Austerlitz 1960  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
Director: Abel Gance
Cast: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Ettore Manni, Claudia Cardinale, Elvire Popesco, Michel Simon, Georges Marchal, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Rossano Brazzi
At the beginning of this film, the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) unfolds–showing his family life with wife Josephine (Martine Carol)–before the story moves on to the battlefields of the Napoleonic War and Napoleon proclaiming himself Emperor of France.
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Black Magic 1949   N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Frank Latimore, Valentina Cortese, Margot Grahame, Berry Kroeger, Gregory Gaye, Raymond Burr, Stephen Bekassy
Cagliostro (Orson Welles) uses his hypnotic powers in the 18th century for his own gains within the royal court. 1 User Review
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The Black Rose 1950 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry, Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Finlay Currie, Herbert Lom, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Harvey, Robert Blake
Set in the 1200s following a Saxon revolt, this is the story of Walter of Gurnie's (Tyrone Power) flight into China where he experiences adventure and gains great knowledge.
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Bugs Bunny Superstar 1975  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Documentary
Director: Larry Jackson
Cast: Orson Welles, Mel Blanc
Orson Welles narrates this tribute to the golden years of Warner Brothers cartoons, including the old lot where Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and others were "born." Interviews with animation greats are interspersed with nine cartoons. Good entertainment for both adults and children.
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Butterfly 1982 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Cimber
Cast: Stacy Keach, Orson Welles, Pia Zadora, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, James Franciscus, Stuart Whitman, Ed McMahon, June Lockhart, George "Buck" Flower, Peter Jason, Paul Hampton, Ann Dane, Greg Gault, John O'Conner White
Jess Tyler (Stacy Keach) has spent many years alone guarding an abandoned silver mine. His daughter Kady (Pia Zadora) appears on the scene and wants Jess to help her in a plot against the father of her illegitimate child. The father of Kady's baby abandoned her and is the son of the mine's owner. Now, Jess and Kady plan to steal from the mine as their way to exact revenge. Orson Welles' brief appearance as Judge Rauch is the highlight of this film.
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Casino Royale 1967 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: John Huston, Val Guest, Ken Hughes, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish
Cast: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, John Huston, George Raft, Joanna Pettet, Charles Boyer, Kurt Kasznar, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter O'Toole
Special Agent 007 James Bond (David Niven) is enjoying retirement when he is coaxed back into the Secret Service after M is slain. Bond's mission is to smash the spy organization SMERSH, which is headed by the evil Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), and to accomplish that goal, agents converge on Casino Royale. Burt Bacharach provided the good musical score. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("The Look of Love").
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Catch-22 1970 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Orson Welles, Martin Sheen, Jack Gilford, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Paula Prentiss, Anthony Perkins, Austin Pendleton, Jon Voight, Orson Welles
Based on Joseph Heller's novel, this is a good anti-war film. It is the story of a World War I bomber group whose fatalities are mounting. One member, Captain Yossarian (Alan Arkin), tries to be diagnosed as insane to escape further bombing missions.
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Chimes at Midnight 1965 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Falstaff
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Norman Rodway, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Ralph Richardson, Fernando Rey, Alan Webb, Walter Chiari
Set in 15th-century England, this Shakespearean drama is about Falstaff's (Orson Welles) relationship with the future King Henry V (John Gielgud).
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 Citizen Kane 1941  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Alan Ladd, George Coulouris, Paul Stewart, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Fortunio Bonanova, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus
This Orson Welles film is often voted the best film ever made; it also revolutionized filmmaking technology. When reporter Jerry Thompson (William Alland) searches for the meaning of Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) last dying word, "Rosebud," the life of the arrogant newspaper magnate is told through the reminiscences of those who knew him. An Oscar was awarded for Best Original Screenplay, and eight nominations were received–including Best Picture, Actor (Welles), and Director.
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Compulsion 1959 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, E.G. Marshall, Martin Milner, Richard Anderson, Ed Binns, Robert F. Simon, Robert Burton, Wilton Graff, Gavin MacLeod, Louise Lorimer, Terry Becker, Russ Bender
This is a fictionalized version of the 1920s' Leopold and Loeb case in which law school students–in this case Artie Straus and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell)–carry out the "perfect" murder. The crime was perpetrated solely because they were convinced of their own intellectual superiority and wanted to prove their theory. Their parents hire defense attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) because of his reputation for fighting against the death penalty.
