 12 Angry Men 1957  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Twelve Angry Men
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Ed Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Joe Savoca
When a young Puerto Rican boy (Joe Savoca) is on trial, one conscientious juror–#8 (Henry Fonda)–stands alone against his other 11 jury panelists as he questions whether the defense lawyer really performed his duties. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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Anna and the King of Siam 1946  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, Gale Sondergaard, Mikhail Rasumny, Dennis Hoey, Richard Lyon, William Edmunds, John Abbott, Tito Renaldo, Addison Richards, Ben Welden
British widow Anna (Irene Dunne) travels to Siam in 1862 to teach the royal children. While there, the King (Rex Harrison) and Anna develop a warm friendship through which she convinces the King to employ more humane treatment of his subjects. This film won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Art Direction and was the film debut for Harrison. The story was later remade as the musical "The King and I." Gale Sondergaard received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Boomerang! 1947  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene, Ed Begley, Taylor Holmes, Robert Keith, Karl Malden, Cara Williams, Philip Coolidge, William Challee, Bert Freed, Lucia Backus Seger, George Petrie
When a New England priest is murdered, John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy) is arrested. He is beaten into confessing that he is the killer and then tried for the crime. Based on the true story of a 1924 murder case that is still unsolved, the film follows State's Attorney Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) as he works to sort out the facts.
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The Brothers Karamazov 1958 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, Richard Basehart, Albert Salmi, William Shatner, Simon Oakland, David Opatoshu, Frank DeKova
Based on Dostoyevsky's classic, this is a good film adaptation of the story of brothers (Yul Brynner, Richard Basehart, William Shatner, and Albert Salmi). Set in 19th-century Russia, the plot revolves around greed and hatred brought on by their bullying father, Fyodor (Lee J. Cobb).
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Buckskin Frontier 1943  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Lee J. Cobb, Victor Jory, Lola Lane, Max Baer, George Reeves, Joe Sawyer
As the Western frontier undergoes settlement in the 19th century, the railroad presents problems as well as benefits along the line, and the owner (Lee J. Cobb) of a freight wagon business is particularly affected.
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Call Northside 777 1948 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, E.G. Marshall, Kasia Orzazewski, Betty Garde, Moroni Olsen, John McIntire, Paul Harvey, Joanne De Bergh, Howard Smith, Michael Chapin, Samuel S. Hinds, George Pembroke
This story, based on an actual police case, features James Stewart as Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal who is given the assignment of writing a public interest story. His assignment is Tillie Wieceki (Kasia Orzazewski) who has offered $5,000 for information proving that her son Frank (Michael Chapin) is innocent although convicted of a policeman's murder committed 11 years ago. McNeal does not believe that Frank is innocent, but when McNeal examines the case, Frank passes a lie detector test showing that he is innocent, and, by the end of McNeal's investigation, Frank gains his freedom.
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Captain from Castile 1947 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Barbara Lawrence, Marc Lawrence, Jay Silverheels
Set in the 15th century, this beautifully photographed film is about Spanish nobleman Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power) who sails for the New World with Hernando Cortez (Cesar Romero).
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Coogan's Bluff 1968  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Don Stroud, Tisha Sterling, Betty Field, Tom Tully, David Doyle, James Edwards, Louis Zorich, Melodie Johnson, Rudy Diaz, Meg Myles, Seymour Cassel, Marjorie Bennett
Frontier-style competes with modern-day law enforcement in this Clint Eastwood film in which he plays Arizona sheriff Walt Coogan who comes to New York City to extradite a murderer, James Ringerman (Don Stroud). When Coogan arrives, bureaucratic NYPD detective Lieutenant McElroy (Lee J. Cobb) tells Coogan that Rengerman is in Bellevue Hospital following an acid trip and is not ready to be transported back to Arizona. Coogan takes matters into his own hands and heads for the hospital, manages to get Ringerman released, and leaves for the airport with his prisoner. But, on the way to the airport, Ringerman's hippie girlfriend Linny (Tisha Sterling) waylays Coogan, and this allows Ringerman to escape. Coogan tracks Linny to a psychedelic club, and his adventures in the Big City continue as he deals not only with police bureaucracy but with drugs and hippies as well. 1 User Review
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The Dark Past 1948 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Berry Kroeger, Steven Geray, Ellen Corby, Wilton Graff
This remake of "Blind Alley" is a psychological drama about a professor, Doctor Andrew Collins (Lee J. Cobb), outwitting his captor, escaped convict Al Walker (William Holden).
