BANZAI RUNNER

BANZAI RUNNER (director/writer: John G. Thomas; screenwriter: Paul Harange; cinematographer: Howard A. Wexler; editor: Drake Silliman; music: Joel Goldsmith; cast: Dean Stockwell (Billy Baxter), John Shepherd (Beck Baxter), Charles Dierkop…

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BARRICADE

BARRICADE (director: Peter Godfrey; screenwriters: William Sackheim/based on the Jack London novel Sea Wolf; cinematographer: Carl Guthrie; editor: Clarence Kolster; music: William Lava; cast: Dane Clark (Bob Peters), Ruth Roman…

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ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN

ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (Kanzashi) (director/writer: Hiroshi Shimizu; screenwriter: based on a story by Masuji Ibuse; cinematographer: Suketaro Inokai; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Takaaki Asai; cast: Kinuyo Tanaka (Emi), Hiroko Kawasaki (Okiku),…

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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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OTHER F WORD, THE

  OTHER F WORD, THE (director/writer: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins; cinematographer: Geoffrey Franklin; editor: Geoffrey Franklin; cast: Jim Lindberg; Runtime: 100; MPAA Rating: R; producer: Cristan Reilly; Oscilloscope Pictures; 2011) "The…

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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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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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