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David and Goliath 1960 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Richard Pottier
Cast: Orson Welles, Ivo Payer, Edward Hilton, Massimo Serato, Pierre Cressoy, Umberto Fiz, Luigi Tosi, Gabriele Tinti, Kronos
This Italian film relates the Bible story about the legendary battle between the giant, Goliath (Kronos), and David (Ivo Payer) who wielded only his trusty slingshot to slay his adversary.
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Follow the Boys 1944 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Drama
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: George Raft, Vera Zorina, Charley Grapewin, Jeanette MacDonald, Regis Toomey, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, W.C. Fields, Gale Sondergaard, Grace McDonald, Charles Butterworth, Ramsay Ames, Elizabeth Patterson, George Macready, Theodore von Eltz
This is Universal Studio's all-star effort to help morale in America during World War II. The story involves a brother-sister-father (George Raft, Jeanette MacDonald, and Charley Grapewin) vaudeville act that moves to Hollywood where Tony (Raft) gains stardom with Gloria Vance (Vera Zorina). When World War II erupts, Tony, whose bad knee keeps him out of the service, organizes an all-star tour to entertain the troops. Dozens of stars are featured in the show, which features songs, dances and comedy skits.
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Get to Know Your Rabbit 1972  R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Smothers, John Astin, Susanne Zenor, Samantha Jones, Allen Garfield, Katharine Ross, Orson Welles, Hope Summers, Charles(2) Lane, M. Emmet Walsh
Donald Beeman (Tom Smothers) learns how to perform magic from Mr. Delasandro (Orson Welles) and sets out to enter the realm of show business.
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History of the World: Part I 1981 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Orson Welles, Cloris Leachman, Gregory Hines, John Gavin, Paul Mazursky, John Hurt
The Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution are presented as you have never read in history books. Added to that are excerpts from the Bible presented in humorous, irreverent ways. This is definitely a hysterical historical movie.
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In Our Hands 1984 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Robert Richer, Stanley Warnow
Cast: Carly Simon, Peter,Paul&Mary, Roy Scheider, Ellen Burstyn, Orson Welles, Meryl Streep, Jill Clayburgh, Pete Seeger, Benjamin Spock, Helen Caldicott
This is a filmed documentary of the 1982 anti-nuke rally in New York City.
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Is Paris Burning? 1966 N/R, 173 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Simone Signoret, Orson Welles
This is the story of the liberation of Paris in 1944. When the Allies approached the city, the Nazis were ordered to burn it to the ground.
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I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name 1967  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Oliver Reed, Orson Welles, Carol White, Norman Rodway, Harry Andrews, Peter Graves, Edward Fox, Frank Finlay, Michael Hordern, Wendy Craig
The foibles of modern society are the focus of this film involving Andrew Quint's (Oliver Reed) attempt to regain his dreams of youth.
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Jane Eyre 1944  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, Henry Daniell, John Sutton, Agnes Moorehead, Peggy Ann Garner, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather, Edith Barrett, Barbara Everest, Hillary Brooke, Mae Marsh, Eily Malyon
As a young girl, Jane (Peggy Ann Garner) is raised in a cruel orphanage, and when she grows up Jane (now played by Joan Fontaine) takes a job as governess for Adele (Margaret O'Brien) at the mansion of Edward Rochester (Orson Welles). Jane is attracted to Rochester, and, in time, he returns her attention. All goes well, until it is revealed that Rochester is married to an insane woman who he keeps locked in the attic. Jane leaves, but, when she learns that Rochester's wife has set fire to the mansion, she returns and finds that Rochester was blinded in the fire. Jane convinces Rochester that her reason for returning is love, not pity, and he returns her affections.
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Journey Into Fear 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Orson Welles, Jack Moss, Agnes Moorehead, Hans Conried, Everett Sloane, Edgar Barrier, Stefan Schnabel
The setting for this film is World War II Turkey where Howard Graham (Joseph Cotten) flees across the Black Sea trying to elude a Nazi assassin. This movie was produced by Orson Welles' Mercury Theater group and is a good spy drama dealing with munitions smuggling. Remade in 1975.
