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Destiny (German: Der müde Tod : ein deutsches Volkslied in sechs Versen ( Weary Death: A German Folk Story in Six Verses ); originally released in the United States as Behind the Wall ) is a 1921 silent German Expressionist fantasy romance film directed by Fritz Lang and inspired by the Indian folktale of Savitri. The film follows a woman desperate to reunite with her dead lover. It also follows three other tragic romances, set in a Middle Eastern city; in Venice, Italy; and in the Chinese...
Topics: Destiny, Der müde Tod, ein deutsches Volkslied in sechs Versen, Weary Death, A German Folk Story...
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Contraband (1940) is a wartime spy film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which reunited stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson after their earlier appearance in The Spy in Black the previous year. On this occasion, Veidt plays a hero, something he did not do very often, and there is also an early (uncredited) performance by Leo Genn. The title of the film in the United States was Blackout . Powell writes in his autobiography, A Life in Movies , as...
Topics: Contraband, 1940, wartime, spy, British, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Conrad Veidt, Valerie...
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The Smallest Show on Earth (US: Big Time Operators ) is a 1957 British comedy film, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford. The supporting cast includes Bernard Miles, Leslie Phillips, Francis de Wolff, George Cross, June Cunningham and Sid James. The screenplay was written by William Rose and John Eldridge from an original story by William Rose.
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Three Steps to the Gallows , released in the United States as White Fire , is a 1953 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Scott Brady, Mary Castle and Gabrielle Brune. The film, essentially a British second feature, is enhanced by the attractive American leads.
Topics: Three Steps to the Gallows, White Fire, 1953 British crime John Gilling Scott Brady, Mary Castle...
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Judex is a 1963 French-language crime film remake of the 1916 French film serial of the same name concerning the adventures of pulp hero Judex. Directed by French filmmaker Georges Franju, the film stars Channing Pollock as Judex/Vallieres, Édith Scob as Jacqueline and Francine Bergé as Diana.
Topics: Judex, 1963, French, crime, pulp hero, Georges Franju, Channing Pollock, Édith Scob, Francine...
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Gold is a 1934 German science fiction film directed by Karl Hartl. The film involves a British scientist who is attempting to create a device that turns base materials into gold. He later forces the German scientist's assistant Werner Holk (Hans Albers), who was working on a similar experiment, to come to his underwater nuclear reactor to help him. Gold was made in both German-language and French-language versions with Brigitte Helm reprising her role in both.
Topics: Gold, 1934, German, science fiction, Karl Hartl, Hans Albers, German-language, French-language,...
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Trapped by the London Sharks is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by L.C. MacBean and starring Humberston Wright, Blanche Forsythe and Bertram Burleigh.
Topics: Trapped by the London Sharks, 1916, British, silent, drama, L.C. MacBean, Humberston Wright,...
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The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American romantic drama silent film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni. The film is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1869 novel of the same name, and stars Mary Philbin as the blind Dea and Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine. The film is known for the grim carnival freak-like grin on the character Gwynplaine's face which often leads it to be classified as a horror film. Film critic Roger Ebert stated "The Man Who Laughs is a melodrama at times even...
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Topics: The Man Who Laughs, 1928, American, romantic, drama, silent, German Expressionist, Paul Leni,...
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Mr. Wu is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh, based on a 1913 stage play. It stars Lon Chaney as a Chinese patriarch who tries to exact revenge on the Englishman who seduced his daughter. The supporting cast includes Anna May Wong.
Topics: Mr. Wu, 1927, American, silent, drama, William Nigh, Lon Chaney, Anna May Wong, film, movie,...
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Against the Wind is a black-and-white British film directed by Charles Crichton and produced by Michael Balcon, released through Ealing Studios in 1948. Against the Wind is a World War II sabotage/resistance drama set in occupied Belgium, starring Robert Beatty, Jack Warner and Simone Signoret (in her first English-language film role).
Topics: Against the Wind, black-and-white, British, Charles Crichton, Michael Balcon, Ealing Studios, 1948,...
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The Birthday Present is a 1957 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson. The film also featured Thorley Walters and Ian Bannen in small roles.
Topics: The Birthday Present, 1957, British, drama, Pat Jackson, Thorley Walters, Ian Bannen, film, movie,...
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Suspect is a 1960 British thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and John Boulting and starring Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Ian Bannen, Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence. Based on the 1949 novel A Sort of Traitors by Nigel Balchin, it was filmed on a limited budget at Shepperton in seventeen days. The film was released in the United States as The Risk . It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Albert Witherick.
Topics: Suspect, 1960, British, thriller, Roy Boulting, John Boulting, Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Ian...
