The Brotherhood 1968   PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg, Murray Hamilton, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe De Santis, Val Avery, Alan Hewitt, Connie Scott, Val Bisoglio, Barry Primus, Louis Badolati, Michele Cimarosa
Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas) is an old-line Mafioso on the board of the New York syndicate. Frank's younger brother, Vince (Alex Cord), enters the scene and has many new ideas to modernize the operation. When Frank doesn't go along with Vince's plans, Vince tries to get his father-in-law Dominick Bertolo (Luther Adler) to encourage mob members to rebel. Frank has Bertolo killed, and now Vince gets the assignment to kill Frank. 1 User Review
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| | A movie I have not seen for more than a decade | Anonymous 11/20/2009 | | This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is sad that it is one of those movies that is hard to find on DVD so a person can watch it at their pleasure. |
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The Cobweb 1955  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant, Tommy Rettig, Fay Wray
The cobweb is a mental institution in this film about relationships between various staff members. Susan Strasberg and John Kerr make their screen debuts in this movie.
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The Delta Force 1986 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Lee Marvin, Chuck Norris, Lainie Kazan, Shelley Winters, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Forester, George Kennedy, Susan Strasberg, Hanna Schygulla
Loosely based on the TWA hijacking in 1985, Delta Force–led by Major McCoy and Colonel Alexander (Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin)–is sent to save the day by rescuing the airline passengers.
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 Frankenstein 1973 TV, 130 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Bo Svenson, Susan Strasberg, Robert Gentry, Heidi Vaughn, John Karlen, Willie Aames, Philip Bourneuf, Jon Lormer, William Hansen, George Morgan, Brian Avery, Rosella Olsen, Edgar Daniels, Edgar Justice
Robert Foxworth steps into the role of Dr. Frankenstein experimenting in his lab in Ingolstadt during 1856. He experiments with nature by harnessing electricity to create his monster (Bo Svenson) from dead body parts. This monster is decent looking but doomed because of its homicidal nature. After murdering Frankenstein's assistant, the monster hides in a forest where it learns English by listening in on a family living nearby. The monster then returns to Frankenstein demanding that Frankenstein create a mate for it. Frankenstein refuses and destroys his experiment, which leads to the monster vowing revenge.
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man 1962 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Richard Beymer, Arthur Kennedy, Jessica Tandy, Susan Strasberg, Paul Newman, Simon Oakland, Diane Baker, Eli Wallach, Dan Dailey, Ricardo Montalban, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, James Dunn, Juano Hernandez, Michael J. Pollard
Combining 10 of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, this is the tale of Michigan born and bred Nick Adams (Richard Beymer). Nick leaves his parents' (Arthur Kennedy and Jessica Tandy) home and tries, but fails, to get his desired job as a news reporter in New York City. He enlists in the Italian army during World War I and is taken under the wing of hospital orderly John (Eli Wallach). Nick falls in love with nurse Rosanna (Susan Strasberg) who tragically dies in an air raid. Through all the suffering, Nick finally attains maturity as a responsible man.
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The Manitou 1978  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Girdler
Cast: Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg, Stella Stevens, Ann Sothern, Burgess Meredith, Jon Cedar, Paul Mantee, Jeanette Nolan, Lurene Tuttle
In this embarrassingly poor film, Karen Tandy (Susan Strasberg) seeks the help of a Native American witch doctor (Michael Ansara) to rid her body of an ancient shaman's head that is sprouting out of her back.
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend 1987  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Celeste Holm, Joshua Logan, Sheree North, Susan Strasberg, Don Murray
This documentary depicts the human side of ill-fated movie star Marilyn Monroe who killed herself in the early 1960s. Richard Widmark narrates.
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Mazes and Monsters 1982 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Cast: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wallace, Lloyd Bochner, Peter Donat, Anne Francis, Vera Miles, Susan Strasberg, Chris Makepeace, Murray Hamilton
Four college students, playing a "Dungeons and Dragons" type game, find the level of intensity accelerates as they become more and more involved in the medieval world of sorcery.
