The Blue Dahlia 1946  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Alan Ladd, Doris Dowling, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Hugh Beaumont, Tom Powers, Walter Sande
War veteran Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) returns home to his unfaithful wife, Helen (Doris Dowling). When Helen is subsequently murdered, Johnny and his friend, Buzz (William Bendix), are suspects.
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 The Car 1977   PG, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Cast: James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, R.G. Armstrong, John Rubinstein, Elizabeth Thompson, Roy Jenson, Kim Richards, Kyle Richards, Kate Murtagh, Robert Phillips, Doris Dowling, Eddie Little Sky
In Santa Ynez, Arizona, a driverless, black, demonic car drives over everything and everyone possible in this hokey film. The final showdown occurs in a desert canyon. 2 User Reviews
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| | excellent | rich-the-horror-lover 08/21/2007 | | one of my favourite horrors. I got it from the US a few years back. It is atmospheric, spooky, scary the lot. The part when you see the sun reflecting off the car coming down the mountain, awsome!! 1970's rule. |
| | Anonymous 03/18/2007 | | has there been a thought of making a part 2 to this movie (the car) please consider it.we love it |
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The Lost Weekend 1945  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Frank Orth, Byron Foulger, Lillian Fontaine, Lewis L. Russell, James Millican, Emmett Vogan, David Clyde
Ray Milland won the Oscar for his portrayal of Don Birnam, writer and alcoholic. Birnam's problem reaches a crisis during one long weekend of drinking, after which he suffers the D.T.s as his girlfriend Helen St. James (Jane Wyman) begs him to stop drinking. Ray Milland: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation." This film also won the Best Picture Academy Award, as did Billy Wilder for his directing and writing.
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| 1. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
2. The Car (1977)
3. The Lost Weekend (1945)
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