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 Double Indemnity 1973   TV, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Samantha Eggar, Kathleen Cody, Arch Johnson, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, John Elerick, Gene Dynarski, Joan Pringle, Ken Renard, Arnold F. Turner, Rand Brooks, Tom Curtis, Joyce Cunning
Scheming housewife Phyllis Dietrickson (Samantha Eggar) seduces insurance salesman Walter Neff (Richard Crenna) into helping her in a scheme to murder her husband (Arch Johnson). Neff's job will be to falsify the accident insurance that carries a double indemnity clause, which will pay twice as much if he is killed in a train accident. The scheme works–until Neff's boss Barton Keyes (Lee J. Cobb) suspects foul play and investigates.
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Exodus 1960 N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek, Hugh Griffith, Gregory Ratoff, Felix Aylmer, David Opatoshu, Jill Haworth, Marius Goring, Michael Wager, Alexandra Stewart
This is Leon Uris's story about the settling of a new Israel following World War II. In this well-produced historical film, Ari (Paul Newman) is a leader of the Jewish underground Hagannah. He commandeers a ship to bring 600 Jews into the newly partitioned Palestine just before the United Nations votes to make Palestine a Jewish state. Ari achieves victory, and now 30,000 more Jews relocate into the Holy Land. Sal Mineo received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. One other nomination was received, and the film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography.
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 The Exorcist 1973 R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Jack MacGowran, Titos Vandis, Mercedes McCambridge, Vasiliki Maliaros, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson, Rudolf Schundler, Gina Petrushka, Robert Symonds
When Megan (Linda Blair) exhibits bizarre behavior that includes violence and foul language, her mother, Chris (Ellen Burstyn), calls in a young priest, Father Karras (Jason Miller), to help her. Father Karras is sure that Megan is possessed by the devil and asks exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) to come to her aid by staging an exorcism. Many horrors ensue as Father Merrin confronts the supernatural spirit. This film caused quite a stir at the time of its release. Academy Awards were received for Best Writing and Sound as well as eight other nominations including Best Picture, Actress (Burstyn), Supporting Actor (Miller) and Actress (Blair), and Director. Two sequels follow
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1962 N/R, 153 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Henreid, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, George Dolenz, Karl Boehm, Nestor Paiva
This remake of the classic 1921 film is adapted from the Vincente Blasco Ibanez novel. The story is about a family whose relationships are turned upside down by war.
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Garment Jungle 1957
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Robert Loggia, Joseph Wiseman, Harold J. Stone, Adam Williams, Wesley Addy, Willis Bouchey, Robert Ellenstein, Celia Lovsky, Sid Melton, Jud Taylor
Alan Mitchell (Kerwin Mathews) returns home from the Korean War and joins his father Walter's (Lee J. Cobb) clothing firm only to discover that Walter is involved in a union-busting syndicate. Alan tries unsuccessfully to talk Walter into changing his mind about unions, and then talks to union leader Tulio Renata (Robert Loggia). Alan's visit results in a series of murder victims–including Walter and Renata. Finally, Alan uses his father's accounting books to give the police evidence of the extortion that led to the murders.
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Golden Boy 1939 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden, Joseph Calleia, Lee J. Cobb, Sam Levene, Edward Brophy, Don Beddoe, Frank Jenks, Charles Halton
In William Holden's first starring role, he delivers a fine performance as Joe Napoleon, who dreams of being a violinist but turns to boxing as a more viable means of earning money.
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Gorilla at Large 1954 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Burr, Peter Whitney, Lee Marvin, Warren Stevens, Charlotte Austin, John Kellogg, Charles Tannen, John McKee, Max Wagner
A series of murders take place at an amusement park, The Garden of Evil, where the main attraction is a huge gorilla. The chief suspect is a gorilla–or is it someone else wearing a gorilla suit?
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Green Mansions 1959 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mel Ferrer
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Perkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Henry Silva, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael Pate, Estelle Hemsley
Set in a South American jungle, this is a W.H. Hudson love story about forest sprite Rima (Audrey Hepburn) and a mere human being, Abel (Anthony Perkins).
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 How the West Was Won 1962 N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Cast: Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Karl Malden, George Peppard, Spencer Tracy, Agnes Moorehead, Lee J. Cobb, Carolyn Jones, Carol Baker, Robert Preston, Richard Widmark
This stirring epic of the settling of the West uses the Preston family (Debbie Reynolds, Agnes Moorehead, Karl Malden, and Carol Baker) as its core for telling the trials and exhilarations of the move West. From farming to mining to fighting outlaws, this film is memorable. Dozens of movie stars add to the pleasure, as do the photography and musical score. The film won three Oscars and was nominated for five more, including Best Picture.