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Picnic 1955 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: William Holden, Kim Novak, Susan Strasberg, Arthur O'Connell, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell, Betty Field, Verna Felton, Nick Adams, Reta Shaw, Raymond Bailey, Elizabeth Wilson, Phyllis Newman, Henry Pagueo, Don C. Harvey
When drifter Hal Carter (William Holden) wanders into a small Kansas town, his presence greatly affects the citizens as he falls in love with his old friend Alan Benson's (Cliff Robertson) fiancee Madge Owens (Kim Novak). Meanwhile, as he explores the town, Madge's young sister Millie (Susan Strasberg) and spinster schoolteacher Rosemary (Rosalind Russell) fall for him. Matters rise to a head at a picnic, and, after a fight with Alan, Hal hops a freight train to escape the law. But, by story's end, Madge is riding a bus in an effort to find her true love Hal. The film received Oscars for Art Direction/Set Decoration and Film Editing and was nominated for Best Picture, and Director. Arthur O'Connell received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Howard Bevans, the rejected, reliable boyfriend of Rosemary.
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Psych-Out 1968   N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Rush
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Dean Stockwell, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Adam Roarke, Max Julien, Henry Jaglom, Linda Gaye Scott, Ken Scott, Garry Marshall
This film gets its "1/2 star" rating only because it is an EARLY Jack Nicholson film. However, the plot is weak and involves a deaf girl (Susan Strasberg) searching for her brother among the 1960's "hippies" of San Francisco. Of course, some of those who were part of that culture may enjoy it. 1 User Review
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Rollercoaster 1977 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt, Dorothy Tristan, Craig Wasson, William Prince
When a crazed extortionist (Timothy Bottoms) sets out to blow up famous amusement parks as part of his plan to blackmail park owners, the suspense begins. This story examines the psychological aspects of hunters and the hunted.
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Stage Struck 1958 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood, Herbert Marshall, Christopher Plummer, Pat Harrington Jr., Frank Campanella, John Fiedler, Jack Weston, Daniel Ocko
This remake of 1933's "Morning Glory" is good fare. It follows an aspiring actress as she finds success on Broadway.
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Taste of Fear 1961 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Scream of Fear
Director: Seth Holt
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, John Serret, Leonard Sachs, Anne Blake, Fred Johnson, Bernard Browne, Richard Klee
Penny (Susan Strasberg) is confined to a wheelchair and returns to her father's Riviera home after surviving a near-drowning accident. Stepmother Jane (Ann Todd), whom she had not previously met, states that Penny's father is on a trip. But, when Penny starts seeing her father's corpse in various places at night, she must find out what's going on. A well-made film that keeps your attention, with many story twists. Also, you probably will not figure out the ending.
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The Trip 1967 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Susan Strasberg, Dennis Hopper, Dick Miller, Peter Bogdanovich, Luana Anders, Salli Sachse, Barboura Morris, Judy Lang
Written by Jack Nicholson, this is the story about a TV producer (Peter Fonda) who is on the verge of divorcing his wife (Susan Strasberg) when he decides to experiment with LSD as his way of relieving the stress. His friend John (Bruce Dern) takes Paul to his friend Max's (Dennis Hopper) pad, and Paul enters the world of hallucinogentic drugs. After his trip–involving visions of sex, dancing girls, witches, a torture chamber, and death–Paul believes that he is ready to face the future.
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| 1. The Brotherhood (1968)
2. The Cobweb (1955)
3. The Delta Force (1986)
4. Frankenstein (1973)
5. Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
6. In Praise of Older Women (1978)
7. The Manitou (1978)
8. Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)
9. Mazes and Monsters (1982)
10. Picnic (1955)
11. Psych-Out (1968)
12. Rollercoaster (1977)
13. Stage Struck (1958)
14. Taste of Fear (1961)
aka: Scream of Fear
15. The Trip (1967)
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