Captain Newman, M.D. 1963  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Miller
Cast: Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Bobby Darin, Eddie Albert, Jane Withers, Larry Storch, Robert Duvall, James Gregory, Dick Sargent, Bethel Leslie, Robert F. Simon, Vito Scotti, Crahan Denton, Paul Carr
This film adaptation of Leo Rosten's tragi-comedy bestseller is about Army neuropsychiatrist Dr. Newman (Gregory Peck) whose patients suffer breakdowns from battle fatigue. His job is to heal his patients and return them to active duty. But, he needs more help and gets it in the form of new arrivals–orderly Jackson Leibowitz (Tony Curtis) and nurse Lt. Francie Corum (Angie Dickinson). Jackson performs more than his fair share of pranks, but he aids Newman and Francie in dealing with the traumatized patients. Meanwhile, Newman and Francie are attracted to each other, and a romance blooms.
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Hud 1963   N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon DeWilde, Whit Bissell, John Ashley, Val Avery, Crahan Denton, Yvette Vickers, Curt Conway, George Petrie, Pitt Herbert, Sheldon Allman, Carl Low, Robert Hinkle
Cattle rancher Hud (Paul Newman) wants profits in oil and tries to talk his father (Melvyn Douglas) into turning the ranch into an oil field. Alma (Patricia Neal) watches as Hud tries to coerce his father and tries to ward him off when Hud drunkenly propositions her. Neal won the Best Actress Oscar, and Douglas won for Best Supporting Actor. The film also won for Cinematography and received for other nominations, including Best Actor and Director.
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The St. Louis Bank Robbery 1959  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
aka: The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
Director: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Cast: Steve McQueen, David Clarke, Crahan Denton, Molly McCarthy, James Dukas, Martha Gable, Larry Gerst, Boyd Williams, Frank Novotny, Nell Roberts, Bob Holt, May Kohn, Jay Elliot, Robert Klauss, Barney Barnett
Based on the true story of ex-football player George Fowler (Steve McQueen), this film details the part of his life when he joins a gang plotting the robbery of a St. Louis bank, and George agrees to take on the job of driving the getaway car. While going over plans for the heist, the gang's leader John Egan (Crahan Denton) doesn't trust George, and tensions rise leading to the robbery not going off according to the plans.
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| 1. Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
2. Hud (1963)
3. The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
aka: The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
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