NO ESCAPE

NO ESCAPE (director/writer: John Erick Dowdle; screenwriter: Drew Dowdle; cinematographer: Leo Hinstin; editor: Elliot Greenberg; music: Marco Beltrami/Buck Sanders; cast:Owen Wilson (Jack Dwyer), Lake Bell (Annie Dwyer), Sterling Jerins (Lucy),…

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ARROWHEAD

ARROWHEAD (director/writer: Charles Marquis Warren; screenwriters: from a novel by W. R. Burnett "Adobe Walls"; cinematographer: Ray Rennahan; editor: Frank Bracht; music: Paul Sawtell; cast: Charlton Heston (Ed Bannon), Jack…

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NO ONE LIVES

NO ONE LIVES (director: Ryhuei Kitamura; screenwriter: David Cohen; cinematographer: Daniel C. Pearl; editor: Toby Yates; music: Jerome Dillon; cast: Luke Evans (Driver), Adelaide Clemens (Emma Ward), Derek Magyar (Flynn),…

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A SENSE OF LOSS

A SENSE OF LOSS(director: Marcel Ophüls; cinematographer: Simon Edelstein; editor: Marion Kraft; cast: Bernadette Devlin (Herself), Ian Paisley (Himself); Runtime: 135; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Marcel Ophüls; Cinema 5; 1972-Switzerland/USA)…

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NORTH TO ALASKA

NORTH TO ALASKA (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: from the play The Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor/idea from John Kafka/Claude Binyon/Martin Rackin/John Lee Mahin; cinematographer: Leon Shamroy; editor: Dorothy Spencer; music:…

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ASSASSIN, THE

THE ASSASSIN (NIE YIN NIANG) (director/writer: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; screenwriters: T'ien-wen Chu, Tien-Wen Chu, Cheng Ah, Hai Meng Hsieh; cinematographer: Mark Lee Ping-Bin; editors: Liao Ching-sung, Pauline Huang Chih-chia; music: Lim…

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NOTHING BUT TIME

NOTHING BUT TIME (RIEN QUE LES HEURES) (director/writer: Alberto Cavalcanti; cinematographer: James Rogers; music: Larry Marotta; cast: Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat; Runtime: 46; MPAA Rating: NR; Kino; 1930-silent)…

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A STRANGER IN TOWN

A STRANGER IN TOWN (director: Roy Rowland; screenwriters: Isobel Lennart/William Kozlenko; cinematographer: Sidney Wagner; editor: Elmo Veron; music: Daniele Amfitheatrof/Nathaniel Shilkret; cast: Frank Morgan (John Josephus Grant), Richard Carlson (Bill…

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NOT WANTED

NOT WANTED (aka: THE STREETS OF SIN) (director: Elmer Clifton/Ida Lupino-uncredited; screenwriter: Ida Lupino/based on a story by Paul Jarrico and Malvin Wald; cinematographer: Henry Freulich; editor: William H. Ziegler;…

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AT GUNPOINT

  AT GUNPOINT (director: Alfred L. Werker; screenwriter: Dan Ullman; cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks; editor: Edna Warren; music: Carmen Dragon; cast: Fred MacMurray (Jack Wright), Dorothy Malone (Martha Wright), Walter Brennan…

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