PHANTOM LADY

PHANTOM LADY (director: Robert Siodmak; screenwriters: Bernard Schoenfeld/from the novel by Cornell Woolrich; cinematographer: Woody Bredell; editor: Arthur D. Hilton; cast: Franchot Tone (Jack Marlow), Ella Raines (Carol "Kansas" Richman),…

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PHONE BOOTH

PHONE BOOTH (director: Joel Schumacher; screenwriter: Larry Cohen; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editor: Mark Stevens; music: Harry Gregson-Williams; cast: Colin Ferrell (Stu Shepard), Forest Whitaker (Capt. Ramey), Katie Holmes (Pamela McFadden),…

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BLACK CASTLE, THE

THE BLACK CASTLE (director/writer: Nathan Juran; screenwriter: Jerry Sackheim; cinematographer: Irving Glassberg; editor: Russell Shoengarth; music: ; cast: Boris Karloff (Dr. Meissen), Stephen McNally (Count von Bruno), Richard Greene (Sir…

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PICKUP ALLEY

PICKUP ALLEY (INTERPOL) (director: John Gilling; screenwriters: John Paxton/short story by A.J. Forrest; cinematographer: Ted Moore; editor: Richard Best; music: Richard Bennett; cast: Victor Mature (Charles Sturgis), Anita Ekberg (Gina…

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BLACK SUNDAY

  BLACK SUNDAY (Maschera del demonio, La) (director/writer: Mario Bava; screenwriters: Ennio De Concini/from the short story The Vij by Nikolai Gogol; cinematographer: Mario Bava/Ubaldo Terzano; editor: Mario Serandrei; music:…

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BLING RING, THE

THE BLING RING (director/writer: Sofia Coppola; screenwriter: based on the 2010 Vanity Fair article "The Suspect Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales; cinematographers: Harris Savides/Christopher Blauvelt; editor: Sarah Flack; music:…

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PIRATE RADIO

  PIRATE RADIO (aka: THE BOAT THAT ROCKED)   (director/writer: Richard Curtis; cinematographer: Danny Cohen; editor: Emma E. Hickox; cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the Count), Bill Nighy (Quentin), Rhys Ifans…

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