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Last Year at Marienbad (French: L'Année dernière à Marienbad ; released in the United Kingdom as Last Year in Marienbad ) is a 1961 Left Bank film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Alain Robbe-Grillet. Set in a palace in a park that has been converted into a luxury hotel, it stars Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi as a woman and a man who may have met the year before and may have contemplated or started an affair, with Sacha Pitoëff as a second man who may be the woman's...
Topics: Last Year at Marienbad, L'Année dernière à Marienbad, Last Year in Marienbad, 1961, Left Bank,...
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Die Nibelungen ("The Nibelungs") is a two-part series of silent fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924, consisting of Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge . The scenarios for both films were co-written by Lang's then-wife Thea von Harbou, based upon the epic poem Nibelungenlied written around AD 1200. Die Nibelungen received its UK premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where it played for 40 performances between 29 April and...
Topics: Die Nibelungen, The Nibelungs, silent, fantasy, Fritz Lang, 1924, Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, Die...
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Tartuffe ( Herr Tartüff ) is a German silent film produced by Erich Pommer for UFA and released in 1926. It was directed by F. W. Murnau, photographed by Karl Freund and written by Carl Mayer from Molière's original play. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Set design and costumes were by Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The film starred Emil Jannings as Tartuffe, Lil Dagover as Elmire and Werner Krauss as Orgon. Based on the play Tartuffe , the film retains the basic plot, but...
Topics: Tartuffe, Herr Tartüff, German, silent, Erich Pommer, UFA, 1926, F. W. Murnau, Karl Freund, Carl...
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Train of Events is a 1949 British portmanteau film made by Ealing Studios and directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden. It begins with a train that is heading for a crash into a stalled petrol tanker at a level crossing and then flashes back and tells four different stories about some of the passengers.
Topics: Train of Events, 1949, British, portmanteau film, Ealing Studios, Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton,...
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The Fallen Idol (also known as The Lost Illusion ) is a 1948 British mystery thriller film directed by Carol Reed, and starring Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michèle Morgan, and Denis O'Dea. Its plot follows the young son of a diplomat in London, who comes to suspect that his family's butler, whom he idolises, has committed a murder. It is based on the 1936 short story "The Basement Room", by Graham Greene. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director (Carol Reed)...
Topics: The Fallen Idol, The Lost Illusion, 1948, British, mystery, thriller, film, Carol Reed, Ralph...
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Man on the Run is a 1949 British film noir directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey.
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Impulse is a 1954 British film noir directed by Cy Endfield and starring Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith and Joy Shelton. It was shot at the Walton Studios near London with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.
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Topics: Impulse, 1954, British, film noir, Cy Endfield, Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith, Joy Shelton,...
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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (French: La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV ), also called The Rise of Louis XIV , is a 1966 French television film by Italian film director Roberto Rossellini. The film revolves around the French king Louis XIV's rise to power after the death of his powerful advisor, Cardinal Mazarin. To achieve this political autonomy, Louis deals with his mother and the court nobles, all of whom make the assumption that Mazarin's death will give them more power.
Topics: The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV, The Rise of Louis XIV, 1966,...
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Sawdust and Tinsel (Swedish: Gycklarnas afton , 'The Evening of the Jesters') is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
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I Am a Fugitive (Spanish: Soy un prófugo ) is a 1946 Mexican comedy film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Emilia Guiú and Daniel "Chino" Herrera. The film's sets were designed by Manuel Fontanals.
Topics: I Am a Fugitive, Soy un prófugo, 1946, Mexican, comedy, Miguel M. Delgado, Cantinflas, Emilia...
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Feu Mathias Pascal ( The late Matthias Pascal ) is a 1925 French silent film written and directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was the first film adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's novel Il fu Mattia Pascal .
Topics: Feu Mathias Pascal, The late Matthias Pascal, 1925, French, silent, Marcel L'Herbier, Luigi...
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Breathless (French: À bout de souffle ) is a 1960 French crime drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal named Michel, and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend Patricia. The film was Godard's first feature-length work and represented Belmondo's breakthrough as an actor. Breathless is an influential example of French New Wave ( nouvelle vague ) cinema. Along with François Truffaut's The 400 Blows and Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon...
Topics: Breathless, À bout de souffle, 1960, French, crime, drama, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo,...
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You're Missing the Point (Spanish: Ahí está el detalle ) is a 1940 Mexican comedy film starring Cantinflas. It was produced by Jesús Grovas and directed by Juan Bustillo Oro, and also features Joaquín Pardavé, Sara García, Sofía Álvarez, and Dolores Camarillo. It was the twelfth film in Cantinflas's career, considered one of his best by Mexican film critics, as well as one of Mexico's best films. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos Toussaint.
