 An Affair to Remember 1957  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Cathleen Nesbitt, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Charles Watts, Fortunio Bonanova, Matt Moore, Robert Q. Lewis, George Winslow, Walter Woolf King, Marni Nixon
In this classic love story, Nickie (Cary Grant) is traveling on a luxury liner to New York when he meets fellow passenger Terry (Deborah Kerr). They are both engaged to others but fall in love during the voyage. At the end of the trip, they make a decision to split up and meet again in six months at the top of the Empire State Building to see if they still love each other. Nickie makes the date on the Empire State Building, but Terry has an accident and does not appear. Will Nickie discover the reason behind her absence, or are they destined to remain apart forever?
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Black Widow 1954  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, Peggy Ann Garner, Reginald Gardiner, Otto Kruger, Cathleen Nesbitt, Skip Homeier, Virginia Leith, Hilda Simms, Bea Benaderet, Aaron Spelling
This mystery by Patrick Quentin is somewhat gaudy but still entertaining about goings on in an upper-crust apartment building. Van Heflin plays a married Broadway producer who is suspected of killing Nancy (Peggy Ann Garner) when she turns up dead in his apartment. Detective Lt. C.A.Bruce (George Raft) is on the scene to clear it all up.
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Desiree 1954  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars, Charlotte Austin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Alan Napier, Carolyn Jones
True students of history will cringe at the haphazard treatment of facts in this story about Desiree (Jean Simmons) who is cast off by Napoleon (Marlon Brando) when he chooses Josephine (Merle Oberon) to be his wife and empress.
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The Door with Seven Locks 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Chamber of Horrors
Director: Norman Lee
Cast: Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer, Romilly Lunge, Gina Malo, David Horne, Richard Bird, Cathleen Nesbitt, J.H. Roberts, Aubrey Mallalieu, Harry Hutchinson, Ross Landon, Phil Ray
Mad Dr. Manetta (Leslie Banks) lures heirs to a fortune into his mansion and eliminates them through torture. But the latest heir, Judy (Lilli Palmer), might be a little harder to eliminate, and the doctor's days may be numbered.
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Family Plot 1976 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond, Ed Lauter, John Lehne, Warren J. Kemmerling, Edith Atwater
In Alfred Hitchcock's last film, the plot involves the search for a lost heir by a phony medium (Barbara Harris) and her cab driver boyfriend (Bruce Dern). Meanwhile, a jeweler and his girl friend (William Devane and Karen Black) are planning a kidnapping in which they will be paid in diamonds. When the couples cross paths, chaos ensues.
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Fanny by Gaslight 1944 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Man of Evil
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Helen Haye, Margaretta Scott, Nora Swinburne, Cathleen Nesbitt, John Laurie
Hard-drinking Lord Manderstoke (James Mason) falls for Fanny (Phyllis Calvert), and the influence he exerts threatens her chance for a happy life.
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The French Connection II 1975  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Charles Millot, Philippe Leotard, Ed Lauter, Samantha Llorens, Andre Penvern, Reine Prat, Ham-Chau Luong, Jacques Dynam, Raoul Delfosse, Malek Kateb
In this sequel to the "French Connection," Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) is still tracking down drug dealer Frog One (Fernando Rey). This time around, Popeye travels to Marseilles where he becomes a victim when he is captured by Frog One's henchmen and forced to take heroin. They then dump him at a police station where he quits the heroin by the "Cold Turkey" method, recovers, and is back on the job tracking down the drug dealers.
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Julia 1977 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Hal Holbrook, Cathleen Nesbitt, John Glover, Rosemary Murphy, Dora Doll, Lisa Pelikan, John Glover
This story is based on Lillian Hellman's memoirs and stars Jane Fonda as the friend of Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) who is asked to smuggle funds to Germany. The mission is to smuggle Jews out of the area on the eve of World War II. Jason Robards and Vanessa Redgrave won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. An Oscar was also awarded for Best Writing. Eight other nominations were received, including Best Picture and Actress (Fonda). Meryl Steep's film debut.
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 The Parent Trap 1961  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Family
Director: David Swift
Cast: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, Joanna Barnes, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ruth McDevitt, Nancy Kulp
Twins Sharon and Susan (both played by Hayley Mills) meet at camp, learn they are sisters, and plot to reunite their divorced parents in this popular Disney film. There were three sequels in the 1980s as well as a remake in 1998.
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Promise Her Anything 1966 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Robert Cummings, Hermione Gingold, Lionel Stander, Keenan Wynn, Cathleen Nesbitt, Bessie Love, Donald Sutherland, Mavis Villiers
Porn filmmaker Harley Rummell (Warren Beatty) gets saddled with his downstairs neighbor's infant son while she plots marriage to a psychologist.
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Separate Tables 1958  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper, Cathleen Nesbitt, Felix Aylmer, Rod Taylor, Audrey Dalton, May Hallatt, Priscilla Morgan
Guests at a British seaside resort are presented through vignettes in this film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play. David Niven won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Major Pollock who helps Sybil (Deborah Kerr) break away from her cruel mother. Wendy Hiller won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the inn's owner. Five other nominations included Best Picture and Actress (Kerr).
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So Long at the Fair 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Antony Darnborough, Terence Fisher
Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson, Marcel Poncin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Honor Blackman, Betty Warren, Zena Marshall, Felix Aylmer, Eugene Deckers
Vicky (Jean Simmons) and Johnny (David Tomlinson) Barton arrive in Paris for the 1889 Exhibition, but Johnny suddenly disappears. Frantic, Vicky has trouble getting anyone to help–until she meets George Hathaway (Dirk Bogarde) who comes to the rescue and solves the mystery.
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Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara, Rossano Brazzi, Howard St. John, Cathleen Nesbitt, Willard Waterman, Kathryn Givney
Three American women working in Rome throw coins into the Fountain of Trevi and wish for future happiness. Among the kudos awarded this movie were Academy Awards for Best Song ("Three Coins in the Fountain") and Best Cinematography; a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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| 1. An Affair to Remember (1957)
2. Black Widow (1954)
3. Desiree (1954)
4. The Door with Seven Locks (1940)
aka: Chamber of Horrors
5. Family Plot (1976)
6. Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
aka: Man of Evil
7. The French Connection II (1975)
8. Julia (1977)
9. The Parent Trap (1961)
10. Promise Her Anything (1966)
11. Separate Tables (1958)
12. So Long at the Fair (1950)
13. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
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