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 King Lear 1953 TV, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew McCullough
Cast: Orson Welles, Beatrice Straight, Natasha Parry, Arnold Moss, Margaret Phillips, Bramwell Fletcher, David J. Stewart, Alan Badel, Michael MacLiammoir, Frederick Worlock, Scott Forbes, Wesley Addy, Fred Sadoff, Lloyd Bochner, Chris Gampel
This is a good made-for-TV, black-and-white film of the Shakespeare tragedy. Orson Welles plays King Lear who makes the wrong decision concerning the division of his land and power among his daughters Goneril and Regan (Beatrice Straight Margaret Phillips) after he takes away his youngest daughter Cordelia's (Natasha Parry) rights to the kingdom. He bases his decision on their expression of how much each one loves him. The play's subplot about the Duke of Gloucester and his son was deleted in the interest of time.
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King of Kings 1961 N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam, Royal Dano, George Coulouris, Orson Welles, Ron Randell, Carmen Sevilla, Brigid Bazlen, Frank Thring
Jeffrey Hunter plays the role of Jesus of Nazareth in this excellent and beautifully filmed story that is narrated by Orson Welles. Mary (Siobhan McKenna), Pontius Pilate (Hurd Hatfield), Judas (Rip Torn), and John the Baptist (Robert Ryan) are all there in this re-telling of Bible stories. One of the highlights is the Sermon on the Mount.
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The Kremlin Letter 1970 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Patrick O'Neal, Barbara Parkins, Dean Jagger, George Sanders, John Huston, Marc Lawrence
This cold-war espionage story is about a false treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union that aims to undermine forces of Red China. If the treaty falls into the wrong hands, World War III could be the result.
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La Decade Prodigieuse 1972 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
aka: Ten Days Wonder
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Orson Welles, Marlene Jobert, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli, Guido Alberti, Ermanno Casanova, Mathilde Ceccarelli, Eric Frisdal, Giovanni Sciuto, Vittorio Sanipoli
In this interesting mystery, Charles (Anthony Perkins) becomes enamored with his father's (Orson Welles) new bride (Marlene Jobert), and events lead to murder.
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 The Lady from Shanghai 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Harry Shannon
Irish adventurer Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) gets involved with Elsa (Rita Hayworth) and Arthur (Everett Sloane) Bannister and ends up the foil in the Bannisters' bizarre murder scheme. Errol Flynn's yacht, "Zaca," was used in the seagoing scenes of this film.
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The Long, Hot Summer 1958 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, Mabel Albertson, J. Pat O'Malley, Val Avery, Sarah Marshall, William Walker, George Dunn, Jess Kirkpatrick, I. Stanford Jolley
Drifter Ben Quick (Paul Newman) arrives in town and changes the lives of the Varner family. Big Daddy Varner (Orson Welles) recognizes that Ben Quick is a man to be reckoned with; however, daughter Clara (Joanne Woodward) is attracted to Quick. Weak son Jody (Tony Franciosa) is jealous of Quick's decisiveness. It all makes for one long, HOT summer.
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L'Etoile Du Sud 1969 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Southern Star
Director: Sidney Hayers
Cast: Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, George Segal, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Johnny Sekka, Michel Constantin, Charles Lamb, Georges Geret, Guy Delorme
The "Etoile Du Sud" is a priceless diamond that has been stolen, and an adventurer (George Segal) in Africa is wrongly imprisoned for its theft.
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Macbeth 1948 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Lurene Tuttle, Peggy Webber, Lionel Braham
Orson Welles masterfully portrays the title role of the 11th-century Scottish nobleman whose vanity and ambition lead to murder in William Shakespeare's tragic tale. Jeanette Nolan plays the overly ambitious Lady Macbeth who will stop at nothing, even murder, to ensure that her husband will become king.
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The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt, Anne Baxter, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Erskine Sanford, Orson Welles, Don Dillaway, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield, John Elliott
This is the Booth Tarkington's story of the wealthy Amberson family's fall from the heights of society and the impact it inflicts on its members in the late 19th century. Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) returns to Indianapolis, Indiana, after many years. He left as a struggling inventor when Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello) turned down his marriage proposal to marry the "more acceptable" Wilbur Minafer (Don Dillaway). Eugene is now a widower with a daughter Lucy (Anne Baxter) and the successful inventor of an automobile. Isabel has been widowed, and Eugene again pursues her. But her son George (Tim Holt) and Aunt Fanny Amberson (Agnes Moorehead) interfere, and their actions bring on tragedy for the family when they do not accept progress in the changing world of the automobile age. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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A Man for All Seasons 1966 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Susannah York, Vanessa Redgrave, Nigel Davenport, John Hurt, Corin Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Cyril Luckham, Jack Gwillim, Thomas Heathcote
This historical epic of a turning point in English history centers on Catholic Cardinal Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield), who disputes Henry VIII's (Robert Shaw) desire to divorce Anne Boleyn. Once Henry sets himself up as head of his new Church of England, More stands up for his principles and resigns. This film won six Academy Awards; among them were Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Scofield). Wendy Hiller and Robert Shaw were also nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Actor.