Topics: You're Missing the Point, Ahí está el detalle, 1940, Mexican, comedy, Cantinflas, Jesús Grovas,...
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Manon is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was a popular success with over three million tickets sold in France. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
Topics: Manon, 1949, French, drama, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry,...
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Italian: Ieri, oggi, domani ) is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The film consists of three short stories about couples in different parts of Italy. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Academy Awards.
Topics: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow, Ieri oggi domani, 1963, comedy, anthology, Italian, Vittorio De Sica,...
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. It marked the film debut of Robert Duvall, William Windom and Alice Ghostley. It gained overwhelmingly positive reception from both the critics and the public; a box-office success, it earned more than six times its budget. The film won...
Topics: To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962, American, drama, Robert Mulligan, Horton Foote, Harper Lee, Pulitzer...
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Forbidden Games (French: Jeux interdits ) is a 1952 French war drama film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel Jeux Interdits . While not initially successful in France, the film was a hit elsewhere. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, a Special Award as Best Foreign Language Film in the United States, and a Best Film from any Source at the British Academy Film Awards.
Topics: Forbidden Games, Jeux interdits, 1952, French, war drama, René Clément, François Boyer, Jeux...
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Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay written by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life . It stars Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, and Joyce Carey. The film follows a passionate extramarital affair in England shortly before WWII. The protagonist is Laura, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated following a chance meeting at a railway station with a married...
Topics: Brief Encounter, 1945, British, romantic, drama, David Lean, Noël Coward, Still Life, Celia...
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Home is a 2009 French documentary film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. The English version was read by Glenn Close. The Spanish version was read by Salma Hayek. The Arabic version was read by Mahmood Said. The film had its world festival premiere at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival in 2012. Before the...
Topics: Home, 2009, French, documentary, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth, diversity, life, humanity, ecological...
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The Blue Angel (German: Der blaue Engel ) is a 1930 German musical comedy-drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, and starring Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings and Kurt Gerron. Written by Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller and Robert Liebmann – with uncredited contributions by Sternberg – it is based on Heinrich Mann's 1905 novel Professor Unrat ( Professor Filth ) and set in an unspecified northern German port city. The Blue Angel presents the tragic transformation of a respectable...
Topics: The Blue Angel, Der blaue Engel, 1930, German, drama, Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Emil...
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Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, and Joseph A. Mitchell. It features Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, and Ward Crane. In 1991, Sherlock Jr. was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In 2000, the American Film Institute, as part of its AFI 100 Years... series, ranked...
Topics: Sherlock Jr., 1924, American, silent, comedy, Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph A....
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The Crowd is a 1928 American silent romance film directed by King Vidor and starring James Murray, Eleanor Boardman and Bert Roach. The feature film was nominated at the very first Academy Award presentation in 1929, for several awards, including Unique and Artistic Production for MGM and Best Director for Vidor. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill restored The Crowd in 1981, and it was released with a score by Carl Davis. In 1989, the film was one of the first 25 selected by the Library of Congress...
Topics: The Crowd, 1928, American, silent, romance, King Vidor, James Murray, Eleanor Boardman, Bert Roach,...
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Detour is a 1945 American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. The screenplay was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's 1939 novel of the same title, and released by the Producers Releasing Corporation, one of the so-called Poverty Row film studios in mid-20th-century Hollywood. In 1992, Detour was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or...
Topics: Detour, 1945, American, film noir, Edgar G. Ulmer, Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Martin Goldsmith, Martin...
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Sabotage , released in the United States as The Woman Alone , is a 1936 British espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, and John Loder. It is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel The Secret Agent , about a woman who discovers that her husband, a London shopkeeper, is a terrorist agent. Sabotage should not be confused with Hitchcock's film Secret Agent , which was also released in 1936, but instead loosely based on two stories in the...
Topics: Sabotage, The Woman Alone, 1936, British, espionage, thriller, Alfred Hitchcock, Sylvia Sidney,...
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Gilda is a 1946 American film noir directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth in her signature role and Glenn Ford. The film is known for cinematographer Rudolph Maté's lush photography, costume designer Jean Louis's wardrobe for Hayworth (particularly for the dance numbers), and choreographer Jack Cole's staging of "Put the Blame on Mame" and "Amado Mio", sung by Anita Ellis. Over the years Gilda has gained cult classic status. In 2013, the film was selected for...
Topics: Gilda, 1946, American, film noir, Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Rudolph Maté, lush...
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Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague . It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague, ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife, and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler. The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina. Greed was one of the few films of its time to be shot entirely on...
