 The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971   PG, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Fuest
Cast: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Aubrey Woods, Susan Travers, Alex Scott, Peter Jeffrey, Peter Gilmore
This horror story centers on Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price) who seeks revenge against the nine doctors who failed to save his wife from death. 1 User Review
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| | Still One of My Favorite Horror Flick's! | Debrinconcita 08/25/2009 | | The doctor and his wife were in some kind of accident, where they got burned up. His wife died afterward's and he blame's the doctor in charge at the hospital, and all the staff for her death. When he finally get's well enough after the accident, he stalks all of them and makes them die, because she died. He does give them chance's to save themselves. It has a very interesting story line. One of Vincent Price's best movies, I thought anyway! |
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Airport '77 1977  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Christopher Lee, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, M. Emmet Walsh
Another sequel to "Airport"–if you can watch yet another disaster film, then this one is for you as a private plane crashes into the ocean after being sabotaged. Will there be a rescue?
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Beyond the Forest 1949  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Regis Toomey, Dona Drake
A greedy woman, Rosa (Bette Davis), marries a small-town doctor (Joseph Cotten) with little money and then lives unhappily ever after–until she finds a new, fateful love interest. Bette Davis mutters, "What a Dump!"
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Blueprint for Murder 1953  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine McLeod, Jack Kruschen, Barney Phillips, Mae Marsh, Jonathan Hale, Walter Sande, Harry Carter
The perfect crime–or is it? Whitney Cameron (Joseph Cotten) arrives for a family visit and suspects his sister-in-law Lynne (Jean Peters) of using strychnine to poison their relatives.
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Caravans 1978  PG, 127 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Christopher Lee, Joseph Cotten, Barry Sullivan, Jeremy Kemp, Behrouz Vossoughi, Duncan Quinn, Behrouz Gamian
Set in Iran during 1948, this is the story of American diplomat Mark Miller's (Michael Sarrazin) search for a senator's daughter (Jennifer O'Neill) who has run off with a powerful Iranian, Zulfigar (Anthony Quinn).
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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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Concorde Affaire '79 1979 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: The Concorde Affair
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Cast: James Franciscus, Mimsy Farmer, Venantino Venantini, Fiamma Maglione, Edmund Purdom, Francisco Charles, Francesco Carnelutti, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Aldo Barberito, Roberto Santi, Van Johnson, Joseph Cotten
A Concorde jet has crashed, and now its sole survivor, Jean (Mimsy Farmer), has disappeared. Newspaper reporter Moses Brody (James Franciscus) becomes suspicious, and his investigation leads to Jean and also a mob conspiracy that points to another Concorde jet out of London that may be the next target. Now, Moses and Jean race against time to save the London Concorde from the planned disaster.
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A Delicate Balance 1973 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, Betsy Blair
In this film adaptation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a Connecticut family, Agnes and Tobias (Katherine Hepburn and Paul Scofield) find their lives are affected by one evening of unexpected guests arriving at their home. First, Agnes' alcoholic sister Claire (Kate Reid) stops to visit, and then their daughter Julia (Lee Remick) appears on the scene announcing that she is going through her fourth divorce. As if that was not enough, their best friends Harry and Edna (Joseph Cotten and Betsy Blair) come to visit, and it appears that they plan to stay forever. What has happened to their life of quiet domesticity?
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The Devil's Daughter 1972 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Belinda Montgomery, Shelley Winters, Robert Foxworth, Joseph Cotten, Jonathan Frid, Robert Cornthwaite, Ian Wolfe, Abe Vigoda, Diane Ladd, Martha Scott
Diane's (Belinda Montgomery) soul was bought from the Devil at her birth, and now payment is due. A satanic group, led by Lilith (Shelley Winters), comes to collect.
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Duel in the Sun 1946 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Herbert Marshall, Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Otto Kruger, Joan Tetzel, Tilly Losch, Butterfly McQueen, Scott McKay, Sidney Blackmer
Half-breed Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is taken into the home of Laura Belle McCanles (Lillian Gish), her cattle baron husband Senator (Lionel Barrymore), and two sons Jesse (Joseph Cotten) and Lewt (Gregory Peck). Because of her background, Pearl is thought of as hot-blooded, and both Jesse and Lewt vie for her affections. Meanwhile, the two brothers use different means to fight the railroad that is infringing on their land, and Lewt kills one man (Charles Bickford) when he tries to propose to Pearl. By story's end, Pearl decides to take the easy road and takes on the role of the Jezebel she is reputed to be. Produced by David O. Selznik, this epic film captures the romance and dangers of the bygone era when cattle was king.
