Above and Beyond 1952  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating, Larry Gates, Marilyn Erskine, Jim Backus, Stephen Dunne, Robert Burton, Hayden Rorke, Lawrence Dobkin, Dick Simmons, Jeff Richards, John McKee, Christopher Olsen
This biographical drama is about Air Force Colonel Paul Tibbetts' (Robert Taylor) training and preparation for his B-29 bombing mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and helped bring an end to World War II.
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Bigger Than Life 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Robert F. Simon, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Lee Aaker, Virginia Carroll
Teacher Ed Avery (James Mason) begins cortisone therapy and then becomes addicted to the drug. He turns against his family but is eventually helped by his friend, Wally (Walter Matthau).
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The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gelin, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Carolyn Jones, Richard Wattis, Christopher Olsen
A doctor (James Stewart) and his wife (Doris Day) are visiting Morocco with their young son (Christopher Olsen) when the doctor witnesses a murder and overhears an assassination plot. In order to keep the doctor quiet, the perpetrators kidnap his son. The suspense is vintage Hitchcock as the frightened parents go to any extreme to find their son. Doris Day sings "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)," which won an Oscar. Previously made in 1934 by Hitchcock 1934.
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The Tall T 1957 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Skip Homeier, Henry Silva, John Hubbard, Robert Burton, Fred Sherman, Christopher Olsen, Robert Anderson
In this tension-filled Western, Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) is a rancher who loses his horse on a bet and now must get a ride on a stagecoach. Also on the stagecoach is a newly-wed couple, Willard and Doretta Mims (John Hubbard and Maureen O'Sullivan). When they reach an abandoned station, they fall into the hands of bandit Frank Usher (Richard Boone) and his henchmen Chink and Billy Jack (Henry Silva and Skip Homeier) who hold the passengers captive. Hoping to make a deal, cowardly Willard tells Usher that Doretta's father is wealthy. The ploy does not work for Frank, and Usher kills Frank but then holds Doretta for ransom. Tensions rise while Usher waits for the ransom, and, meanwhile, romance blooms between Pat and Doretta.
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The Tarnished Angels 1958 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, Alan Reed, Alexander Lockwood, Christopher Olsen, Robert J. Wilke, Troy Donahue, William Schallert, Eugene Borden
Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) had been a flying ace in World War I but is now struggling to make a living as a barnstorming pilot. Along with his wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone), 9-year-old son Jack (Christopher Olsen), and his troupe, Roger arrives at an air show and meets New Orleans journalist Burke Devlin (Rock Hudson). As Burke gets to know Roger's family, he is attracted to LaVerne. Tragedy lies ahead in this story about the importance of living the truth.
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| 1. Above and Beyond (1952)
2. Bigger Than Life (1956)
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
4. The Tall T (1957)
5. The Tarnished Angels (1958)
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