Bizarre Bizarre 1937  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Michel Simon, Francoise Rosey, Louis Jouvet, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nadine Vogel, Pierre Alcover, Henri Guisol, Annie Carriel, Jeanne Lory
Irwin Molyneux (Michel Simon) is a successful writer of mystery novels–with the ideas coming from his daughter. His cousin (Louis Jouvet) arrives unexpectedly and, with the servants gone, Irwin's embarrassed wife (Francoise Rosay) must take on cooking duties while hiding in the kitchen. The cousin thinks that Irwin is acting suspiciously and tells the police that he thinks Irwin has murdered his wife. The mix-up gets resolved in this comedy.
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Blackout 1978  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Eddy Matalon
Cast: James Mitchum, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery, June Allyson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Ray Milland, Don Granberry, Terry Haig, Victor B. Tyler, Fred Doederlein
Four psychotic criminals terrorize the people living in a Manhattan high-rise apartment complex during the 1977 power blackout.
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Castle Keep 1969  R, 119 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Falk, Tony Bill, Bruce Dern, Scott Wilson, Al Freeman Jr., Michael Conrad
During World War II, both German and American soldiers vie for a 10th-century castle in the Ardennes forest.
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Cauldron of Blood 1967  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blind Man's Bluff
Children of Blood
Director: Edward Mann
Cast: Boris Karloff, Viveca Lindfors, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jacqui Speed, Rosenda Monteros, Manuel de Blas, Dyanik Zurakowska, Milo Quesada, Ruben Rojo, Mary Lou Palermo
A blind sculptor (Boris Karloff) creates life-like works of art–in part because real humans make up the core of his work.
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The Cross of Lorraine 1943  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Whorf, Joseph Calleia, Peter Lorre, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Jack Lambert, Donald Curtis
Surrendering to the Nazis under the false illusion of being sent home, Paul (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and Victor (Gene Kelly) suffer the brutality of concentration camp life–especially at the hands of Sergeant Berger (Peter Lorre). Useful war propaganda.
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Day for Night 1973  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Baye, Dani, Jean Champion, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez
This film provides an excellent satire on the art of filmmaking. While filming at the Victorine Studio in Nice, chaos reigns on the set, which is filled with personal dilemmas as well as technical problems. At the center of all the turmoil is the director, Ferrand (Francois Truffaut), who attempts to keep his cast in line at least long enough to complete the project. The cast includes temperamental Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Leaud), emotionally unstable Julie (Jacqueline Bisset), closet homosexual Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), alcoholic Severine (Valentina Cortese), and pregnant Stacey (Alexandra Stewart)–all of whose problems affect Ferrand's effort to keep the filming on track. Winner of Best Foreign Film Academy Award.
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The Devil at 4 O'clock 1961  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Kerwin Mathews, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Alexander Scourby, Barbara Luna, Gregoire Aslan, Cathy Lewis, Bernie Hamilton, Marcel Dalio
Father Matthew Doonan (Spencer Tracy) is a priest in charge of a South Pacific orphanage. When the island is threatened by volcanic activity, Father Doonan calls on Harry (Frank Sinatra) to lead a group of convicts in removing the children from their dangerous home. 1 User Review
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| | blakjack 43 06/20/2009 | | pretty good dialogue likable characters. |
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The Happy Hooker 1975 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nicholas Soarro
Cast: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Elizabeth Wilson, Tom Poston, Lovelady Powell, Nicholas Pryor, Conrad Janis, George Dzundza, Vincent Schiavelli, Mason Adams
This film, based on Xaviera Hollander's autobiography, tells the story of a prostitute (Lynn Redgrave) who improves her lot in life and becomes one of New York's leading madams.
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Heartbeat 1946 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou, Basil Rathbone, Melville Cooper, Mikhail Rasumny, Eduardo Ciannelli, Mona Maris, Henry Stephenson, Ivan Lebedeff, Bess Flowers, Torben Meyer
After escaping from a reform school, Ariette (Ginger Rogers) returns to the life of a pickpocket in Paris. Now, she plies her trade on a young diplomat (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and ends up falling in love with him.
