Come Back, Little Sheba 1952  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel, Philip Ober, Lisa Golm, Walter Kelley, Edwin Max, William Haade, Virginia Mullen
Slovenly housewife Lola (Shirley Booth) copes with alcoholic husband Doc's (Burt Lancaster) crisis involving their boarder (Terry Moore). Shirley Booth won a Best Actress Oscar for her fine performance, and Terry Moore was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Lassie's Great Adventure 1963  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, Jon Provost, Robert Howard, Will J. White, Richard Kiel, Walter Stocker, Walter Kelley, Patrick Waltz, Leo Needham, Dick Simmons, Patrick Westwood
In this three-episode feature film, Timmy Martin (Jon Provost) and his dog Lassie are carried off in a giant balloon that finally lands them in Canada. They are befriended by a deaf-mute Indian, Chinook Pete (Richard Kiel), who wants Timmy to replace his own deceased son. Meanwhile, Timmy's parents Ruth and Paul (June Lockhart and Hugh Reilly) frantically seek help from the Canadian Mounties to track down Timmy and Lassie.
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Marty 1955 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Joe Mantell, Jerry Paris, Karen Steele, Minerva Urecal, Robin Morse, Walter Kelley, James Bell, Charles Cane, John Dennis, Frank Sutton, Silvio Minciotti
Two lonely and unattractive people–34-year-old bachelor Marty (Ernest Borgnine), who lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti), and schoolteacher Clara (Betsy Blair)–meet at the Stardust Ballroom in Manhattan and are attracted to each other. But, when Marty's mother and friends criticize Clara, Marty does not call her–until he realizes that a loving relationship with Clara is more important to him than the relationships he shares with his friends and mother. The film received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Actor (Borgnine), Director, and Screenplay. Betsy Blair and Joe Mantell were nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor.
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Men in War 1957  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Phillip Pine, Nehemiah Persoff, Vic Morrow, James Edwards, L.Q. Jones, Adam Kennedy, Scott Marlowe, Walter Kelley, Anthony Ray
Lt. Benson (Robert Ryan) is ordered to deliver his 2nd Platoon, Co. D behind enemy lines in Korea on September 6, 1950, in an effort to get guns and supplies to U.S. troops trapped there. Benson must commandeer a truck on which Sgt. Montana (Aldo Ray) is escorting his war-weary colonel (Robert Keith) to a hospital. While Benson and Montana must deal with two different missions and two different personalities, the real danger remains the enemy.
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| 1. Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
2. Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
3. Marty (1955)
4. Men in War (1957)
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