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In Like Flint 1967  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale, Andrew Duggan, Anna Lee, Hanna Landy, Totty Ames, Steve Ihnat, Herb Edelman, Yvonne Craig
In this poor sequel to "Our Man Flint," our hero (Coburn) is coaxed out of retirement as a secret agent to deal with a secret society of women who are out to take over the world.
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Lawman 1971 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb, Sheree North, Joseph Wiseman, Robert Duvall, Albert Salmi, J.D. Cannon, John McGiver, Richard Jordan
After a drunken spree, during which an old man is accidentally killed, Marshal Jared Maddox (Burt Lancaster) sets out to arrest those responsible but finds the town against him.
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The Left Hand of God 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E.G. Marshall, Benson Fong, Jean Porter, Carl Benton Reid, Victor Sen Yung, Philip Ahn
Jim Carmody (Humphrey Bogart) pretends to be a priest in China after World War II in order to evade the Chinese warlord, Mieh Yang (Lee J. Cobb). 1 User Review
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The Luck of the Irish 1948 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb, James Todd, Jayne Meadows, J.M. Kerrigan, Phil Brown, Charles Irwin, Louise Lorimer, Don Brodie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Norman Leavitt, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Neumann
American newsman Stephen Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power) is visiting Ireland when he meets a leprechaun, Horace (Cecil Kellaway), and later confronts him with his pot of gold. After Stephen tells the leprechaun that he will not take his gold, the leprechaun is obligated to return the favor. The leprechaun follows Stephen back to New York and tries to clear the way for a romance with sweet Irish colleen Nora (Anne Baxter) who Stephen had met in Ireland. But, Stephen is now seeing the daughter, Frances (Jayne Meadows), of his corrupt boss, D.C. Augur (Lee J. Cobb). When Nora visits New York and sees Stephen and Frances together, she returns to Ireland. With the leprechaun's guidance, Stephen denounces Auger, quits his job, and leaves for Ireland to find Nora.
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Mackenna's Gold 1969 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Western
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, Keenan Wynn, Eli Wallach, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Edward G. Robinson
With a superb score by Quincy Jones and a great cast, this film should have been a sure hit. It wasn't! Sheriff Mackenna (Gregory Peck) knows the location of a cache of gold, and his quest for the gold is interrupted by those who want it for themselves.
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1956 N/R, 153 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Fredric March, Jennifer Jones, Ann Harding, Arthur O'Connell, Lee J. Cobb, Keenan Wynn, Gene Lockhart, Marisa Pavan, Kenneth Tobey
The pitfalls of success on Madison Avenue are presented in this film as Gregory Peck plays the executive who is beginning to find that there is more to life than fame and fortune.
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Man of the West 1958 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner, Royal Dano, Robert J. Wilke, Frank Ferguson, Emory Parnell, Guy Wilkerson, Chuck Roberson, Tom London, Dick Elliott, Tina Menard
While on a train to Fort Worth, the train is robbed, and Link Jones (Gary Cooper), saloon singer Billie Ellis (Julie London), and Sam Beasley (Arthur O'Connell) are stranded. Link leads them to his uncle's cabin where they learn that Link is a former outlaw and nephew of the gang's leader, Dock Tobin (Lee J. Cobb). Now a bank heist is planned. Will Link revert back to his former lifestyle and again enter the world of outlaws?
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The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Tito Vuolo, Charles Arnt, Marjorie Bennett, Alan Wells, Mimi Aguglia, Morgan Farley, Bud Wolfe, Howard Negley, William Gould
San Francisco Police Lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) is having an affair with married socialite Lois Frazer (Jane Wyatt) who is divorcing her husband Howard (Harlan Warde). When Lois shoots and kills Howard, Ed comes to her aid and helps her get rid of the body. They deposit the body at the airport, but Ed's brother Andy (John Dall), who just happens to be a homicide detective, discovers the cover-up. Ed and Lois flee to the abandoned Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The police track them down and arrest them. Ed's trial begins, and he faces the fact that Lois has captivated her lawyer, and Ed is now out of her life.
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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, George Hamilton, Bo Hopkins, Robert Donner, Jay Silverheels, Sandy Kevin, Larry Littlebird
Catherine (Sarah Miles) is an unhappy wife who, when kidnapped by train robbers, falls in love with her captor (Burt Reynolds), leaves her husband, and joins the gang.
