Desperate Characters 1971  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank D. Gilroy
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sada Thompson, Jack Somack, Chris Gampel, Mary Alan Hokanson, Carol Kane, Patrick McVey, Michael Higgins, Robert Bauer, Michael McAloney, Rose Gregorio, Elena Karam
This plot involves 48 hours in the life of a childless couple Sophie and Otto Brentwood (Shirley Maclaine and Kenneth Mars), during 1971, as they realize they and their neighbors no longer feel safe in their Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. During a party given by their friends Mike and Flo (Chris Gampel and Mary Alan Hokanson), a rock crashes through the window. And, this is only one of the disturbing dangers intruding on their lives in the city.
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 Guys and Dolls 1955 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye, Sheldon Leonard, Regis Toomey, Robert Keith, B.S. Pully, George E. Stone, Johnny Silver, Danny Dayton, Kathryn Givney, Veda Ann Borg, Mary Alan Hokanson
In this Damon Runyon story, gambler Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando) falls in love with Salvation Army worker Sarah Brown (Jean Simmons) after he accepts Nathan Detroit's (Frank Sinatra) bet that he will not be able to convince Sarah to go on a date to Havana with him. Meanwhile, Nathan tries to fend off Miss Adelaide (Vivian Blaine) who wants him to marry her. Songs include "Luck Be a Lady" and "Sit Down, You're rocking the Boat." The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Cinematography.
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Storm Warning 1951  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran, Hugh Sanders, Lloyd Gough, Raymond Greenleaf, Ned Glass, Sean McClory, Mary Alan Hokanson
After witnessing a reporter's murder, Marsha (Ginger Rogers) learns that her own brother-in-law, Hank (Steve Cochran), is a member of the group of killers–the Ku Klux Klan.
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Tea and Sympathy 1956 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson, Edward Andrews, Norma Crane, Dean Jones, Darryl Hickman, Jacqueline deWit, Tom Laughlin, Mary Alan Hokanson
This is the film version of the successful Broadway play in which a young student (John Kerr) discovers happiness through the sensitivity of his lover (Deborah Kerr) who happens to be his teacher's wife.
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 Them! 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, James Arness, Joan Weldon, Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory, Ann Doran, Dub Taylor, Fess Parker, Leonard Nimoy, Sandy Descher, Chris Drake, Mary Alan Hokanson, Olin Howland, Don Shelton
This is one of the best early films of the science fiction genre. The story begins when New Mexico state troopers Ben Peterson and Ed Blackburn (James Whitmore and Chris Drake) discover a gutted trailer home and a catatonic young girl who utters, "Them." This sets off an investigation, and FBI agent Robert Graham (James Arness), along with entomologists Dr. Harold Medford and his daughter Dr. Pat Medford (Edmund Gwenn and Joan Weldon), join in the hunt. They learn that secret nuclear testing has created gigantic ants, and now they must destroy the queen ants before more ants are hatched.
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| 1. Desperate Characters (1971)
2. Guys and Dolls (1955)
3. Storm Warning (1951)
4. Tea and Sympathy (1956)
5. Them! (1954)
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