Topics: Greed, 1924, American, silent, psychological, drama, Erich von Stroheim, Frank Norris, McTeague,...
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The Mob is a 1951 American film noir crime-thriller produced by Columbia Pictures, directed by Robert Parrish, and starring Broderick Crawford. The screenplay, which was written by William Bowers, is based on the novel Waterfront by Ferguson Findley.
Topics: The Mob, 1951, American, film noir, crime, thriller, Columbia Pictures, Robert Parrish, Broderick...
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He Walked by Night is a 1948 American police procedural film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and an uncredited Anthony Mann. The film, shot in semidocumentary tone, was loosely based on newspaper accounts of the real-life actions of Erwin "Machine-Gun” Walker, a former Glendale, California, police department employee and World War II veteran who unleashed a crime spree of burglaries, robberies, and shootouts in the Los Angeles area in 1945 and 1946. During the film's production, one of...
Topics: He Walked by Night, 1948, American, film noir, Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann, semidocumentary,...
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Guilty Bystander is a 1950 American crime drama directed by Joseph Lerner, and starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson. The film was shot on location entirely in New York City. It also marked the last motion picture screen appearances for character actors Mary Boland and J. Edward Bromberg. Until recently, Guilty Bystander was considered a lost film.
Topics: Guilty Bystander, 1950, American, crime, drama, Joseph Lerner, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, New...
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Our Daily Bread is a 1934 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Karen Morley, Tom Keene, and John Qualen. The film is a sequel to Vidor's silent classic The Crowd (1928), using the same characters although with different actors. Vidor tried to interest Irving Thalberg of MGM in the project; but Thalberg, who had greenlighted the earlier film, rejected the idea. Vidor then produced the film himself and released it through United Artists. The film is also known as Hell's...
Topics: Our Daily Bread, 1934, American, drama, King Vidor, Karen Morley, Tom Keene, John Qualen, The...
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It's in the Bag! is a 1945 comedy film featuring Fred Allen in his only starring film role. The film was released by United Artists at a time when Allen was at the peak of his fame as one of the most popular radio comedians. The film has been preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Topics: It's in the Bag!, 1945, comedy, Fred Allen, United Artists, radio comedian, UCLA Film &...
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Jet Storm (also known as Jet Stream or Killing Urge) is a 1959 British thriller film directed and co-written by Cy Endfield. Richard Attenborough stars with Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley and Diane Cilento. The film is a precursor to the later aviation disaster film genre such as Airport (1970).
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Au Hasard Balthazar (meaning "Balthazar, at Random"), also known as Balthazar, is a 1966 French drama film directed by Robert Bresson. Believed to be inspired by a passage from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1868-69 novel The Idiot, the film follows a donkey as he is given to various owners, most of whom treat him callously. Noted for Bresson's ascetic directorial style and regarded as a work of profound emotional effect, it is frequently listed as one of the greatest films of all time.
Topics: Au Hasard Balthazar, Balthazar at Random, Balthazar, 1966, French, drama, Robert Bresson, Fyodor...
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The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the...
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Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette ; sometimes known in the United States as The Bicycle Thief ) is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family. Adapted for the screen by Cesare Zavattini from the 1946 novel by Luigi Bartolini, and starring Lamberto Maggiorani as the desperate...
Topics: Bicycle Thieves, Ladri di biciclette, The Bicycle Thief, 1948, Italian, neorealist, drama, Vittorio...
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Trapped is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, and John Hoyt. It was written by George Zuckerman and Earl Felton. Like many semidocumentaries, the film begins with a voice over footage of the treasury department, telling the story of what the department does. Then it quickly begins the story once a woman tries to deposit a $20 bill at the bank that turns out to be phony.
Topics: Trapped, 1949, American, film noir, crime, Richard Fleischer, Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John...
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Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 American biographical drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster. It is a largely fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, who was sentenced to solitary confinement after having killed a prison guard. A federal prison inmate, he became known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" because of his studies of birds, which had taken place when he was incarcerated at Leavenworth Prison. He was allowed to keep birds in jail. When...
Topics: Birdman of Alcatraz 1962, American, biography, drama, John Frankenheimer, Burt Lancaster, Robert...
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Across the Bridge is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Rod Steiger and Bernard Lee. It is based on the 1938 short story "Across the Bridge" by Graham Greene. According to his obituary, it was director Annakin's favourite film.
Topics: Across the Bridge, 1957, British, thriller, Ken Annakin, Rod Steiger, Bernard Lee, Graham Grene,...
