The Big Knife 1955  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Strother Martin, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, Jean Hagen, Everett Sloane, Wesley Addy
Hollywood actor Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) would sell his soul for a good script. When he makes a deal with an unscrupulous producer (Rod Steiger), his actions bring tragic results.
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By Love Possessed 1961  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jason Robards, George Hamilton, Susan Kohner, Thomas Mitchell, Everett Sloane, Carroll O'Connor, Barbara Bel Geddes, Yvonne Craig
A successful lawyer (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) has an affair with his partner's wife (Lana Turner) in this soapy melodrama that is very loosely based on James Gould Cozzens' novel.
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 Citizen Kane 1941  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Alan Ladd, George Coulouris, Paul Stewart, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Fortunio Bonanova, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus
This Orson Welles film is often voted the best film ever made; it also revolutionized filmmaking technology. When reporter Jerry Thompson (William Alland) searches for the meaning of Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) last dying word, "Rosebud," the life of the arrogant newspaper magnate is told through the reminiscences of those who knew him. An Oscar was awarded for Best Original Screenplay, and eight nominations were received–including Best Picture, Actor (Welles), and Director.
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The Desert Fox 1951  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Mason, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Luther Adler, Everett Sloane, Leo G. Carroll, George Macready, Richard Boone, Eduard Franz, Dan O'Herlihy
Germany's Field Marshal Rommel and tank warfare in Africa during World War II are highlighted in this film. Actual war film footage is interspersed with studio filming, but the human story of Rommel's disfavor upon his return to Germany is what stands out in this excellent film.
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The Disorderly Orderly 1964 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Glenda Farrell, Everett Sloane, Karen Sharpe, Kathleen Freeman, Susan Oliver, Del Moore, Jack E. Leonard, Milton Frome, William Wellman Jr.
Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis) works at a nursing home after failing as a medical student. The problem standing in the way of Jerome's medical career is that he takes on his patients' symptoms.
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 The Enforcer 1951 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts, King Donovan, Bob Steele, Don Beddoe, Michael Tolan, Adelaide Klein, Jack Lambert, Tito Vuolo, John Kellogg
This is one good flick about district attorney Martin Ferguson's (Humphrey Bogart) attempt to break up the mob-system of "killers for hire."
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The Gun Runners 1958  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens, Everett Sloane, Richard Jaeckel, Jack Elam, Paul Birch, John Qualen, Edward Colmans, Steven Peck
Hanagan (Eddie Albert) plans to operate a gunrunning business out of the Florida Keys by selling guns to Cuban rebels.
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Home from the Hill 1960  N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Luana Patten, Constance Ford, Everett Sloane, Anne Seymour, Dub Taylor, Ray Teal
Land baron Captain Wade Hunnicutt (Robert Mitchum) has a lifetime's worth of family problems–both legitimate and illegitimate–that he must face. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 09/25/2009 | | I think it was good, good story line. There was alot of over acting, not by Mitchum, but by Eleanor Parker and George Hamilton. Mitchum and Peppard wrer great. Would like to see it re-done with todays actors, a classic made better! |
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Journey Into Fear 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Orson Welles, Jack Moss, Agnes Moorehead, Hans Conried, Everett Sloane, Edgar Barrier, Stefan Schnabel
The setting for this film is World War II Turkey where Howard Graham (Joseph Cotten) flees across the Black Sea trying to elude a Nazi assassin. This movie was produced by Orson Welles' Mercury Theater group and is a good spy drama dealing with munitions smuggling. Remade in 1975.
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 The Lady from Shanghai 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Harry Shannon
Irish adventurer Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) gets involved with Elsa (Rita Hayworth) and Arthur (Everett Sloane) Bannister and ends up the foil in the Bannisters' bizarre murder scheme. Errol Flynn's yacht, "Zaca," was used in the seagoing scenes of this film.
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Lust for Life 1956 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Everett Sloane, Niall MacGinnis, Jill Bennett, Eric Pohlmann, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Henry Daniell, Lionel Jeffries, Noel Purcell, Madge Kennedy, Laurence Naismith, Jeannette Sterke, Toni Gerry
Vincent Van Gogh (Kirk Douglas) led an artistically creative life marked by periods of insanity. This is the story of his genius, which ended in suicide. Anthony Quinn won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Paul Gauguin, and Kirk Douglas was nominated for Best Actor.
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Marjorie Morningstar 1958 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Martin Milner, Ed Wynn, Carolyn Jones, Martin Balsam, Ruta Lee, George Tobias
A young Jewish girl, Marjorie (Natalie Wood), falls in love with Noel Airman (Gene Kelly) during a season apprenticing with a summer-stock troupe. Common sense prevails, however, when Marjorie marries Wally Wronken (Martin Milner) who offers less excitement but, instead, pledges true love and security.