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Man in the Shadow 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander, James Gleason, Royal Dano, Paul Fix, Barbara Lawrence, John Larch, Leo Gordon
Powerful rancher Virgil Renchler (Orson Welles) has a Mexican laborer killed because he was involved with Renchler's daughter. A new sheriff, Ben Sadler (Jeff Chandler), proves to be an obstacle to Renchler's free run over people.
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Moby Dick 1956 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Huston
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Orson Welles, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Mervyn Johns, Noel Purcell, Royal Dano, Christopher Lee
Ray Bradbury and John Huston wrote the excellent screenplay for this film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel about Captain Ahab's (Gregory Peck) obsession with the great white whale.
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Mr. Arkadin 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Confidential Report
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Paola Mori, Akim Tamiroff, Mischa Auer, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Katina Paxinou, Gregoire Aslan, Peter van Eyck
Orson Welles took on roles of actor, director, and writer of this strange story about an amnesiac millionaire, Gregory Arkadin (Welles), who hires an American, Guy Van Stratten (Robert Arden), to uncover his past life.
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The Muppet Movie 1979 G, 98 min.
Genre: Family
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Orson Welles, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Richard Pryor
Jim Henson's muppets are brought to the screen to tell their unique rags-to-riches story of success in Hollywood.
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 Napoleon 1955 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sacha Guitry
Cast: Orson Welles, Maria Schell, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gelin, Danielle Darrieux, Sacha Guitry, Dany Robin, Jean Gabin, Cosetta Greco, Yves Montand, Roger Pigaut, Micheline Presle
Writer/director Sacha Guitry costars as Tallyrand who tells his friends about Napoleon Bonaparte's life. The story covers Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) life from his campaigns in Italy to the Battle of Waterloo and, finally, his imprisonment and death on St. Helena.
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Necromancy 1972 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Witching
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell, Michael Ontkean, Harvey Jason, Sue Bernard, Lisa James, Stephen Knight, Brinke Stevens, Terry Quinn
Mr. Cato (Orson Welles) owns a toy factory that makes objects for witchcraft. His son (Terry Quinn) has died, and Mr. Cato wants to use the soul of Lori Brandon (Pamela Franklin) as part of his satanic experiment that will result in bringing his son back to life.
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Oedipus the King 1968 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Saville
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Lilli Palmer, Richard Johnson, Cyril Cusack, Roger Livesey, Donald Sutherland, Friedrich von Ledebur
Filmed in the manner it was first performed over 2000 years ago in a Greek amphitheater, this is the story of Oedipus (Christopher Plummer) who solves the riddle of the Sphinx and, unknowingly, kills his father and marries his mother in this Sophocles tragedy.
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Othello 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Suzanne Cloutier, Michael MacLiammoir, Robert Coote, Michael Laurence, Fay Compton, Joseph Cotten, Joan Fontaine
This is the classic tale by Shakespeare in which the Moor Othello (Orson Welles) marries Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), but happiness turns to tragedy when Othello heeds Iago's jealous advice. Restored, with new sound recording, and rereleased in 1992.
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Prince of Foxes 1949 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Marina Berti, Everett Sloane, Katina Paxinou, Felix Aylmer, Eduardo Ciannelli, Leslie Bradley, Eugene Deckers
Orsini (Tyrone Power) is sent by Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles) to win the affection of Camilla (Wanda Hendrix) in this beautifully costumed and artistically photographed epic story.
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The Roots of Heaven 1958 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Errol Flynn, Trevor Howard, Juliette Greco, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom, Gregoire Aslan, Andre Luguet, Friedrich von Ledebur
A group of white adventurers in Africa become involved in saving the elephants.
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A Safe Place 1971 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, Jack Nicholson, Phil Proctor, Gwen Welles, Rhonda Alfaro, Fanny Birkenmier, Sylvia Zapp, Dov Lawrence, Barbara Flood
This surrealistic story is about Susan (Tuesday Weld) who lives in a fantasy world from which she cannot escape.