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Patterns is a 1956 American "boardroom drama" film starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, and Ed Begley; and directed by Fielder Cook. The screenplay was by Rod Serling, who adapted it from his teleplay of the same name, which was originally broadcast January 12, 1955 on the Kraft Television Theatre with Sloane, Begley and Richard Kiley.
Topics: Patterns, 1956, American, boardroom drama, Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Fielder Cook, Rod...
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Obsession , released in the USA as The Hidden Room , is a 1949 British crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on the 1947 book A Man About a Dog by Alec Coppel, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. Obsession was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.
Topics: Obsession, The Hidden Room, 1949, British, crime, Edward Dmytryk, A Man About a Dog, Alec Coppel,...
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Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 American horror film that was directed by Rowland V. Lee. The film is the third in Universal Pictures' Frankenstein series and is the follow-up to Bride of Frankenstein. Son of Frankenstein stars Basil Rathbone as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein who, with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan), return to his late father's estate. Near the castle lives Ygor (Bela Lugosi), a crazed shepherd whose neck was broken in an...
Topics: Son of Frankenstein, 1939, American, horror, Rowland V. Lee, Universal Pictures, Frankenstein...
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The Shanghai Gesture is a 1941 American film noir directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, and Ona Munson. It is based on a Broadway play of the same name by John Colton, which was adapted for the screen by Sternberg and produced by Arnold Pressburger for United Artists. It was the last Hollywood film Sternberg ever completed: Howard Hughes fired him halfway through production of Macao in 1951, as well as from Jet Pilot in 1957. Boris Leven...
Topics: The Shanghai Gesture, 1941, American, film noir, Josef von Sternberg, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston,...
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The White Sheik (Italian: Lo sceicco bianco ) is a 1952 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Brunella Bovo and Giulietta Masina. Written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Michelangelo Antonioni, the film is about a man who brings his new bride to Rome for their honeymoon, to have an audience with the Pope, and to present his wife to his family. When the young woman sneaks away to find the hero of her romance novels,...
Topics: The White Sheik, Lo sceicco bianco, 1952, Italian, romantic, comedy, Federico Fellini, Alberto...
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Mon Oncle (My Uncle) is a 1958 comedy film by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, receiving more honors than any of Tati's other cinematic works. The film centers on the socially awkward yet lovable character of Monsieur Hulot and...
Topics: Mon Oncle, My Uncle, 1958, comedy, French, Jacques Tati, Cannes Film Festival, New York Film...
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Le Plaisir (English title, House of Pleasure ) is a 1952 French comedy-drama anthology film by German-born film director Max Ophüls (1902–1957) adapting three short stories by Guy de Maupassant — "Le Masque" (1889), "La Maison Tellier" (1881), and "Le Modèle" (1883). Le Plaisir was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction, going to Max Ophuls. This was Ophuls' last of two Oscar nominations in his career.
Topics: Le Plaisir, House of Pleasure, 1952, French, comedy, drama, anthology, Max Ophuls, Guy de...
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Umberto D. is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a poor elderly man in Rome who is desperately trying to keep his rented room. His landlady (Lina Gennari) is evicting him and his only true friends, the housemaid (Maria-Pia Casilio) and his dog Flike (called 'Flag' in some subtitled versions of the film) are of no help. According to Robert Osborne of...
Topics: Umberto D., 1952, Italian, neorealist, Vittorio De Sica, Carlo Battisti, Lina Gennari, Maria-Pia...
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Panique is a 1946 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Michel Simon and Viviane Romance. The screenplay is based on the novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire by Georges Simenon. The film was released in the United States as Panic . It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice, with sets designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. In 1989 Patrice Leconte made a second film based on the same novel Monsieur Hire with Michel Blanc in the title role.
Topics: Panique, 1946, French, Julien Duvivier, Michel Simon, Viviane Romance, Les Fiançailles de M. Hire,...
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Torment (Swedish: Hets ) is a 1944 Swedish film, directed by Alf Sjöberg from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. The film, a tale of sex, passion and murder, was originally released as Frenzy in the United Kingdom, although later releases have used the US title. The film won the Grand Prix at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
Topics: Torment, Hets, 1944, Swedish, Alf Sjöberg, Ingmar Bergman, Frenzy, Grand Prix, Cannes Film...
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Rocco and His Brothers (Italian: Rocco e i suoi fratelli ) is a 1960 Italian film directed by Luchino Visconti, inspired by an episode from the novel Il ponte della Ghisolfa by Giovanni Testori. Set in Milan, it tells the story of a migrant family from the South and its disintegration in the society of the industrial North. The title is a combination of Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers and the name of Rocco Scotellaro, an Italian poet who described the feelings of the peasants of southern...