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The Farmer's Daughter 1947  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Charles Bickford, Ethel Barrymore, Rose Hobart, Rhys Williams, Harry Davenport, Tom Powers, Lex Barker, Thurston Hall
Loretta Young won the Oscar for her role of Katrin who moves to St. Paul to study nursing but is naive and loses her money. As a result, she works as a servant for Congressman Glenn Morley (Joseph Cotten) and ends up running for the congressional seat of her boss.
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 Gaslight 1944 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury, Dame May Whitty, Barbara Everest, Eustace Wyatt, Halliwell Hobbes, Terry Moore, Edmund Breon, Emil Rameau, Heather Thatcher, Lawrence Grossmith, Jakob Gimpel, Gary Gray
Paula (Ingrid Bergman) naively marries Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer), and they move into the London home Paula has inherited from her aunt who was murdered ten years ago. Gregory is a jewel thief, and, unbeknownst to everyone except himself, Gregory is the murderer of Paula's aunt. Now, he tries to drive Paula insane. Scotland Yard policeman Brian Cameron (Joseph Cotten) becomes suspicious of Gregory and investigates, but will he be able to save Paula? Ingrid Bergman won the Academy Award for her role in this psychological suspense story. There were also five nominations, including Best Picture and Actor.
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The Hearse 1980 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: George Bowers
Cast: Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Donald Hotton, Med Flory, Donald Petrie, Perry Lang, Nicholas Shields, Christopher McDonald, Allison Balson, Fred Franklyn, Olive Dunbar, Al Hansen, Dominic Barto, Chuck Mitchell
Jane (Trish Van Devere) is a young teacher who inherits a mansion from her aunt. She moves in and doesn't understand why her neighbors do not like her until she learns that they believe her aunt was possessed by the devil, and she looks like her aunt. Jane is frightened–especially when she becomes the potential object of destruction by a hearse and its eerie driver that keep appearing at her door.
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Heaven's Gate 1980 R, 219 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
aka: Johnson County Wars
Director: Michael Cimino
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Jeff Bridges, Joseph Cotten, Richard Masur, Terry O'Quinn
In the 1890s, immigrant farmers were moving westward into Wyoming and other territories searching for land to call their own. They were met with resistance from cattlemen who were already there letting their herds roam free on the vast land. This film is about the ensuing problems between the two groups.
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The Hellbenders 1967 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julian Mateos, Gino Pernice, Angel Arana, Al Mulock, Aldo Sambrell, Maria Martin, Ennio Girolami, Jose Nieto, Julio Pena, Claudia Goro, Benito Stefanelli
Ex-Confederate soldier Jonas (Joseph Cotten) just can't get over that the war is history and, along with his sons, he attempts to re-start the war. They ambush a convoy, make a good haul, put the money in a coffin, and head out with a posse in pursuit.
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964  N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Victor Buono, Mary Astor, Bruce Dern, George Kennedy, Cecil Kellaway, Wesley Addy, William Campbell, Frank Ferguson, Dave Willock, John Megna
Haunted by memories of her murdered fiance, Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) has only her housekeeper Velma (Agnes Moorehead) for company. When she learns that her decaying Southern mansion is slated for demolition, she calls her cousin Miriam (Olivia de Havilland) for help. Miriam arrives on the scene with the family doctor (Joseph Cotten) to help, but he causes even more problems, and now Charlotte fights for her sanity as her Southern lifestyle is about to disintegrate, and Miriam tries to drive her crazy. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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I'll Be Seeing You 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle, George Cukor
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Tom Tully, Chill Wills, John Derek, Olin Howland, John James, Kenny Bowers, Gary Gray, Dorothy Stone, Eddie Hall, Margaret Bert, Earl Johnson
While serving time in prison for manslaughter, Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) is given a prison furlough to visit relatives for Christmas. She meets Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotten) while riding on a train, and the two fall in love. But, Zachary is a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Will they be able to deal with their pasts and form a relationship?
