The Breaking Point 1950  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Sherry Jackson, Ralph Dumke, William Campbell, John Doucette, Edmon Ryan
This remake of Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" stars John Garfield in the role of Harry Morgan–the captain of a boat who, needing money, contracts to smuggle illegal aliens into California.
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man 1962  N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Richard Beymer, Arthur Kennedy, Jessica Tandy, Susan Strasberg, Paul Newman, Simon Oakland, Diane Baker, Eli Wallach, Dan Dailey, Ricardo Montalban, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, James Dunn, Juano Hernandez, Michael J. Pollard
Combining 10 of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, this is the tale of Michigan born and bred Nick Adams (Richard Beymer). Nick leaves his parents' (Arthur Kennedy and Jessica Tandy) home and tries, but fails, to get his desired job as a news reporter in New York City. He enlists in the Italian army during World War I and is taken under the wing of hospital orderly John (Eli Wallach). Nick falls in love with nurse Rosanna (Susan Strasberg) who tragically dies in an air raid. Through all the suffering, Nick finally attains maturity as a responsible man.
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Intruder in the Dust 1949 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Juano Hernandez, Claude Jarman Jr., David Brian, Elizabeth Patterson, Porter Hall, Charles Kemper, Will Geer, David Clarke, Dan White, Harry Hayden
This is the film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel in which Lucas Beauchamp (Juano Hernandez) is a black man in Oxford, Mississippi. Beauchamp narrowly escapes lynching for a crime he did not commit when the corpse is exhumed as evidence to clear him.
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Kiss Me Deadly 1955  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Ralph Meeker, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Wesley Addy, Juano Hernandez, Jack Elam, Nick Dennis, Marian Carr, Jack Lambert, Jerry Zinneman, Percy Helton, Leigh Snowden
In this Mickey Spillane "Mike Hammer" story, Hammer (Ralph Meeker) picks up hitchhiker Christina (Cloris Leachman) and then is forced off the road and abducted by thugs who kill Christina. Hammer escapes and now tries to uncover the facts that led to Christina's murder. After talking to Christina's roommate Gabrielle (Gaby Rodgers) and to gangster Carl Evello (Paul Stewart), matters get very rough as Hammer unravels the mystery that ends with a "box"–described by Hammer's secretary Velda (Maxine Cooper) as the "great Whatsit." It turns out that the box is filled with atomic explosives ready to be unleashed on the world. Great job, especially for it's time.
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The Mark of the Hawk 1957  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Accused
Shaka Zulu
Director: Michael Audley
Cast: Eartha Kitt, Juano Hernandez, Sidney Poitier, John McIntire, Helen Horton, Marne Maitland, Gerard Heinz, Bill Nagy, Earl Cameron, Patrick Allen, Clifton Macklin, Ewen Solon, Lockwood West, Philip Vickers, Francis Matthews
Obam (Sidney Poitier) returns to his colonial African country where he tries to enact peaceful means for racial equality. Beset by many problems, he must choose between continuation of his peaceful approach or violence. His wife Renee (Eartha Kitt) and missionary Bruce Craig (John McIntire) come to his aid, but is it too late?
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The Pawnbroker 1965  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Rod Steiger, Thelma Oliver, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Marketa Kimbrell, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez, Juano Hernandez, Raymond St. Jacques, John McCurry, Nancy R. Pollock
Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger) is a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust who comes to New York after the war and sets up a pawnshop. His problems do not end, and he must adjust to life in the modern world. Steiger received an Academy Award nomination.
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Ransom! 1956 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Segal
Cast: Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez, Robert Keith, Alexander Scourby, Richard Gaines, Mabel Albertson, Juanita Moore, Robert Burton
When his son is kidnapped, David Stannard (Glenn Ford) must decide whether to pay the ransom or use the money to catch the kidnappers.
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The Reivers 1969 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Steve McQueen, Will Geer, Sharon Farrell, Rupert Crosse, Mitch Vogel, Michael Constantine, Lonny Chapman, Juano Hernandez, Clifton James, Dub Taylor
Set in 1905, this good film adaptation of William Faulkner's story is about young Lucius (Mitch Vogel) who joins Boon (Steve McQueen) and Ned (Rupert Crosse) on an adventure from rural Mississippi to the big city of Memphis. Their vehicle for transportation is the stolen car of Lucius' grandfather (Will Geer). Crosse received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Sergeant Rutledge 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode, Billie Burke, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt, William Henry, Walter Reed, Shug Fisher, Chuck Hayward, William Henry, Rafer Johnson, Mae Marsh
First Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode) is a black man wrongly accused of rape and murder. At his court martial, Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) brilliantly defends the innocent man and proves that, not only did he not commit rape and murder, he was a hero.
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Something of Value 1957 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Sidney Poitier, Walter Fitzgerald, Frederick O'Neal, Juano Hernandez, William Marshall, Robert Beatty, Michael Pate, Ivan Dixon, Ken Renard, Samadu Jackson, Wilton Graff, Angela Cartwright
Based on Robert Ruark's novel, this is the story of childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier) and Peter McKenzie (Rock Hudson) who, despite one being Black and the other White, had grown up like brothers in British East Africa. Now, as adults, their relationship is shattered when Peter sides with British colonialism, and Kimani joins the brutal Mau-Maus in their uprising in Kenya.
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs 1970 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Martin Landau, David Sheiner, Anthony Zerbe, Jeff Corey, Edward Asner, Norma Crane, Juano Hernandez, Beverly Todd
Police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is once again out on the street solving crimes, but his real personality comes through in his father/son relationship. Follows "In the Heat of the Night" and is followed by "The Organization."
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Young Man with a Horn 1950  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez, Nestor Paiva, Mary Beth Hughes, Jerome Cowan, Walter Reed, Jack Kruschen
Following the demise of his marriage, Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) has only his trumpet and alcohol for solace. Jo Jordan (Doris Day) is a young singer who helps Martin out of his psychological fog.
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| 1. The Breaking Point (1950)
2. Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
3. Intruder in the Dust (1949)
4. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
5. The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
aka: Accused
aka: Shaka Zulu
6. The Pawnbroker (1965)
7. Ransom! (1956)
8. The Reivers (1969)
9. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
10. Something of Value (1957)
11. They Call Me Mister Tibbs (1970)
12. Two Loves (1961)
13. Young Man with a Horn (1950)
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