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The Meanest Men in the West 1967  TV, 93 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles S. Dubin, Samuel Fuller
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Lee J. Cobb, James Drury, Charles Grodin, Miriam Colon, Albert Salmi, Don Mitchell, Brad Weston, Sara Lane
Bronson and Marvin play half brothers, both of whom are outlaws. They also don't especially like each other, which leads to complications. Not much here, especially considering the good cast.
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Men of Boys Town 1941 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn, Darryl Hickman, Henry O'Neill, Lee J. Cobb, Mary Nash, Sidney Miller, Addison Richards
This sequel to the classic "Boys' Town" again features Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in their roles of Father Flanagan and Whitey Marsh. A reformed Whitey comes to the aid of Father Flanagan in rehabilitating boys.
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Miracle of the Bells 1948 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Philip Ahn, Charles Meredith, Harold Vermilyea, Jim Nolan, Frank Ferguson, Frank Wilcox
A miracle occurs when the body of actress Olga Treskouna (Valli) is brought back to her hometown for burial.
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North of the Rio Grande 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nate Watt
Cast: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Morris Ankrum, Bernadene Hayes, Jack Rutherford, Lorraine Randall, Lee J. Cobb, John Beach, Walter Long
Hoppy poses as a notorious train robber in order to get to the man responsible for killing Hoppy's brother. The trail leads to a leading citizen, who is in reality "Lone Wolf," head of the train-robbing gang. Sidekick Windy (George "Gabby" Hayes)does a good stint as a barroom piano player.
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 On the Waterfront 1954 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, Rudy Bond, James Westerfield, Barry Macollum, Tony Galento, John F. Hamilton, Martin Balsam, Fred Gwynne, Pat Hingle
It takes courage to testify against union racketeering, and that is what dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) must face. His girlfriend Edie (Eva Marie Saint) and priest, Father Barry (Karl Malden), help Terry come to terms with his conscience. This film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actor (Marlon Brando), and Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint). Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, and Karl Malden were all nominated for Oscars.
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 Our Man Flint 1965 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Benson Fong, Rhys Williams, Russ Conway, Peter Brocco, James Brolin, William Walker
This spoof on "James Bond" films stars James Coburn as Derek Flint–the world's greatest secret agent. When attempts are made to assassinate him, Flint uses his deductive skills to locate the mad scientists who are out to get Flint out of the way so they can take over the world. Sequel: "In Like Flint."
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Paris Calling 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Lee J. Cobb, Charles Arnt, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisabeth Risdon, Georges Renavent, William Edmunds
The courage of a Frenchwoman, Marianne (Elisabeth Bergner), who joins the Resistance movement during World War II, is depicted in this insightful film about espionage used to inhibit Nazi control of Paris.
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Party Girl 1958 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly, Patrick McVey, David Opatoshu, Corey Allen, Jack Lambert
Thomas Farrell (Robert Taylor) defends crooks and has been "bought" by the mob. Then he meets a showgirl (Cyd Charisse) and she stimulates him to clean up his act, but it's not easy to free himself of mob boss Rico Angelo (Lee J. Cobb). Cyd performs a couple of great dance numbers.
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The Racers 1955 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, Katy Jurado, Charles Goldner, John Hudson, George Dolenz, John Wengraf
This look at auto race driving on the European circuit features Gino (Kirk Douglas) who faces a dilemma–love of racing versus devotion to his wife Nicole (Bella Darvi).
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Rustler's Valley 1937 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nate Watt
Cast: William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Russell Hayden, Stephen Morris, Lee J. Cobb, Alan Ladd, Muriel Evans, Ted Adams, Al Ferguson, John Beach
A crooked lawyer plots to gain control of the valley, and Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) helps a young rancher who is framed as a result of the lawyer's evil doings.
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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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The Song of Bernadette 1943 N/R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb, Anne Revere, Sig Ruman, Gladys Cooper, Roman Bohnen, Mary Anderson, Aubrey Mather
In the 19th century, Bernadette Soubirous (Jennifer Jones) saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto Of Lourdes. Although her vision was doubted by the church, she did not falter in her claim nor her beliefs. The film received four Oscars, including Best Actress for Jennifer Jones. Nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Charles Bickford), two Supporting Actress (Gladys Cooper and Anne Revere) and Director.
