MONSIEUR HIRE

MONSIEUR HIRE (director/writer: Patrice Leconte; screenwriter: from the novel by Georges Simenon; cinematographer: Denis Lenoir; editor: Joëlle Hache; music: Michael Nyman; cast: Michel Blanc (M. Hire), Sandrine Bonnaire (Alice), Luc…

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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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MONTE CARLO

MONTE CARLO (director: Ernst Lubitsch; screenwriters: Ernest Vajda/based on the episode from Monsieur Beaucaire from the novel by Booth Tarkington and the play Monsieur Beaucaire by Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland/based on…

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MOONLIGHT MILE

MOONLIGHT MILE (director/writer: Brad Silberling; cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael; editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin; music: Mark Isham; cast: Jake Gyllenhaal (Joe Nast), Dustin Hoffman (Ben Floss), Susan Sarandon (JoJo Floss), Holly Hunter…

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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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MORGAN THE PIRATE

MORGAN THE PIRATE (director/writer: Andre DeToth/Primo Zeglio; screenwriters: Filippo Sanjust; cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli; editor: Maurizio Lucidi; music: Franco Mannino; cast: Steve Reeves (Henry Morgan), Valerie Lagrange (Dona Inez), Ivo…

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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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