bräuer; music: Manfred Eicher/David Darling/Keith Jarrett/Arvo Pärt; cast: Martina Gedeck (Martha Klein), Sergio Castellitto (Mario), Maxime Foerste (Lina),…

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