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Slapstick (Of Another Kind) 1982  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steven Paul
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, John Abbott, Jim Backus, Merv Griffin, Pat Morita, Orson Welles, Samuel Fuller, Steven Paul
Wealthy and famous parents, Wilbur (Jerry Lewis) and Eliza (Madeline Kahn) Swain, have very ugly twins (also played by Lewis and Kahn) who are actually aliens from another planet.
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Someone to Love 1987 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Jaglom
Cast: Henry Jaglom, Michael Emil, Andrea Marcovicci, Sally Kellerman, Orson Welles, Monte Hellman, Ronee Blakely, Kathryn Harrold, Oja Kodar, Stephen Bishop
This film marks Orson Welles' last screen appearance. The story takes place at a theater party during which actors tell the camera how they seek satisfying emotional relationships.
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Start the Revolution Without Me 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles, Graham Stark, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin
Set during the French Revolution, this is a good comedy about two sets of twins who were mixed at birth. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on dual roles for both sets of twins.
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The Stranger 1946 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Billy House, Konstantin Shayne, Martha Wentworth, Byron Keith, Isabel O'Madigan, Brother Theodore, Neal Dodd, Erskine Sanford, John Brown
Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) is a government agent tracking escaped Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler (Orson Welles). The trail leads to a small town in Connecticut and Kindler's marriage to the daughter (Loretta Young) of a Supreme Court Justice.
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Swiss Family Robinson 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew, Terry Kilburn, Tim Holt, Christian Rub, John Wray, Herbert Rawlinson, Orson Welles, Bobbie Quillan
Based on Johann David Wyss' novel, this is the story of a shipwrecked family who learn how to survive on a small South Seas island. Welles narrates opening scenes.
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The Tartars 1961 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ferdinando Baldi, Richard Thorpe
Cast: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei, Arnoldo Foa, Folco Lulli, Luciano Marin, Bella Cortez, Furio Meniconi, Pietro Ceccarelli, Renato Terra
This is the story of a ruthless and barbaric clash between Vikings and the Tartars. Victor Mature plays the Viking leader, Oleg, while Orson Welles stars as Berundai, the Tartar chief.
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 The Third Man 1949 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Paul Horbiger, Eric Pohlmann, Ernst Deutsch, Erich Ponto, Siegfried Breuer, Hedwig Bleibtreu, Carol Reed, Karel Stepanek
This is a great thriller. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is a writer who discovers that his friend Harry Lyme (Orson Welles), who he thought was dead, is indeed alive and in charge of a European Black Market organization. When Holly becomes involved in uncovering Harry's criminal activity, he also must deal with the multinational police. An Oscar was presented for Best Cinematography, and Carol Reed was nominated for Best Director.
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Three Cases of Murder 1954 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Wendy Toye
Cast: Alan Badel, Hugh Pryse, Eddie Byrne, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars, Orson Welles, Leueen MacGrath, Jack Lambert, Helen Cherry, Andre Morell
This film is made up of a trio of murder stories and provides good fare for mystery fans.
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Tomorrow Is Forever 1946 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Richard Long, Natalie Wood, Ian Wolfe, Lois Austin, Irving Pichel, Milton Kibbee
Larry Hamilton (George Brent) hires an Austrian scientist, Erich Kessler (Orson Welles). Larry's wife, Elizabeth (Claudette Colbert), begins to suspect that Kessler is her husband of 20 years ago who was supposedly killed in action during World War I.
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Touch of Evil 1958 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Dennis Weaver, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Ray Collins, Joanna Moore, Marlene Dietrich, Valentin de Vargas, Joi Lansing, Joseph Cotten, Mercedes McCambridge
Orson Welles can make film masterpieces, and this is one excellent example of his artistic talents. Welles plays an American policeman who has issues with an important man (Charlton Heston) in the Mexican government while on the trail of the killers of a wealthy Mexican. A number of cameo appearances add to the appeal.
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 The Transformers: The Movie 1986 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Nelson Shin
Cast: Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Lionel Stander, Clive Revill, John Moschitta Jr., Norman Alden, Peter Cullen, Scatman Crothers, Casey Kasem, Jack Angel, Frank Welker
The 1980s' TV cartoon series is brought to the screen. The year is 2005, and the Autobots are locked in battle with the evil Decepticons for the rights to the planet. This time around, a killer Planet Unicron (voice of Orson Welles) enters the fray and adds to the perils endured by the Autobots in their fight for survival.