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That Lucky Touch 1975 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Roger Moore, Susannah York, Shelley Winters, Lee J. Cobb, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Raf Vallone, Sydne Rome, Donald Sinden, Michael Shannon, Aubrey Woods
Michael Scott's (Roger Moore) shady deals with the army are uncovered by the probing of journalist Julia Richardson (Susannah York). Lee J. Cobb's last film.
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They Came to Rob Las Vegas 1968 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Cast: Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Palance, Jean Servais, Daniel Martin, Maurizio Arena, Georges Geret, Fabrizio Capucci, Gerard Tichy
Tony (Gary Lockwood) is a blackjack dealer bent on revenge after police kill his friend. His plan is to pull off a robbery by intercepting the delivery of Las Vegas gambling money.
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Thieves' Highway 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, Hope Emerson
World War II vet Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) returns home and finds himself in the middle of another war. This time, the enemy is Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb) who heads up a racketeering and smuggling ring in California. As a result of this film, Director Jules Dassin was labeled a Communist sympathizer and was blacklisted from Hollywood.
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This Thing Called Love 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Binnie Barnes, Allyn Joslyn, Gloria Dickson, Lee J. Cobb, Gloria Holden, Don Beddoe, Sig Arno, Paul McGrath
When this film was released in 1941, the Legion of Decency banned it from American theaters because of its plot: newlyweds agree to remain celibate for the first three months of marriage. BUT, despite the agreement, the bridegroom (Melvin Douglas) tries many tricks to bed the increasingly suspicious bride (Rosalind Russell).
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The Three Faces of Eve 1957 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Edwin Jerome, Alistair Cooke, Nancy Kulp, Douglas Spencer, Ken Scott, Mimi Gibson, Vince Edwards, Alena Murray, Terry Ann Ross, Mary Field, Frank Marlow, Richard Garrick
Joanne Woodward won an Academy Award for Best Actress playing Eve who suffers from a multiple personality syndrome. The film is based on the true story of Eve's psychiatric treatment as three personalities emerge: Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane.
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Tonight We Raid Calais 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi, Blanche Yurka, Howard Da Silva, Marcel Dalio, Ann Codee, Nigel De Brulier, Robert Lewis, Richard Derr, Leslie Denison, William Edmunds, Lester Matthews, Reginald Sheffield
British Commando Geoffrey Carter (John Sutton) sneaks behind enemy lines to destroy a German munitions plant in Nazi-occupied France. While on his mission, Carter meets Odette (Annabella) whose father (Lee J. Cobb) is a patriotic farmer and is aiding Carter by allowing him to pose as a family member. But Odette fears reprisals against her relatives and wants her family out of the conflict. As a result, she represents a threat to the success of Carter's mission.
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The Trap 1959 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Tina Louise, Earl Holliman, Lorne Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Peter Baldwin, Richard Shannon, Carl Milletaire, Walter Coy
Ralph (Richard Widmark) is the son of a slain sheriff in a California town. Ralph had been the henchman for a crime boss (Lee J. Cobb), but now he is determined to avenge his father's death.
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| 1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
aka: Twelve Angry Men
2. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
3. Boomerang! (1947)
4. The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
5. Buckskin Frontier (1943)
6. But Not for Me (1959)
7. Call Northside 777 (1948)
8. Captain from Castile (1947)
9. Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
10. Coogan's Bluff (1968)
11. The Dark Past (1948)
12. Double Indemnity (1973)
13. Exodus (1960)
14. The Exorcist (1973)
15. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
16. Garment Jungle (1957)
17. Golden Boy (1939)
18. Gorilla at Large (1954)
19. Green Mansions (1959)
20. How the West Was Won (1962)
21. In Like Flint (1967)
22. Lawman (1971)
23. The Left Hand of God (1955)
24. The Luck of the Irish (1948)
25. Mackenna's Gold (1969)
26. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
27. Man of the West (1958)
28. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
29. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
30. The Meanest Men in the West (1967)
31. Men of Boys Town (1941)
32. Miracle of the Bells (1948)
33. North of the Rio Grande (1937)
34. On the Waterfront (1954)
35. Our Man Flint (1965)
36. Paris Calling (1941)
37. Party Girl (1958)
38. The Racers (1955)
39. Rustler's Valley (1937)
40. Sirocco (1951)
41. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
42. The Tall Texan (1953)
43. That Lucky Touch (1975)
44. They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
45. Thieves' Highway (1949)
46. This Thing Called Love (1941)
47. The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
48. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
49. The Trap (1959)
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