 The Angry Red Planet 1959  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ib Melchior
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden, Les Tremayne, Jack Kruschen, Paul Hahn, J. Edward McKinley, Tom Daly, Don Lamond, Edward Innes, Gordon Barnes
The highlight of this film is the process of "Cinemagic" that was used–everything looks pink (wow!). A spaceship from Earth heads to Mars where the astronauts find plants and monsters ready to duke it out, which they do until the tired spacemen head home.
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Dream Wife 1953  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Sheldon
Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Steve Forrest, Buddy Baer, Les Tremayne, Richard Anderson, Eduard Franz, Donald Randolph, Bruce Bennett, Dan Tobin
Business executive Clemson Reade (Cary Grant) divorces his wife, Effie (Deborah Kerr), when he has his eyes set on princess Tarji (Betta St. John) whose goal is to please her man. However, Tarji changes her tune after Effie teaches her a few facts of life. One of Grant's (and Kerr's and Pidgeon's) weaker films.
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The Fortune Cookie 1966  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West, Cliff Osmond, Lurene Tuttle, Harry Holcombe, Les Tremayne, Ned Glass, Sig Ruman, Lauren Gilbert, Marge Redmond, Noam Pitlik, Harry Davis
This film is a satire on middle-class values in America. When television cameraman Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) is injured during his filming of a Cleveland Browns football game, his brother-in-law "Whiplash Willy" (Walter Matthau) becomes his lawyer as they go to court to collect for injuries. Matthau won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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Francis Goes to West Point 1952  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley, Gregg Palmer, Les Tremayne, Otto Hulett, David Janssen, Paul Burke, Leonard Nimoy, Chill Wills
In this Francis episode, Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his talking mule, Francis (voice of Chill Wills), head to West Point where Francis has his hands full keeping Peter out of trouble. Look for Leonard Nimoy as a football player.
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The Gallant Hours 1960 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Montgomery
Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Weaver, Ward Costello, Richard Jaeckel, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton, Karl Swenson, Carl Benton Reid, Walter Sande, Vaughn Taylor
This is a thoughtful view of what it takes to be in command. Cagney plays Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. (a fine performance). The film traces Halsey's command in 1942 through the Battle of Guadalcanal as he matches wits with his Japanese counterpart, Admiral Yamamoto.
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I Love Melvin 1953 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Robert Taylor, Allyn Joslyn, Les Tremayne, Barbara Ruick, Howard Keel
A would-be photographer (Donald O'Connor) for "Look" magazine pretends to be a man with important connections in order to make an impression on a young chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds).
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A Man Called Peter 1955 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton, Gladys Hurlbut, Billy Chapin, Edward Earle, Marietta Canty
Peter Marshall (Richard Todd) was a Scottish-born clergyman who became the Chaplain of The U.S. Senate. This biography is based on his wife's memoirs, and is good fare, even for those with non-religious leanings.
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Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962 G, 53 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Abe Levitow
Cast: Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano, Morey Amsterdam, June Foray, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, John Hart, Jane Kean, Les Tremayne
Ebenezer Scrooge has more than just his known problem of "seeing" the greed that he has allowed to permeate his life when Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus) takes on the role–myopic vision and all.
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 North by Northwest 1959  N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis, Philip Ober, Josephine Hutchinson, Edward Platt, Les Tremayne, Adam Williams, Robert Ellenstein, Philip Coolidge, Patrick McVey, Ken Lynch
A Madison Avenue businessman (Cary Grant) is pursued by foreign agents who mistakenly think he is a spy. He has a torrid affair with a stranger (Eva Marie Saint) during a train ride while eluding the agents. The chase takes place from New York City, through Midwest corn fields, and culminates at the top of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota's Black Hills. One of Hitchcock's and filmdom's greats. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Film Editing, and Writing.
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The Perfect Furlough 1958 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Tony Curtis, Keenan Wynn, Elaine Stritch, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal, Troy Donahue, Marcel Dalio, Les Tremayne, Jay Novello, King Donovan
Tony Curtis plays a soldier stationed in the Arctic when he wins a furlough to Paris where he begins a romance with a military psychiatrist (Janet Leigh).