Topics: Rocco and His Brothers, Rocco e i suoi fratelli, 1960, Italian, Luchino Visconti, Il ponte della...
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Banditi a Orgosolo (Bandits of Orgosolo) is a 1960 Italian film drama directed by Vittorio De Seta. The film stars Vittorina Pisano. De Seta won an Award for the film at the Venice Film Festival.
Topics: Banditi a Orgosolo, Bandits of Orgosolo, 1960, Italian, drama, Vittorio De Seta, Vittorina Pisano,...
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Bande à part is a 1964 French New Wave film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was released as Band of Outsiders in North America; its French title derives from the phrase faire bande à part, which means "to do something apart from the group". The film is about three people who commit a robbery. It received positive critical reviews, and its dance scene has been referenced several times in popular culture.
Topics: Bande à part, 1964, French, New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, Band of Outsiders, cinema, film, movie,...
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I vitelloni "The Bullocks/The layabouts" is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli. The film launched the career of Alberto Sordi, one of post-war Italy's most significant and popular comedians, who stars with Franco Fabrizi and Franco Interlenghi in a story of five young Italian men at crucial turning points in their small town lives. Recognized as a pivotal work in the director's...
Topics: I vitelloni, The Bullocks, The layabouts, 1953, Italian, comedy, drama, Federico Fellini, Ennio...
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Elevator to the Gallows (French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), also known as Frantic in the U.S. and Lift to the Scaffold in the UK, is a 1958 French crime thriller film directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as illicit lovers whose murder plot starts to unravel after one of them becomes trapped in an elevator. The scenario was adapted from a 1956 novel of the same name by Noël Calef. Associated by some critics with film noir, and introducing new...
Topics: Elevator to the Gallows, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, Frantic, Lift to the Scaffold, 1958, French,...
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Scarlet Street is a 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay concerns two criminals who take advantage of a middle-aged painter in order to steal his artwork. The film is based on the French novel La Chienne (literally The Bitch) by Georges de La Fouchardière, that previously had been dramatized on stage by André Mouëzy-Éon, and cinematically as La Chienne (1931) by director Jean Renoir. The principal actors Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea had earlier...
Topics: Scarlet Street, 1945, American, film noir, Fritz Lang, La Chienne, Georges de La Fouchardière,...
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Quicksand is a 1950 American film noir that stars Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre and portrays a garage mechanic's descent into crime. It was directed by Irving Pichel shortly before he was included in the Hollywood blacklist (which was instituted by the House Un-American Activities Committee to block screenwriters with suspected Communist affiliation from obtaining employment). The film provided Rooney with an opportunity to play against type, performing in a role starkly different from his...
Topics: Quicksand, 1950, American, film noir, Mickey Rooney, Peter Lorre, Irving Pichel, cinema, film,...
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Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 melodrama suspense film directed by Tay Garnett, written by Mel Dinelli and Tom Lewis, based on a story by Larry Marcus. Ellen (Loretta Young) narrates the tale of "the most terrifying day of my life", how she was taking care of her bedridden husband George Z. Jones (Barry Sullivan) when he suddenly dropped dead.
Topics: Cause for Alarm!, 1951, melodrama, suspense, Tay Garnett, Mel Dinelli, Tom Lewis, Larry Marcus,...
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Blood on the Sun is a 1945 American war film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on the story behind the Tanaka Memorial document, which was said to be fiction by the Japanese government at the time, and has been disputed by some historians, although quite a few Japanese military actions leading up to World War II were predicted in the version of the document that reached the public. The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for a...
Topics: Blood on the Sun, 1945, American, war film, Frank Lloyd, James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Tanaka...
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The Big Combo is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy, as well as Jean Wallace, who was Wilde's wife at the time. It also included the final screen appearance of actress Helen Walker.
Topics: The Big Combo, 1955, American, film noir, crime, Joseph H. Lewis, John Alton, David Raksin, Cornel...
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Hollow Triumph (working title The Man Who Murdered Himself , reissued in the United States as The Scar ) is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Steve Sekely starring Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett. It was released by Eagle-Lion Films, based on the 1946 novel of the same title written by Murray Forbes.
Topics: Hollow Triumph, The Man Who Murdered Himself, United States, The Scar, 1948, American, film noir,...
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Night Tide is a 1961 American fantasy film sometimes considered to be a horror film, written and directed by Curtis Harrington and featuring Dennis Hopper in his first starring role. It was filmed in 1960, premiered in 1961, but was held up from general release until 1963. The film's title was inspired by some lines from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee" The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with The Raven.
