The Blue Gardenia 1953  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole
After finding out that her soldier/boyfriend has found a new girlfriend, Norah (Anne Baxter) goes out with Harry (Raymond Burr). The blind date doesn't go well for Norah. Returning to Harry's place after having too much to drink, he makes a pass at her, and she takes a poker to him. Later, after Harry is found dead, Norah assumes she did it while drunk, and now a reporter (Richard Conte) is on her trail. OK film noir.
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 Cat Ballou 1965  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliot Silverstein
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye, Reginald Denny, Jay C. Flippen, Arthur Hunnicutt, Bruce Cabot, John Marley
Lee Marvin won the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Kid Shelleen, a drunken, over-the-hill gunfighter in this Comedy/Western. Jane Fonda plays Catherine (alias Cat Ballou), a young schoolteacher who hires Kid Shelleen to avenge her father's murder. Four Academy Award nominations were also received.
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Small Town Girl 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Laszlo Kardos
Cast: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall, Bobby Van, Robert Keith, Chill Wills, Billie Burke, Fay Wray, Nat King Cole
While serving a 30-day sentence for speeding, Rick Belrow Livingston (Farley Granger) finds his playboy lifestyle changing as he falls in love with Cindy Kimbell (Jane Powell) and changes from his marriage plans with chorus girl Lisa (Ann Miller).
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| 1. The Blue Gardenia (1953)
2. Cat Ballou (1965)
3. Istanbul (1957)
4. Small Town Girl (1953)
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