Garment Jungle 1957 
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Robert Loggia, Joseph Wiseman, Harold J. Stone, Adam Williams, Wesley Addy, Willis Bouchey, Robert Ellenstein, Celia Lovsky, Sid Melton, Jud Taylor
Alan Mitchell (Kerwin Mathews) returns home from the Korean War and joins his father Walter's (Lee J. Cobb) clothing firm only to discover that Walter is involved in a union-busting syndicate. Alan tries unsuccessfully to talk Walter into changing his mind about unions, and then talks to union leader Tulio Renata (Robert Loggia). Alan's visit results in a series of murder victims–including Walter and Renata. Finally, Alan uses his father's accounting books to give the police evidence of the extortion that led to the murders.
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The Gazebo 1959  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, John McGiver, Martin Landau, Mabel Albertson, Doro Merande, Bert Freed, Dick Wessel, Robert Ellenstein
This is a strange, but very funny, movie about a murder plot and a body that just will not stay buried under the gazebo. Look for Alfred Hitchcock in a bit part.
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 Illegal 1955 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Ellen Corby, DeForest Kelley, Howard St. John, Robert Ellenstein, Edward Platt
Edward G. Robinson plays an attorney who was once a district attorney and then changed his stance to provide defenses for the Mob. Now, he puts everything on the line to defend his former assistant (Nina Foch) in a murder case. This is a remake of "The Mouthpiece."
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 North by Northwest 1959  N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis, Philip Ober, Josephine Hutchinson, Edward Platt, Les Tremayne, Adam Williams, Robert Ellenstein, Philip Coolidge, Patrick McVey, Ken Lynch
A Madison Avenue businessman (Cary Grant) is pursued by foreign agents who mistakenly think he is a spy. He has a torrid affair with a stranger (Eva Marie Saint) during a train ride while eluding the agents. The chase takes place from New York City, through Midwest corn fields, and culminates at the top of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota's Black Hills. One of Hitchcock's and filmdom's greats. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Film Editing, and Writing.
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Pay or Die 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Wilson
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin, Renata Vanni, Franco Corsaro, Robert F. Simon, Robert Ellenstein, Paul Birch, Vito Scotti, John Marley
Members of the Mafia-dominated Black Hand are intimidating New York citizens living in the Little Italy sector in the early 1900s. NYPD Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino (Ernest Borgnine) is sent in with fellow officers to clean up the area.
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Rogue Cop 1954 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft, Steve Forrest, Anne Francis, Alan Hale Jr., Robert F. Simon, Robert Ellenstein, Peter Brocco, Anthony Ross
Undercover cop Christopher Kelvaney (Robert Taylor) seeks the killers of his brother. Well made flick.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Brock Peters, Jane Wiedlin, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis, Robert Ellenstein
Time travel is the theme for this movie where Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) must lead the crew of the Enterprise–Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), and Chekov (Walter Koenig)–back into the 20th century. The reason for their journey to 1986 San Francisco is that humpback whales are now extinct, and they are needed to translate messages from an unidentified probe. If successful, they will transfer a humpback whale to the 23rd century.
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Too Much, Too Soon 1958  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Art Napoleon
Cast: Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ray Danton, Neva Patterson, Murray Hamilton, Martin Milner, John Dennis, Ed Kemmer, Robert Ellenstein
This is the biography of John Barrymore's (Errol Flynn) actress daughter, Diana (Dorothy Malone), whose self-destructive behavior brought her to a tragic end.
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| 1. Garment Jungle (1957)
2. The Gazebo (1959)
3. Illegal (1955)
4. North by Northwest (1959)
5. Pay or Die (1960)
6. Rogue Cop (1954)
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
8. Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
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