BATTLE CRY

  BATTLE CRY (director: Raoul Walsh; screenwriter: from the novel by Leon Uris/Leon Uris; cinematographer: Sid Hickox; editor: William Ziegler; music: Max Steiner; cast: Van Heflin (Major Sam Huxley), Aldo…

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OUR HOSPITALITY

OUR HOSPITALITY (director: John Blystone/Buster Keaton; screenwriters: Jean Havez/Joseph Mitchell/Clyde Bruckman; cinematographer: Gordon Jennings/Elgin Lessley; cast: Buster Keaton (William McKay), Natalie Talmadge (Virginia Canfield), Buster Keaton, Jr. (The Baby), Joe…

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BEACH, THE

BEACH, THE (director: Danny Boyle; screenwriters: from a novel by Alex Garland/John Hodge; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editor: Masahiro Hirakubo; cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Richard), Tilda Swinton (Sal), Virginie Ledoyen (Francoise), Guillaume…

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OUTLAW’S SON

OUTLAW'S SON (director/writer: Lesley Selander; screenwriters: from the novel "Gambling Man" by Clifton Adams/Richard Alan Simmons; cinematographer: William Margulies; editor: John F. Schreyer; music: Les Baxter; cast: Dane Clark (Nate…

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BEAU GESTE

BEAU GESTE (director: William A. Wellman; screenwriters: Robert Carson/based on the novel by P. C. Wren; cinematographer: Theodor Sparkuhl; editor: Thomas Scott; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Gary Cooper (Michael "Beau"…

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OUTRAGE, THE

OUTRAGE, THE (director: Martin Ritt; screenwriters: Michael Kanin/based on stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa/the Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon and the play of the same name by Michael and Fay Kanin; cinematographer:…

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BEFORE I HANG

BEFORE I HANG (director: Nick Grinde; screenwriters: Robert Hardy Andrews/Karl Brown; cinematographer: Ben Kline; editor: Charles Nelson; music: Morris W. Stoloff; cast: Boris Karloff (Dr. John Garth), Evelyn Keyes (Martha…

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