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Treasure Island 1972 G, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: John Hough
Cast: Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Walter Slezak, Lionel Stander, Rik Battaglia, Paul Muller, Maria Rohm, Aldo Sambrell, Angel del Pozo, Jean Lefebvre, Michel Garland, Adolfo Thous, Alibe, Jose Luis Chinchilla, Victor Israel
Jim Hawkins' (Kim Burfield) treasure map is the key that gets him involved with the band of pirates headed by Long John Silver (Orson Welles) in this adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.
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Trent's Last Case 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Orson Welles, John McCallum, Sam Kydd, Miles Malleson, Hugh McDermott, Jack McNaughton, John Chandos, Henry Edwards
After international businessman Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles) is found dead, his wife Margaret (Margaret Lockwood) is accused of murdering him. Now, ace newspaper reporter Philip Trent (Michael Wilding) steps in to investigate. The story is told in flashbacks to reveal what really happened, and Trent concludes that Sigsbee committed suicide and left evidence to frame Margaret.
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The Trial 1963 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau, Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff, Orson Welles, Arnoldo Foa, Suzanne Flon, Jess Hahn, Madeleine Robinson
This is the film adaptation of Frank Kafka's classic tale about the imperfections inherent in a judicial system as exemplified by a man who is arrested for an unspecified crime.
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The V.I.P.s 1963 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Orson Welles, Margaret Rutherford, Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Michael Hordern, Robert Coote
The acting is top notch in this film about four V.I.P.s who are stranded overnight by fog at London's Heathrow Airport. Margaret Rutherford won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
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Voyage of the Damned 1976 PG, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason, Lee Grant, Ben Gazzara, Katharine Ross, Jose Ferrer, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick, David de Keyser, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Harris
This film is based on the true story of Jewish refugees–including countess Denise (Faye Dunaway) and her husband Professor Egon Kreisler (Oscar Werner) and disbarred attorney Carl Rosen (Sam Wanamaker), his wife Lili (Lee Grant), and daughter Anna (Lynne Frederick). In 1939, they and other passengers sail from Europe looking for freedom. Their ship is not allowed to dock in ports in the Western Hemisphere, and the voyage proves fruitless when they are forced to return to Germany. Lee Grant received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Waterloo 1970 G, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Wilding, Donal Donnelly, Terence Alexander, Rupert Davies
Originally a four-hour film, this movie was cut way back for U.S. consumption. It is the story of Napoleon's take-over of Europe and his final downfall at Waterloo.
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| 1. Austerlitz (1960)
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
2. The Battle of Neretva (1969)
3. Black Magic (1949)
4. The Black Rose (1950)
5. Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
6. Butterfly (1982)
7. Casino Royale (1967)
8. Catch-22 (1970)
9. Chimes at Midnight (1965)
aka: Falstaff
10. Citizen Kane (1941)
11. Compulsion (1959)
12. Crack in the Mirror (1960)
13. David and Goliath (1960)
14. The Double McGuffin (1979)
15. F for Fake (1975)
16. Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
17. Follow the Boys (1944)
18. Genocide (1981)
19. Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
20. History of the World: Part I (1981)
21. Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
22. House of Cards (1968)
23. The Immortal Story (1968)
24. In Our Hands (1984)
25. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
26. I'll Never Forget What's 'Is Name (1967)
27. Jane Eyre (1944)
28. Journey Into Fear (1942)
29. King Lear (1953)
30. King of Kings (1961)
31. The Kremlin Letter (1970)
32. La Decade Prodigieuse (1972)
aka: Ten Days Wonder
33. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
34. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
35. L'Etoile Du Sud (1969)
aka: The Southern Star
36. Macbeth (1948)
37. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
38. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
39. Man in the Shadow (1957)
40. Moby Dick (1956)
41. Mr. Arkadin (1955)
aka: Confidential Report
42. The Muppet Movie (1979)
43. Napoleon (1955)
44. Necromancy (1972)
aka: The Witching
45. Oedipus the King (1968)
46. Othello (1952)
47. Prince of Foxes (1949)
48. The Roots of Heaven (1958)
49. A Safe Place (1971)
50. Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
51. Someone to Love (1987)
52. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
53. The Stranger (1946)
54. Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
55. The Tartars (1961)
56. The Third Man (1949)
57. Three Cases of Murder (1954)
58. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
59. Touch of Evil (1958)
60. The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
61. Treasure Island (1972)
62. Trent's Last Case (1952)
63. The Trial (1963)
64. Trouble in the Glen (1953)
65. The V.I.P.s (1963)
66. Voyage of the Damned (1976)
67. Waterloo (1970)
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