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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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Lady Frankenstein 1971 R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mel Welles
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri, Paul Whiteman, Mickey Hargitay, Paul Muller, Renate Kasche, Herbert Fux, Lorenzo Terzon, Ada Pometti, Andrea Aureli, Joshua Sinclair, Richard Beardley, Petar Martinovitch, Adam Welles, Mel Welles
Dr. Frankenstein's (Joseph Cotten) daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri) continues the family tradition as she tries to create a man from body parts. Her reason differs from that of her father: she wants a man to fulfill her sexual fantasies.
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The Last Sunset 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand, Regis Toomey, Jack Elam, Adam Williams, Jose Torvay
Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson) chases his old enemy, Brendan O'Malley (Kirk Douglas), into Mexico where Belle (Dorothy Malone) and Missy (Carol Lynley) Breckenridge enter their lives–BIG time.
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Latitude Zero 1969 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
aka: Atragon II
Director: Ishiro Honda
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero, Richard Jaeckel, Patricia Medina, Akira Takarada, Masumi Okada, Tetsu Nakamura, Mari Nakayama, Linda Haynes, Hikaru Kuroki, Akihiko Hirata, Wataru Omae, Susumu Kurobe, Haruo Nakajima
Following a volcanic eruption, the men aboard a bathysphere are rescued by Captain Craig McKenzie (Joseph Cotten) who commands a nuclear submarine. McKenzie takes them to Latitude Zero–a secret underwater city dedicated to world peace. But, peace is not to be when mad scientist Malic (Cesar Romero) plots to kidnap another scientist and use him in his animal-human hybrid experiments. Now, it becomes McKenzie's mission to save the scientist from the hands of evil Malic.
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The Lonely Profession 1969 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Heyes
Cast: Harry Guardino, Dean Jagger, Ina Balin, Joseph Cotten, Barbara McNair, Dina Merrill, Fernando Lamas, Troy Donahue, Stephen McNally, Jack Carter
A private eye (Harry Guardino) is hired to trail the mistress of a reclusive millionaire. After he locates and spends a night with her, he finds her dead the next morning. Now he must clear himself. A good made-for-TV movie that stresses realism in its presentation.
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The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt, Anne Baxter, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Erskine Sanford, Orson Welles, Don Dillaway, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield, John Elliott
This is the Booth Tarkington's story of the wealthy Amberson family's fall from the heights of society and the impact it inflicts on its members in the late 19th century. Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) returns to Indianapolis, Indiana, after many years. He left as a struggling inventor when Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello) turned down his marriage proposal to marry the "more acceptable" Wilbur Minafer (Don Dillaway). Eugene is now a widower with a daughter Lucy (Anne Baxter) and the successful inventor of an automobile. Isabel has been widowed, and Eugene again pursues her. But her son George (Tim Holt) and Aunt Fanny Amberson (Agnes Moorehead) interfere, and their actions bring on tragedy for the family when they do not accept progress in the changing world of the automobile age. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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The Man with a Cloak 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe De Santis, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Richard Hale, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts
Set in New York during 1848, this mystery is about a plot to get money to support the cause of the new French republic.
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The Money Trap 1965 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Elke Sommer, Ricardo Montalban, Joseph Cotten, James Mitchum, Argentina Brunetti, Parley Baer, Ted de Corsia, Eugene Iglesias
Joe Baron (Glenn Ford) is a cop who gets in over his head when he steals money while investigating a drug-related murder.
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 Niagara 1953 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter, Denis O'Dea, Don Wilson, Lurene Tuttle, Lester Matthews, Will Wright, Russell Collins
Rose Loomis (Marilyn Monroe) has well-laid plans to kill her husband George (Joseph Cotten), BUT as with many plans, this one goes astray-very much astray.
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The Oscar 1966 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Rouse
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Jill St. John, Joseph Cotten, Edie Adams, Ernest Borgnine, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan
In spite of a good cast, this story–about Frank Fane's (Stephen Boyd) climb to the top of Hollywood's success ladder–falls flat. Many guest stars.
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Othello 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Suzanne Cloutier, Michael MacLiammoir, Robert Coote, Michael Laurence, Fay Compton, Joseph Cotten, Joan Fontaine
This is the classic tale by Shakespeare in which the Moor Othello (Orson Welles) marries Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), but happiness turns to tragedy when Othello heeds Iago's jealous advice. Restored, with new sound recording, and rereleased in 1992.
