Deadline U.S.A. 1952  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Kim Hunter, Ethel Barrymore, Ed Begley, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, Warren Stevens, Joe De Santis, Carleton Young, Martin Gabel
Humphrey Bogart plays the honest newspaper editor who fights the evil underworld as his publisher (Ethel Barrymore) struggles to keep the business going.
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Divorce American Style 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson, Joe Flynn, Shelley Berman, Martin Gabel, Lee Grant, Tom Bosley
This is a good satire on the status of marriage and divorce. When a couple contemplates divorce after 15 years of marriage, they meet a divorced couple and are confronted with the reality of alimony.
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The First Deadly Sin 1980  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, James Whitmore, David Dukes, Brenda Vaccaro, Martin Gabel, Anthony Zerbe, George Coe, Joe Spinell, Bruce Willis, Anna Navarro, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Devaney, Hugh Hurd, Robert Weil
Police detective Edward Delaney (Frank Sinatra) is nearing retirement, and his wife Barbara (Faye Dunaway) is dying and looking for a miracle to save herself. Meanwhile, Edward is stalking a psychotic killer (David Dukes) in this chilling drama.
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Fourteen Hours 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra Paget, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Keith, Howard Da Silva, Jeffrey Hunter, Grace Kelly, Martin Gabel
Mentally disturbed Robert Cosick (Richard Basehart) climbs out onto a 15-story ledge and threatens to jump. This story about a policeman's (Paul Douglas) attempt to talk him down provides a suspenseful and well-performed thriller. It also features stars in early roles: Grace Kelly in her film debut as Mrs. Fuller, Ossie Davis as a taxi driver, and Joyce Van Patten as Ruth's (Debra Paget) girlfriend.
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The Front Page 1974  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia, David Wayne, Allen Garfield, Charles Durning, Martin Gabel, Harold Gould
This is the third filming (the 1940 version was titled "His Girl Friday") of the Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur play about the intrigue in a Chicago pressroom as news of a jail break brings matters to a head in this excellent comedy/drama. Again remade in 1988 as "Switching Channels."
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The James Dean Story 1957  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Robert Altman, George W. George
Cast: Martin Gabel
This documentary is narrated by Martin Gabel and includes outtakes from Dean's films as well as film footage from public performances. Boring.
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The Lost Moment 1947 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Gabel
Cast: Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Lorring, Eduardo Ciannelli, Frank Puglia, John Archer, Minerva Urecal, William Edmunds, Martin Garralaga
Searching for love letters, written by a now-famous poet proves difficult for Lewis (Robert Cummings) when he must deal with the niece (Susan Hayward) of the aging recipient (Agnes Moorehead) of the long-lost letters.
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 M 1951  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Jim Backus, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr, Karen Morley, Norman Lloyd, John Miljan
This remake of the 1931 German film is not as good; however, it is an entertaining thriller about the tracking-down of a child murderer.
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Marnie 1964 PG, 130 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Diane Baker, Louise Latham, Martin Gabel, Bob Sweeney, Henry Beckman, Alan Napier, Bruce Dern, Mariette Hartley
Marnie (Tippi Hedren) works in an office until she finds the opportunity to steal company funds and then moves on to the next business. When her new boss (Sean Connery) recognizes her from a previous heist, instead of turning her in, he marries her and tries to find out what makes her behave in such strange ways. An interesting Alfred Hitchcock tale.
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There Was a Crooked Man... 1970 R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, John Randolph, Arthur O'Connell, Martin Gabel, Michael Blodgett, Claudia McNeil
When Paris Pittman Jr. (Kirk Douglas) is caught stealing and sent to prison, the warden (Henry Fonda) takes a special interest in him in this Comedy/Western.
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 The Thief 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Rouse
Cast: Ray Milland, Martin Gabel, Rita Gam, Harry Bronson, John McKutcheon, Rita Vale, Rex O'Malley, Joe Conlin, Ray Stricklyn
Filmed without benefit of dialogue, this film is about a nuclear scientist working for the Atomic Energy Commission who sold information to the enemy and is now evading FBI agents in hot pursuit.
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| 1. Deadline U.S.A. (1952)
2. Divorce American Style (1967)
3. The First Deadly Sin (1980)
4. Fourteen Hours (1951)
5. The Front Page (1974)
6. Goodbye Charlie (1964)
7. The James Dean Story (1957)
8. Lady in Cement (1968)
9. The Lost Moment (1947)
10. M (1951)
11. Marnie (1964)
12. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
13. The Thief (1952)
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