BAIT

BAIT (director: Hugo Haas; screenwriter: Samuel W. Taylor; cinematographer: Edward P. Fitzgerald; editor: Robert & Harry Eisen; music: Martin Scwab; cast: Cedric Hardwicke (The Devil, prologue), John Agar (Ray Brighton),…

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ONIBABA

ONIBABA (HOLE, THE) (director/writer: Kaneto Shindo; cinematographer: Kiyomi Kuroda; editor: Toshio Enoki; music: Hikaru Hayashi; cast: Nobuko Otowa (The Mother), Jitsuko Yoshimura (The Daughter-in-Law), Kei Sato (Hachi--the Farmer), Jukichi Uno…

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ON THE ROPES

  ON THE ROPES (directors: Nanette Burstein/Brett Morgen; cinematographer: Brett Morgen; editors: Nancy Baker/Nanette Burstein/Alan Oxman; cast: Tyrene Manson (Boxer), George Walton (Boxer), Noel Santiago (Boxer), Harry Keitt (trainer), Mickey…

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BANK DICK, THE

BANK DICK, THE (director: Edward F. Cline; screenwriter: W.C. Fields (Mahatma Kane Jeeves); cinematographer: Milton Krasner; editor: Arthur D. Hilton; music: Charles Previn; cast: W.C. Fields (Egbert Sousé), Cora Witherspoon…

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BARNUM

BARNUM (TV) (director: Lee Philips; screenwriter: Michael Norell/story by Michael Norell & Andy Siegel; cinematographer: Reginald Morris; editor: George Jay Nicholson; music: Charles Gross; cast: Burt Lancaster (Phineas Taylor 'P.T.'…

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BATMAN BEGINS

BATMAN BEGINS (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; screenwriters: David S. Goyer/from Bob Kane characters; cinematographer: Wally Pfister; editor: Lee Smith; music: James Newton Howard/Hans Zimmer; cast: Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Michael Caine…

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