Elmer Gantry 1960  N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger, Patti Page, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, Joe Maross, Philip Ober, Barry Kelley, Wendell Holmes, Dayton Lummis, Everett Glass
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) is a traveling salesman who drinks to excess. He meets a group of traveling evangelists, led by Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), and becomes a member of their roadshow. All goes well until they arrive in a big city, and prostitute Lulu Bains (Shirley Jones) recognizes Gantry as the man from her past who took away her virginity. Blackmail ensues, but Sister Sharon forgives Gantry–an act that leads to tragedy when she opens her church. Simmons is excellent as Sister Sharon. Lancaster took Best Actor honors at the Academy Awards and Jones walked away with an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. An Oscar was also presented for Best Writing, and the film was nominated for Best Picture and Music.
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Rich and Famous 1981  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner, Steven Hill, Meg Ryan, Michael Brandon, Daniel Faraldo, Nicole Eggert, Joe Maross
This remake of "Old Acquaintance" is George Cukor's last film. Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset) and best friend Merry Noel (Candice Bergen) live life to the fullest as authors who enjoy romantic entanglements. Now, after 22 years, they both reach crises that leave them wiser about the important things in life.
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Run Silent, Run Deep 1958 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Nick Cravat, Joe Maross, Don Rickles, Rudy Bond, H.M. Wynant, John Bryant, Mary LaRoche, Eddie Foy III, Jimmy Bates, John Gibson, Ken Lynch
This fascinating war movie pits psychological stress of the assignment to torpedo a World War II Japanese cruiser against additional stress in the relationship of submarine commander "Rich" Richardson (Clark Gable) and his executive officer Lt. Jim Bledsoe (Burt Lancaster).
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Sometimes a Great Notion 1970   PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Adventure
aka: Never Give an Inch
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Cliff Potts, Linda Lawson, Joe Maross, Lee de Broux, Roy Poole, Sam Gilman, Jim Burk, Roy Jenson, Charles Tyner
An Oregon logging family, the Stampers, suffer personal tragedy through the accidental deaths of two members while refusing to go along with a labor strike. Richard Jaeckel was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Joe Ben Stamper. The drowning scene in which Joe Ben dies is a movie highlight. 1 User Review
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| | good 12/23/2007 | | This was one of my all time FAVORITE movies! I would love to be able to purchase it on DVD. |
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Zigzag 1970   PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: False Witness
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: George Kennedy, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Steve Ihnat, William Marshall, Joe Maross, Dana Elcar, Walter Brooke, Anita O'Day, Joan Tompkins, Robert Sampson, Leonard Stone, Stewart Moss, Charlene Holt, Robert Donner
Dying of a brain tumor, Paul Cameron (George Kennedy) frames himself for a murder so that his family will get the reward money. After he collapses at the trial, laser surgery on his tumor is performed and he is cured. Now, Paul must find the real murderer in order to clear himself.
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| 1. Elmer Gantry (1960)
2. Rich and Famous (1981)
3. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
4. Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
aka: Never Give an Inch
5. Zigzag (1970)
aka: False Witness
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