The Boy with Green Hair 1948   N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Comedy
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell, Richard Lyon, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds, Regis Toomey, Dwayne Hickman, Russ Tamblyn, Charles Meredith, David Clarke, Billy Sheffield, Johnny Calkins, Teddy Infuhr
Following his parents' death during an air raid in the London Blitz, war orphan Peter Frye's (Dean Stockwell) hair turns green, and he becomes a social outcast in this insightful fable. 1 User Review
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| | CLASSIC | MOMT 01/19/2010 | | world war 1, realising we are different , teaching acceptence |
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Edge of the City 1957  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Robert F. Simon, Ruth White, Val Avery, John Kellogg, David Clarke, William A. Lee, Estelle Hemsley, Mike Dana, Roy Glenn, Ralph Bell
Longshoremen–cohorts Axel North (John Cassavetes) and Army deserter Tommy Tyler (Sidney Poitier)–confront their bullying, racist supervisor Charles Malik (Jack Warden). The result is death for Tyler. The police investigate, but North, who knows that Malik killed Tyler, keeps silent. It isn't until later that North challenges Malik to a showdown in a one-on-one fight to avenge Tyler's death. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 12/30/2011 | | Correction to the plot summary: Cassavetes's character was the troubled army deserter. Poitier was the role model family man who goes to bat repeatedly for his friend. |
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The House on Telegraph Hill 1951  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan, Fay Baker, Gordon Gebert, Kei Thin Chung, Steven Geray, Herbert Butterfield, John Burton, Katherine Meskill, Mario Siletti, Charles Wagenheim, David Clarke, Natasha Lytess
After surviving a Nazi concentration camp imprisonment during World War II, Victoria (Valentina Cortese) takes the identity of her friend, Karin (Natasha Lytess), who died in the camp. Victoria visits Karin's young son, Chris (Gordon Gebert), who lives in a mansion on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, and she pretends to be his mother. Events take a turn when Chris' aunt/guardian is murdered to obtain the family fortune, and Victoria is scheduled to be the next victim. Once again, money does not buy happiness, and dangers lie ahead.
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Intruder in the Dust 1949 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Juano Hernandez, Claude Jarman Jr., David Brian, Elizabeth Patterson, Porter Hall, Charles Kemper, Will Geer, David Clarke, Dan White, Harry Hayden
This is the film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel in which Lucas Beauchamp (Juano Hernandez) is a black man in Oxford, Mississippi. Beauchamp narrowly escapes lynching for a crime he did not commit when the corpse is exhumed as evidence to clear him.
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The Long Night 1947 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak, Elisha Cook Jr., Moroni Olsen, Will Wright, Queenie Smith, Mary Gordon, Byron Foulger, Howard Freeman, David Clarke, Patty King, Charles McGraw, Davis Roberts
When a magician, Maximilian (Vincent Price), causes Joe's (Henry Fonda) girlfriend Jo Ann (Barbara Bel Geddes) to leave him, Joe kills Maximilian and holes up in his apartment. Now, as police and snipers surround the apartment, Jo Ann tries to talk Joe into surrendering to the police. Flashbacks are used to reveal Joe's relationships with Jo Ann and how Maximilian used deceit to get close to Jo Ann and woo her.
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Red Canyon 1949  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Duff, George Brent, Edgar Buchanan, John McIntire, Chill Wills, Jane Darwell, Lloyd Bridges, Denver Pyle, Edmund MacDonald, David Clarke, Hank Patterson, Ray Bennett, James Seay, Hank Worden
Lin Slone (Howard Duff) is in love with Lucy Bostel (Ann Blyth), but her father, Matthew (George Brent), is against the match because of the Slone family's notorious reputation. This story revolves around Slone's acceptance after he captures an elusive wild stallion and races the horse in a community event.
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The Set-Up 1949 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Baylor, Darryl Hickman, Kenny O'Morrison, James Edwards, David Clarke, Phillip Pine, Edwin Max
Over-the-hill boxer Bill "Stoker" Thompson (Robert Ryan) is set up by his manager, Tiny (George Tobias), who takes money for a "dive" from gambler Little Boy (Alan Baxter). But, Stoker has no knowledge of the deal as he sits in a seedy dressing room awaiting his fight refusing to believe that his career is over, and the fight is brutal.
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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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Too Late for Tears 1949 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Killer Bait
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine Miller, Barry Kelley, Denver Pyle, Virginia Mullen, Richard Irving, George Mann, Billy Halop, June Storey, David Clarke, Perry Ivins, Alex Montoya
While driving on a secluded highway, the Palmers–Jane (Lizabeth Scott) and Alan (Arthur Kennedy)–are so intent on their argument that their convertible veers off the road. Alan turns on the blinkers, another car passes them, the driver thinks the lights are a signal, and he tosses a bag containing $60,000 into the Palmers' car. Jane's insistence on keeping the cash leads to a tangled web of deceit and murder.
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Wake of the Red Witch 1948 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Luther Adler, Grant Withers, Dennis Hoey, Paul Fix, Henry Daniell, Adele Mara, Eduard Franz, Jeff Corey, Erskine Sanford, Duke Kahanamoku, David Clarke, Al Kikume
Captain Ralls (John Wayne) is a ship's captain out to seek justice and the love of Angelique (Gail Russell). Dutch shipping magnate Sidneye (Luther Adler) had stolen Angelique away from Ralls and married her seven years ago, and their feud still continues. Now, Ralls finds his means of getting even. While Ralls is serving as captain of Sidneye's ship, the Red Witch, he drives the ship into a reef and sinks it with plans to return and retrieve $5,000,000 in the cargo of gold that is on the ship.
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| 1. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
2. Edge of the City (1957)
3. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
4. Intruder in the Dust (1949)
5. The Long Night (1947)
6. Red Canyon (1949)
7. The Set-Up (1949)
8. The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
aka: The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
9. Too Late for Tears (1949)
aka: Killer Bait
10. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
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