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Peking Express 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Marvin Miller, Benson Fong, Soo Yong, Gregory Gaye, Victor Sen Yung, Peter Chong, Harold Fong
Onboard a train traveling through Red China, Dr. Michael Bachlin (Joseph Cotten) becomes romantically involved with an intriguing, if shady, lady (Corinne Calvet).
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Portrait of Jennie 1948 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, David Wayne, Cecil Kellaway, Albert Sharpe, Florence Bates, Henry Hull, Clem Bevans
Eban Adams (Joseph Cotten) is an artist whose subject (Jennifer Jones) grows older as he paints her portrait. Is she real, or does she represent someone from the world beyond?
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Rambo's Revenge 1975 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Syndicate Sadists
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Tomas Milian, Joseph Cotten, Maria Fiore, Luciano Catenacci, Silvano Tranquilli, Guido Alberti, Ida Galli, Femi Benussi, Luciano Pigozzi, Adolfo Lastretti
Biker/fighter Rambo (Tomas Milian) is on the trail of the gang that kidnapped a rich man's son for the ransom and must take on powerful crime boss Paterno (Joseph Cotten) along the way.
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September Affair 1950 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Francoise Rosay, Jessica Tandy, Robert Arthur, Jimmy Lydon, Fortunio Bonanova, Anna Demetrio, Charles Evans, Charles La Torre
When the airplane they had booked passage on–but failed to board–crashes, two musicians, Manina Stuart (Joan Fontaine) and David Lawrence (Joseph Cotten), are presumed dead. They take the easy road and continue their adulterous affair by beginning a new life together letting the world continue to believe they are dead.
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Shadow of a Doubt 1943 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Irving Bacon, Minerva Urecal, Clarence Muse, Patricia Collinge, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates, Janet Shaw, Isabel Randolph, Eily Malyon
This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's best films–and, reportedly, his favorite. The Newton family has lived an uneventful existence UNTIL Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) comes to visit. Teenage daughter "Charlie" (Teresa Wright), who was named after her uncle, begins to suspect that he is a psychotic killer wanted by the police. Now her life is in danger.
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Since You Went Away 1944 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Keenan Wynn, Agnes Moorehead, Monty Woolley, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Alla Nazimova, Albert Bassermann, Guy Madison, Craig Stevens, Lloyd Corrigan
Life on the home front during World War II is told through Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert) and her daughters Jane and Bridget (Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple) who also serve while Tim, their husband/father, fights the war. To make ends meet, Anne takes in a boarder, Col. William Smollet (Monty Woolley), who lends his moral support to the family. Among the eight Academy Award nominations (in addition to an Oscar for Musical Score) were Best Picture, Actress (Colbert), Supporting Actor (Monty Woolley) and Supporting Actress (Jones).
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Soylent Green 1973 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson, Whit Bissell, Mike Henry, Dick Van Patten, Stephen Young, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Roy Jenson, Leonard Stone, Celia Lovsky
In New York City during 2020, detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is aided by Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) during his investigation of the assassination of Soylent Green executive William Simonson (Joseph Cotton). They uncover a plot by Soylent Corporation to solve society's hunger problems when they learn what really makes up the ingredients of Soylent Green's "food." The story is based on Harry Harrison's sci-fi book "Make Room! Make Room!"
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The Steel Trap 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Eddie Marr, Jonathan Hale, Tom Powers, Aline Towne, William Hudson, Carleton Young, Katherine Warren, Walter Sande
On Friday a bank manager, Jim Osborne (Joseph Cotten), stole a half-million dollars from his bank, but now he has second thoughts, and he tries to replace the money over the weekend.
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The Survivor 1981 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: David Hemmings
Cast: Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten, Angela Punch McGregor, Peter Sumner, Ralph Cotterill, Adrian Wright, Lorna Lesley, Tyler Coppin, Kirk Alexander
The soul survivor, Pilot David Keller (Robert Powell), walks away from his plane after it crashes. Not remembering what happened, he is haunted by the spirits of the passengers, and with the help of a psychic, David seeks the person who planted the bomb on the plane while learning other truths about himself. This marks Joseph Cotten's last film appearance.