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Jefferson in Paris 1995 PG-13, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, James Earl Jones, Thandie Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Callow, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michael Lonsdale, Nancy Marchand, Seth Gilliam
This film chronicles the period of Thomas Jefferson's life (1784-89) when he was U.S. Ambassador to France and a member of the Court of Versailles during the romantic and politically charged pre-Revolutionary era. It also addresses Jefferson's persona, including a love for a black slave and a black man who claimed to be Jefferson's son.
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John Paul Jones 1959 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Macdonald Carey, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Cushing, Bruce Cabot, Bette Davis, David Farrar
The life of U.S. Naval hero John Paul Jones, the first American naval officer to set a tradition of victory, is depicted in this biographical spectacle.
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Mahogany 1975  PG, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Berry Gordy
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Beah Richards, Nina Foch, Marisa Mell, Lenard Norris, Ira Rogers, Marvin Corman
Tracy (Diana Ross) is a poor secretary from a Chicago ghetto who struggles to reach the top of the fashion world. Ross is good in an otherwise weak film.
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 Napoleon 1955 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sacha Guitry
Cast: Orson Welles, Maria Schell, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gelin, Danielle Darrieux, Sacha Guitry, Dany Robin, Jean Gabin, Cosetta Greco, Yves Montand, Roger Pigaut, Micheline Presle
Writer/director Sacha Guitry costars as Tallyrand who tells his friends about Napoleon Bonaparte's life. The story covers Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) life from his campaigns in Italy to the Battle of Waterloo and, finally, his imprisonment and death on St. Helena.
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Something Short of Paradise 1979 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: David Helpern
Cast: Susan Sarandon, David Steinberg, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marilyn Sokol, Robert Hitt, Joe Grifasi, David Rasche, Bob Kaliban, Ted Pugh, Ann Robey, Adrienne Jalbert, Fred Nassif, Terrence O'Hara, William Francis, Sonja Jennings
An unlikely duo of a journalist and a New York theater operator–Madeline (Susan Sarandon) and Harris (David Steinberg)–meet during an interview when Madeline asks not-very-bright questions. They begin talking and fall in love. Despite connecting and disconnecting, Madeline and Harris appear to be ready to live happily ever after in this comedy/romance.
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Song of Scheherazade 1947 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Reisch
Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Brian Donlevy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Eve Arden, Philip Reed, Elena Verdugo, Terry Kilburn, George Dolenz, Charles Kullmann, John Qualen, Richard Lane
Romantic complications result when cadets aboard a Russian Naval Academy ship search for music and love during their shore leave in Morocco in 1865.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1989 TV, 240 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philippe Monnier
Cast: James Wilby, Xavier Deluc, Serena Gordon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, John Mills, Anna Massey, Muriel Combeau, Alfred Lynch, Kathy Kriegel, Gerard Klein, Jean-Marc Bory, John Woodvine
Sydney Carton (James Wilby) has fallen in love with Lucie (Serena Gordon), but she marries aristocrat Charles Damay (Xavier Deluc) and does not know of Sydney's love for her. Later, the French Revolution has exploded, and Charles has been captured and sentenced to the guillotine. Unselfishly, Sydney comes up with a plot to take Charles's place at the guillotine so that Charles can return to Lucie. This Masterpiece Theater presentation of Dickens' story of ideals during the French Revolution is definitely worth watching. It is a lavish production that originally was shown in episodes in 1989 and 1990.
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| 1. Bizarre Bizarre (1937)
2. Blackout (1978)
3. Castle Keep (1969)
4. Cauldron of Blood (1967)
aka: Blind Man's Bluff
aka: Children of Blood
5. Charge of the Lancers (1954)
6. The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
7. Day for Night (1973)
8. The Devil at 4 O'clock (1961)
9. The Happy Hooker (1975)
10. Heartbeat (1946)
11. Jefferson in Paris (1995)
12. John Paul Jones (1959)
13. Mahogany (1975)
14. Napoleon (1955)
15. Something Short of Paradise (1979)
16. Song of Scheherazade (1947)
17. A Tale of Two Cities (1989)
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