Topics: Night Tide, 1961, American, fantasy, horror, Curtis Harrington, Dennis Hopper, Edgar Allan Poe,...
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The Chase is a 1946 American film noir directed by Arthur Ripley. The screenplay by Philip Yordan is based on Cornell Woolrich's 1944 novel The Black Path of Fear . It stars Robert Cummings as a veteran, Chuck Scott, who suffers from hallucinations. When he returns a lost wallet to violent mobster Eddie Roman (Steve Cochran), Eddie offers to hire him as a chauffeur. Chuck gets mixed up in a plot to help Eddie's wife, Lorna (Michèle Morgan), run off to Havana to escape her cruel husband.
Topics: The Chase, 1946, American, film noir, Arthur Ripley, Philip Yordan, Cornell Woolrich, The Black...
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Shock is a 1946 American film noir directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Vincent Price, Lynn Bari and Frank Latimore.
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Angel on My Shoulder is a 1946 American fantasy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Paul Muni, Anne Baxter and Claude Rains. The plot is about a deal between the Devil and a dead man. The film was an independent production, produced by Charles R. Rogers and David W. Siegel, written by Harry Segall and Roland Kibbee, and released by United Artists. The film was Mayo's last before his retirement. The producer changed the original title, Me and Satan, when he concluded that the public would...
Topics: Angel on My Shoulder, 1946, American, fantasy, Archie Mayo, Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains,...
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The Sadist (also known as Profile of Terror and Sweet Baby Charlie ) is a 1963 American exploitation film written and directed by James Landis, and stars Arch Hall, Jr. The film was distributed by Fairway International Pictures of the United States and Prima Film of Canada.
Topics: The Sadist, Profile of Terror, Sweet Baby Charlie, 1963, American, exploitation, James Landis, Arch...
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King of Jazz is a 1930 American pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title refers to Whiteman's popular cultural appellation. At the time the film was made, "jazz", to the general public, meant jazz-influenced syncopated dance music heard on phonograph records, on radio broadcasts, and in dance halls. In the 1920s Whiteman signed and featured white jazz musicians including Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang (both are seen and heard in the film), Bix...
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Deluge is a 1933 American apocalyptic science fiction film, directed by Felix E. Feist and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is very loosely based on the 1928 novel of the same name by S. Fowler Wright, with the setting changed from England to the United States. It follows a small group of survivors after a series of unexplained natural disasters erupt around the world and destroy human civilization, including a massive tsunami which inundates New York City.
Topics: Deluge, 1933, American, apocalyptic, science fiction, Felix E. Feist, RKO Radio Pictures, S. Fowler...
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The Amazing Mr. X , also known as The Spiritualist , is a 1948 American horror thriller film noir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. The film tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. The film is prominently featured in Alton's book on cinematography Painting with Light (1949). The film stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, and Richard Carlson. Eagle-Lion Films signed a contract with Carole Landis for the part played by Bari, but Landis committed...
Topics: The Amazing Mr. X, The Spiritualist, 1948, American, horror, thriller, film noir, Bernard Vorhaus,...
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Night Train to Munich is a 1940 British-American thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring Margaret Lockwood and Rex Harrison. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1939 short story Report on a Fugitive by Gordon Wellesley, the film is about an inventor and his daughter who are kidnapped by the Gestapo after the Nazis march into Prague in the prelude to the Second World War. A British secret service agent follows them, disguised as a senior German army officer...
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The City of the Dead (U.S. title: Horror Hotel ) is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel and Valentine Dyall. The film marks the directorial debut of Moxey. It was produced in the United Kingdom but set in America, and the British actors were required to speak with North American accents throughout.
Topics: The City of the Dead, Horror Hotel, 1960, supernatural, horror, John Llewellyn Moxey, Christopher...
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Bowery at Midnight is a 1942 American Monogram Pictures horror film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bela Lugosi and John Archer. The film was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1949.
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The Flesh and the Fiends (US title Mania ) is a 1960 British horror film directed by John Gilling. It stars Peter Cushing as 19th-century medical doctor Robert Knox, who purchases human corpses for research from a murderous pair named Burke and Hare (George Rose and Donald Pleasence). The film is based on the true case of Burke and Hare, who murdered at least 16 people in 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland and sold their bodies for anatomical research.
Topics: The Flesh and the Fiends, Mania, 1960, British, horror, John Gilling, Peter Cushing, 19th-century,...
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Cast a Dark Shadow is a 1955 British film noir suspense film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The black-and-white film was based on the play Murder Mistaken by Janet Green. The story concerns a young wife-murderer, played by Dirk Bogarde.
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The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star. The film remains most famous for Chaney's ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere. The film was released on...