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 The Third Man 1949 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Paul Horbiger, Eric Pohlmann, Ernst Deutsch, Erich Ponto, Siegfried Breuer, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Carol Reed, Karel Stepanek
This is a great thriller. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is a writer who discovers that his friend Harry Lyme (Orson Welles), who he thought was dead, is indeed alive and in charge of a European Black Market organization. When Holly becomes involved in uncovering Harry's criminal activity, he also must deal with the multinational police. An Oscar was presented for Best Cinematography, and Carol Reed was nominated for Best Director.
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 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 G, 142 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Wesley Addy, Leon Ames, Eijiro Tono, Takahio Tamura, Shogo Shimada, Frank Aletter, Koreya Senda, Junya Usami
The story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, is well-told as the events leading to the attack are revealed–documentary style–from both the U.S. and Japanese viewpoints. The film begins with scenes from the perspectives of both countries as the diplomacy between Japan and the United States collapses. The second part of the film switches to the deadly mission and a spectacular re-creation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film won and Oscar for Best Special Visual Effects.
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Touch of Evil 1958 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Dennis Weaver, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Ray Collins, Joanna Moore, Marlene Dietrich, Valentin de Vargas, Joi Lansing, Joseph Cotten, Mercedes McCambridge
Orson Welles can make film masterpieces, and this is one excellent example of his artistic talents. Welles plays an American policeman who has issues with an important man (Charlton Heston) in the Mexican government while on the trail of the killers of a wealthy Mexican. A number of cameo appearances add to the appeal.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 R, 146 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Winfield, Burt Young, Joseph Cotten, Vera Miles, Richard Jaeckel, Leif Erickson
As his anti-Vietnam War statement, a deranged U.S. Air Force officer, Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster), takes over a nuclear missile base and blackmails U.S. government officials.
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Under Capricorn 1949 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker, Denis O'Dea, Jack Watling, Harcourt Williams, Francis De Wolff, Ronald Adam
The Huskys, a 19th-century family, live in Australia. Honorable Charles Adare (Michael Wilding) becomes attracted to Lady Henrietta Husky (Ingrid Bergman) and begins to unravel a family secret. Not one of Hitchcock's best.
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Untamed Frontier 1952 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Shelley Winters, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball, Minor Watson, Lee Van Cleef, Fess Parker, Antonio Moreno, Katherine Emery, Douglas Spencer
Cattle baron Kirk Denbow (Joseph Cotten) staves off settlers in the West as he wants available grazing land for his own use.
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Walk Softly, Stranger 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, Jack Paar, Jeff Donnell, John McIntire, Howard Petrie, Frank Puglia, Esther Dale
In an attempt to start over, shady gambler Chris Hale (Joseph Cotten) relocates to a small town and takes a shoe factory job. Seeing the way to make a fast buck, he pretends to fall in love with the owner's daughter (Alida Valli), who is confined to a wheelchair. But Chris does fall in love, again deciding to go straight, but his past resurfaces. Slow.
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| 1. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
2. Airport '77 (1977)
3. Beyond the Forest (1949)
4. Blueprint for Murder (1953)
5. Caravans (1978)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Concorde Affaire '79 (1979)
aka: The Concorde Affair
8. A Delicate Balance (1973)
9. The Devil's Daughter (1972)
10. Duel in the Sun (1946)
11. F for Fake (1975)
12. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
13. Gaslight (1944)
14. Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1980)
15. Half Angel (1951)
16. The Hearse (1980)
17. Heaven's Gate (1980)
aka: Johnson County Wars
18. The Hellbenders (1967)
19. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
20. I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
21. Journey Into Fear (1942)
22. Lady Frankenstein (1971)
23. The Last Sunset (1961)
24. Latitude Zero (1969)
aka: Atragon II
25. The Lonely Profession (1969)
26. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
27. The Man with a Cloak (1951)
28. The Money Trap (1965)
29. Niagara (1953)
30. The Oscar (1966)
31. Othello (1952)
32. Peking Express (1951)
33. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
34. Rambo's Revenge (1975)
aka: Syndicate Sadists
35. September Affair (1950)
36. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
37. Since You Went Away (1944)
38. Soylent Green (1973)
39. The Steel Trap (1952)
40. The Survivor (1981)
41. The Third Man (1949)
42. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
43. Touch of Evil (1958)
44. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
45. Under Capricorn (1949)
46. Untamed Frontier (1952)
47. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
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