BABY FACE

BABY FACE (director: Alfred E. Green; screenwriters: from a story by Darryl F. Zanuck/Gene Markey; cinematographer: James Van Trees; editor: Howard Bretherton; music: Leo F. Forbstein; cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Lily…

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BACK TO BATAAN

BACK TO BATAAN (director: Edward Dmytryk; screenwriters: story by Aeneas MacKenzie & William Gordon/Richard Landau/Ben Barzman; cinematographer: Nick Musuraca; editor: Marston Fay; music: Roy Webb; cast: John Wayne (Col. Joseph…

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ONE GOOD COP

ONE GOOD COP (director/writer: Heywood Gould; cinematographer: Ralf Bode; editor: Richard Marks; music: David Foster/William Ross; cast: Michael Keaton (Artie Lewis), Rene Russo (Rita Lewis), Anthony LaPaglia (Stevie Diroma), Kevin…

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BAD LIEUTENANT

BAD LIEUTENANT (director/writer: Abel Ferrara; screenwriter: Zoë Lund; cinematographer: Ken Kelsch; editor: Anthony Redman; music: Joe Delia; cast: Harvey Keitel (Lieutenant), Brian McElroy (Lieutenant's Son (#1)), Frankie Acciarito (Lieutenant's Son…

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ONLY SON, THE

ONLY SON, THE (HITORI MUSUKO) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriters: Tadao Ikeda/Masao Arata/short story by Yasujiro Ozu; cinematographer: Shojiro Sugimoto; music: Senji Itô; cast: Chishu Ryu (Professor Okubo), Tomoko Naniwa (Okubo's…

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BANDITS

BANDITS (director: Barry Levinson; screenwriter: Harley Peyton; cinematographer: Dante Spinotti; editor: Stu Linder; cast: Bruce Willis (Joe Blake), Billy Bob Thornton (Terry Collins), Cate Blanchett (Kate Wheeler), Troy Garity (Harvey…

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OPEN CITY

OPEN CITY (ROMA, CITTA APERTA) (director: Roberto Rossellini; screenwriters: Federico Fellini/Sergio Amedei; cinematography: Ubaldo Arata; editor: Eraldo De Roma; cast: Anna Magnani (Pina), Aldo Fabrizi (Priest, Don Pietro), Marcello Pagliero…

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