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The Men 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Battle Stripe
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb, Howard St. John, Richard Erdman, Arthur Jurado, Virginia Farmer, Dorothy Tree, Cliff Clark, Patricia Joiner, Nita Hunter, Marshall Ball, John "Skins" Miller, Marguerite Martin
Marlon Brando makes his screen debut as Ken, a paralyzed war veteran whose girlfriend Ellen (Teresa Wright) exhibits great compassion for and loyalty to him–even when Ken refuses to see her. Despite the fact that Ken is losing his will to live, with Ellen's and Dr. Brock's (Everett Sloane) help, Ken enters the exercise program, improves physically, and agrees to marry Ellen.
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The Patsy 1964  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lorre, John Carradine, Hans Conried, Neil Hamilton, Scatman Crothers, Nancy Kulp
Hollywood film professionals combine their efforts into building up bellhop Stanley Belt (Jerry Lewis) into star material. 1 User Review
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| | Brucifer67 09/10/2009 | | An absolute fun ride, typical of Jerry Lewis and his antics. This film shows off his awesome diversity. A must see! |
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Patterns 1956  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Patterns of Power
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight, Elizabeth Wilson, Joanna Roos, Valerie Cossart, Eleni Kiamos, Ronnie Welsh, Shirley Standlee, Andrew Duggan, Sally Gracie
This film began as a play by Rod Serling for TV's "Kraft Theater." The plot involves an owner of a conglomerate, William Ramsey (Everett Sloan), who brings in Fred Staples (Van Heflin) to replace a vice-president, William Briggs (Ed Begley), who he wants to off-load.
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Prince of Foxes 1949 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti, Everett Sloane, Katina Paxinou, Felix Aylmer, Eduardo Ciannelli, Leslie Bradley, Eugene Deckers
Orsini (Tyrone Power) is sent by Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles) to win the affection of Camilla (Wanda Hendrix) in this beautifully costumed and artistically photographed epic story.
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The Prince Who Was a Thief 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Everett Sloane, Jeff Corey, Betty Garde, Marvin Miller, Peggie Castle, Donald Randolph, Hayden Rorke, Fred Graham
The prince was kidnapped as an infant and is now a skilled thief. Nevertheless, Julna (Tony Curtis), royal heir to the throne is restored to his rightful position.
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The Sellout 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerald Mayer
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond, Cameron Mitchell, Karl Malden, Everett Sloane, Whit Bissell, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Cott
Political corruption in a small town is the theme of this story in which newspaper editor Allridge (Walter Pidgeon) fights the forces of city hall.
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Sirocco 1951 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane, Gerald Mohr, Onslow Stevens, Zero Mostel, Nick Dennis, Ludwig Donath, Harry Guardino
Gunrunner Harry Smith (Humphrey Bogart) operates in the middle of the 1925 war between the French and the Syrians in Damascus.
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Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Sal Mineo, Eileen Heckart, Robert Loggia, Steve McQueen, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sammy White, Joseph Buloff, Arch Johnson, Robert P. Lieb, Judson Pratt, Angela Cartwright
This film is based on the autobiography of Rocky Graziano (Paul Newman) and involves his rise from the ghetto to World Light Heavyweight Champion. After beginning a life filled with petty crimes, Rocky is arrested and sent to jail where he meets fitness instructor Johnny Hyland (Judson Pratt) who encourages him to use his energy in the athletic world instead of crime. Meanwhile, Rocky's girlfriend Norma (Pier Angeli)–who will later become his wife, number one fan, and support system–helps Rocky gain his self-respect and find success in the ring as well as in his personal life.
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Way of a Gaucho 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Gene Tierney, Richard Boone, Hugh Marlowe, Everett Sloane, Enrique Chaico, Lidia Campos, Nestor Yoan, Raoul Astor, John Paris
Outlaw Martin (Rory Calhoun) deserts the army he was serving rather than going to jail. Ending up in Argentina, he and his gang get into railroad robberies, until his former boss (Richard Boone)–now a railroad policeman–takes chase. Eventually, he promises to go straight and settles down with his wife (Gene Tierney). Great scenery (including Tierney) makes this watchable.
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| 1. The Big Knife (1955)
2. Bird of Paradise (1951)
3. By Love Possessed (1961)
4. Citizen Kane (1941)
5. The Desert Fox (1951)
6. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
7. The Enforcer (1951)
8. The Gun Runners (1958)
9. Home from the Hill (1960)
10. Journey Into Fear (1942)
11. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
12. Lust for Life (1956)
13. Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
14. The Men (1950)
aka: Battle Stripe
15. The Patsy (1964)
16. Patterns (1956)
aka: Patterns of Power
17. Prince of Foxes (1949)
18. The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951)
19. The Sellout (1952)
20. Sirocco (1951)
21. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
22. Way of a Gaucho (1952)
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