 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 1979  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: John De Bello
Cast: David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, Jack Riley, J. Stephen Peace, Eric Christmas, Ernie Meyers, Ron Shapiro, Al Sklar, Jerrold Anderson, Don Birch, Tom Coleman, Art K. Koustik, Jack Nolan, John Qualls
San Diego is terrorized when a government experiment goes wrong. Huge mutated tomatoes set off through the suburbs murdering residents and causing mayhem. The film spawned two sequels and a cartoon show.
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Back Street 1961   N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Reginald Gardiner, Natalie Schafer, Alex Gerry, Tammy Marihugh, Robert Eyer, Doreen McLean, Karen Norris, Hayden Rorke, Mary Lawrence, Joseph Cronin
In this remake of earlier productions of "Back Street," Susan Hayward and John Gavin take on the roles of Rae Smith and Paul Saxon who meet and fall in love, but, due to a mix-up, they do not marry. Years later, they meet again, and now Paul is married to alcoholic Liz (Vera Miles). Unable to get a divorce from Liz, Walter enters into a love affair with Rae that will last for years to come. 2 User Reviews
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| | anonymous 02/14/2008 | | I am 66 years old now, but i still think about this movie. i loved susan hayward from my teenager years to today. i quote that line where John Gavin showed her his picture in their new house and asks her if she can decorate around it, and her reply was; why not, i built my whole life around it. i love it, i love it. where can you buy her movies? |
| | Anonymous 07/19/2007 | | If you are a romantic at heart, you will love this film. John Gavin is easy on the eyes and Susan Hayward is outstanding. You keep wishing throughout the movie that the two will end up together. |
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Billy the Kid 1941  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Miller
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry O'Neill, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank Conlan, Frank Puglia
Although Billy the Kid (Robert Taylor) was a cold-hearted murderer, this film sympathizes with his psychotic personality.
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 1988  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Peter Gallagher, Michael Murphy, Kevin J. O'Connor, Daniel Jenkins, Danny Darst, Ken Michels, Matt Malloy, David Miller, Kenneth V. Jones, Matt Smith, L.W. Wyman, Brian Haley
Based on Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this is a very well-produced, made-for-TV film about the compulsive Captain Queeg (Brad Davis) whose crew mutinies and takes over their minesweeper. Lt. Steve Maryk (Jeff Daniels) led the mutiny because a deadly storm was brewing, and Maryk felt that Capt. Queeg was losing his sanity. The act leads to a court martial. Defense attorney Lt. Barney Greenwald (Eric Bogosian) calls Queeg to testify for the defense–knowing that the only way to win the case is to prove that Capt. Queeg really was incompetent. A compelling story.
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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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Executive Action 1973 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Will Geer, Gilbert Green, John Anderson, Ed Lauter, Sidney Clute, Lloyd Gough, Dick Miller, Walter Brooke
Based on Mark Lane's book "Rush to Judgment," this film utilizes fiction and documentary style to look at reasons behind President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The story revolves around a group of military-industrial leaders (Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Will Geer) who conspire to set up the assassination and put the blame on Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Flying Tigers 1942 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Miller
Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones, Mae Clarke, Addison Richards, Gregg Barton, Richard Loo, Tom Neal
This World War II action film features John Wayne in the role of air-ace Jim Gordon who excelled in daredevil feats during dogfight actions. This film, along with others like it, improved the morale of those back home during the War.
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Hail, Hero! 1969 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Michael Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, John Larch, Louise Latham, Charles Drake, Peter Strauss, Virginia Christine, John Qualen, Deborah Winters
Carl Dixon (Michael Douglas) takes on the task of trying to explain to his parents (Arthur Kennedy and Teresa Wright) his antiwar feelings and telling them that he will NOT fight in Vietnam.
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Happy Anniversary 1959  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Miller
Cast: David Niven, Mitzi Gaynor, Carl Reiner, Loring Smith, Monique Van Vooren, Patty Duke, Elizabeth Wilson, Phyllis Povah, Kevin Coughlin
When Debbie (Patty Duke) spills the beans on a TV show and tells family secrets, her parents (David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor) are highly embarrassed.
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Lonely Are the Brave 1962 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Western
Director: David Miller
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane, Carroll O'Connor, George Kennedy, William Schallert, Karl Swenson, Bill Bixby, Martin Garralaga, William Mims, Lalo Rios, Harry Lauter, Charles Wagenheim, Dan White
Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) is an aging cowboy having trouble relating to the contemporary world. He gets imprisoned in an effort to rescue his jailed friend, Paul Bondi (Michael Kane). When Burns discovers that Bondi is reluctant to escape, he breaks out of jail alone. Now Burns escapes on his horse, and he is chased by Sheriff Morey Johnson (Walter Matthau)–along with jeeps and helicopters–as he heads for the border.
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Love Happy 1949 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Miller
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Raymond Burr, Marilyn Monroe, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Marion Hutton
This is the last in the series of Marx Brothers' movies. Marilyn Monroe has a very small part in the film.
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Midnight Lace 1960  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: David Miller
Cast: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, Herbert Marshall, Natasha Parry, John Williams, Hermione Baddeley, Rhys Williams
Kit Preston (Doris Day) is unaware that her husband, Tony (Rex Harrison), is plotting to kill her–after she appears insane as a result of numerous disturbing telephone calls. This film was remade for TV in 1980. 1 User Review
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| | anonymous 04/02/2009 | | another grt performance by doris...anothr oscar she didn't get!!!! |
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The Opposite Sex 1956 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Miller
Cast: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus
This remake of 1939's "The Women" features June Allison as the wife who connives to get her wandering husband back. Good, but not quite as good as the earlier version, and is now a musical.
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Our Very Own 1950 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt, Ann Dvorak, Donald Cook, Natalie Wood, Phyllis Kirk, Martin Milner, Gus Schilling
As a young adult Gail discovers that she was adopted and must deal with her feelings toward her birth mother as well as her adoptive parents.
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The Story of Esther Costello 1957 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears, Lee Patterson, Ron Randell, Fay Compton, Bessie Love, Sid James, Denis O'Dea, John Loder
Esther Costello (Heather Sears) has been deaf, mute, and blind since childhood and has suffered through subsequent exploitation; now an American woman, Margaret Landi (Joan Crawford), is involved in her life.
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Sudden Fear 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston, Mike Connors, Bess Flowers, Taylor Holmes, Arthur Space
A playwright, Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford), learns that her new husband (Jack Palance) is planning to kill her. She devises a unique way to beat him at his own game. Crawford and Palance were nominated for Oscars.
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Top o' the Morning 1949 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Miller
Cast: Bing Crosby, Ann Blyth, Barry Fitzgerald, Hume Cronyn, Eileen Crowe, John McIntire, Jimmy Hunt, Mary Field, John Eldredge, Tudor Owen
Following a theft of the Blarney Stone, Joe Mulqueen (Bing Crosby) is given the job of retrieving the landmark. During his investigation, he succumbs to the charms of the daughter (Ann Blyth) of the local police chief (Barry Fitzgerald).
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| 1. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1979)
2. Back Street (1961)
3. Billy the Kid (1941)
4. Bittersweet Love (1976)
5. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
6. Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
7. Executive Action (1973)
8. Flying Tigers (1942)
9. Hail, Hero! (1969)
10. Happy Anniversary (1959)
11. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
12. Love Happy (1949)
13. Midnight Lace (1960)
14. The Opposite Sex (1956)
15. Our Very Own (1950)
16. The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
17. Sudden Fear (1952)
18. Top o' the Morning (1949)
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