Topics: The Phantom of the Opera, 1925, American, silent, horror, adaptation, Gaston Leroux, 1910 novel, Le...
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Wild Boys of the Road is a 1933 pre-Code Depression-era American film directed by William Wellman and starring Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, and Grant Mitchell. It tells the story of several teens forced into becoming hobos. The screenplay by Earl Baldwin is based on the story Desperate Youth by Daniel Ahern. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally,...
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The Trial is a 1962 French-Italian-West German drama film made in Europe and directed by Orson Welles, who also wrote the screenplay based on the 1925 posthumously published novel by Franz Kafka. Welles stated immediately after completing the film: "The Trial is the best film I have ever made". The film begins with Welles narrating Kafka's parable "Before the Law" to pinscreen scenes created by the artist Alexandre Alexeieff. Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K., a...
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Topics: The Trial, 1962, French, Italian, West German, drama, Europe, Orson Welles, Franz Kafka, Before the...
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Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically...
Topics: Shadow of a Doubt, 1943, American, psychological, thriller, film, Alfred Hitchcock, Teresa Wright,...
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Sunset Boulevard (styled in the main title on-screen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. It was named after a major street that runs through Hollywood, the center of the American movie industry. The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her demented fantasy world, where...
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Notorious is a 1946 American spy film noir directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains as three people whose lives become intimately entangled during an espionage operation. The film follows U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin (Grant), who enlists the help of Alicia Huberman (Bergman), the daughter of a German war criminal, to infiltrate a Nazi organization. The situation becomes complicated when the two fall in love as Huberman is...
Topics: Notorious, 1946, American, spy, film noir, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude...
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His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The plot centers on a newspaper editor named Walter Burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife Hildy Johnson, newly engaged to another man. Burns suggests they cover one more story together, getting themselves entangled in the case of murderer Earl Williams as Burns...
Topics: His Girl Friday, 1940, American, screwball, comedy, Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell,...
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Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay, by Ben Hecht, is based loosely on the 1929 novel by Armitage Trail which was inspired by Al Capone. The film stars Paul Muni as Italian immigrant gangster Antonio "Tony" Camonte, a gangster who violently rises through the Chicago gangland. Meanwhile, Camonte...
Topics: Scarface, Scarface: The Shame of the Nation, The Shame of a Nation, 1932, American, pre-Code,...
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She Done Him Wrong is a 1933 pre-Code American crime/comedy film starring Mae West and Cary Grant. The plot includes melodramatic and musical elements, with a supporting cast featuring Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Sr., Rochelle Hudson, and Louise Beavers. It was directed by Lowell Sherman, and produced by William LeBaron. The film is famous for West's many double entendres and quips, including her best-known (and frequently misquoted), "Why don't you come up...
Topics: She Done Him Wrong, 1933, pre-Code, American, crime, comedy, Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore,...
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Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film tells the story of a paleontologist in a number of predicaments involving a scatterbrained heiress and a leopard named Baby. The screenplay was adapted by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde from a short story by Wilde which originally appeared in Collier's Weekly magazine on April 10, 1937.
Topics: Bringing Up Baby, 1938, American, screwball, comedy, Howard Hawks, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant,...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 American silent horror film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film, which stars John Barrymore, is an adaptation of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, John S. Robertson directed the production, and Clara Beranger wrote the screenplay, based on the 1887 stage play by Thomas Russell Sullivan that in turn was based on the novel.
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Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen and produced by Charles H. Joffe. The screenplay was written by Allen and Marshall Brickman. Allen co-stars as a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer who dates a 17-year-old girl (Mariel Hemingway) but falls in love with his best friend (Michael Murphy)'s mistress (Diane Keaton). Meryl Streep and Anne Byrne also star. Manhattan was Allen's first movie filmed in black-and-white, and was shot...
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On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. The musical score was composed by Leonard Bernstein. The film was suggested by "Crime on the Waterfront" by Malcolm Johnson, a series of articles published in November–December 1948 in the New York Sun which won the 1949 Pulitzer...
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The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and indebted to the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with the last appearing in his film debut. The story follows a San Francisco private detective...
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Fantastic Planet is a 1973 experiemntal animated sci-fi film, directed by Rene Laroux and written by Laloux and Roland Topor, the latter of whom also completed the film's production design. The film was animated at Jiri Trnka Studio in Prague. The film was an international co-production between companies from France and Czechoslovakia. The allegorical story, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957...
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The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 American film noir heist film directed by John Huston. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhernand Jean Hagen, and features James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and John McIntire. Marilyn Monroe also appears, in one of her earliest roles.
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