 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Frank Conroy, Fay Roope, Tyler McVey, Harlan Warde, Lock Martin, Marshall Bradford, Wheaton Chambers, Holly Bane, Lawrence Dobkin
Alien Klaatu (Michael Rennie) with his robot Gort (Lock Martin) make a trip to Earth to discover the nature of its people. If they don't like what they find, they, along with members of other alien planets, are prepared to destroy the Earth. When the Earthlings discover the aliens and their purpose, they become very intent on a plan to capture the two spy aliens. This film set the standard for sci-fi movies.
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The Fast and the Furious 1954  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John Ireland, Edward Sampson
Cast: John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Bruce Carlisle, Marshall Bradford, Jean Howell, Iris Adrian, Larry Thor, Bruno VeSota, Robin Morse, Byrd Holland, Dick Pinner, Henry Rowland, "Snub" Pollard, Lou Place, Roger Corman
While running from a murder frame-up, Frank (John Ireland) meets Connie (Dorothy Malone) at a cafe. He takes Connie and her car on a cross-country race that will get him out of the country. But on the way, Connie works on him to turn himself in, and they fall in love. Eventually, Frank does the right thing and returns to clear his name.
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: Teenage Frankenstein
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Cast: Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway, George Lynn, John Cliff, Marshall Bradford, Russ Whiteman, Charles Seel, Claudia Bryar, Angela Blake, Joy Stoner, Patrick Miller
This is the story of one of Frankenstein's descendants, Professor Frankenstein (Whit Bissell), who maintains the family hobby of amassing body parts to create new lives. After gathering teenage bodies from an auto accident, Frankenstein and his assistant, Carlton (Robert Burton), use their bodies to create a teenage Monster (Gary Conway) that goes on a killing spree, which includes killing Frankenstein's fiancee, Margaret (Phyllis Coates).
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A Summer Place 1959  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue, Constance Ford, Beulah Bondi, Jack Richardson, Ann Doran, Marshall Bradford
Beautiful photography helps make this film adaptation of Sloan Wilson's novel a success. The plot contrasts the middle-aged adultery of Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) and Sylvia Hunter (Dorothy McGuire) with the teenage love affair involving their children Molly Jorgensen (Sandra Dee) and Johnny Hunter (Troy Donahue).
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| 1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
2. The Fast and the Furious (1954)
3. I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
aka: Teenage Frankenstein
4. A Summer Place (1959)
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