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The Racket 1951 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, William Conrad, Virginia Huston, Les Tremayne, Ray Collins, Joyce Mackenzie, Robert Hutton
Police Captain McGuigg (Robert Mitchum) resists pressure from a mobster, Nick (Robert Ryan), when he investigates racketeering in this intuitive film about political and legal corruption.
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Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer 1985  G, 97 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Bernard Deyries
Cast: Pat Fraley, Bettina Bush, Peter Cullen, Robbie Lee, Andre Stojka, David Mendenhall, Rhonda Aldrich, Les Tremayne, Mona Marshall, Jonathan Harris, Charles Adler, Scott Menville, David Workman, Marissa Mendenhall
In this animated feature film, a Hallmark character for a line of cards, Rainbow Brite (voice of Bettina Bush), spreads happiness to the world after her annual trip to the diamond planet, Spectra, where she gathered colors for spring.
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Say One for Me 1959 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Ray Walston, Les Tremayne, Connie Gilchrist, Stella Stevens, Frank McHugh, Sebastian Cabot, Joe Besser
Chorus girl, Holly (Debbie Reynolds), and Father Conroy (Bing Crosby) team up for a great charity event in a not-so-great movie.
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The Slime People 1962  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Hutton
Cast: Robert Hutton, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton, Susan Hart, William Boyce, Judee Morton, John Close, Tracy J. Putnam, Jock Putnam, Blair Robertson
And now it's time for another of the all-time bad movies. Nuclear testing awakens prehistoric subterranean monsters who then come to the surface in Los Angeles, create a curtain of fog around the city, and force the inhabitants to flee. But our duty scientist figures out a way to stop the fog and save humanity.
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Starchaser: The Legend of Orin 1985 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Hahn
Cast: Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Noelle North, Anthony De Longis, Les Tremayne, Tyke Caravelli, Ken Sansom, John Moschitta Jr., Mona Marshall, Herb Vigran, Mickey Morton, Dennis Alwood, John Garwood
This 3-D, animated, sci-fi feature relates the heroic deeds of young Orin (voice of Joe Colligan) as he retrieves a magic sword to kill evil robots and save the human race.
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The Story of Ruth 1960 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Peggy Wood, Viveca Lindfors, Jeff Morrow, Elana Eden, Thayer David, Les Tremayne, Eduard Franz, Leo Fuchs, Lili Valenty, Basil Ruysdael, John Gabriel, Ziva Rodann
This interpretation of Ruth's Biblical story involves the test of Ruth's faith after her husband, Mahlon (Tom Tryon), dies and how her belief in one God prevails and allows her to find a new man, Boaz (Stuart Whitman), with whom she will spend her life.
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Susan Slept Here 1954 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis, Ellen Corby, Glenda Farrell, Alvy Moore, Mara Lane, Herb Vigran, Les Tremayne, Rita Johnson
A screenwriter (Dick Powell) takes in a juvenile (Debbie Reynolds) as part of his research for his next project on juvenile delinquency. Plans go awry when he begins to fall in love with his young houseguest.
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 War of the Worlds 1953   N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller
Director: Byron Haskin
Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Lewis Martin, Cedric Hardwicke, Robert Cornthwaite, Jack Kruschen, Henry Brandon, Sandro Giglio, William Phipps
This imaginative film earned the Academy Award for Best Special Effects. It relates H. B. Wells' story about a Martian invasion that is stopped short when a bacteria invades the aliens' bloodstream. 1 User Review
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| | Haineye 03/06/2007 | | best sci-fi movie every made. Special effects and plot outstanding. |
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| 1. The Angry Red Planet (1959)
2. Dream Wife (1953)
3. The Fortune Cookie (1966)
4. Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
5. The Gallant Hours (1960)
6. I Love Melvin (1953)
7. A Man Called Peter (1955)
8. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
9. North by Northwest (1959)
10. The Perfect Furlough (1958)
11. The Racket (1951)
12. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985)
13. Say One for Me (1959)
14. The Slime People (1962)
15. Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
16. The Story of Ruth (1960)
17. Susan Slept Here (1954)
18. War of the Worlds (1953)
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