Cockfighter 1974  R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Born to Kill
Gamblin' Man
Wild Drifter
Director: Monte Hellman
Cast: Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton, Troy Donahue, Millie Perkins, Laurie Bird, Ed Begley Jr., Warren Finnerty, Robert Earl Jones, Steve Railsback, Patricia Pearcy, Tom Spratley
This violent thriller is about a Georgia man, Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates), who trains roosters to become fighting cocks. Frank's thoughts serve as narration–an interesting experiment in filmmaking.
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 Easy Rider 1969  R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Luana Anders, Luke Askew, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector, Robert Walker Jr., Mac Mashourian, Warren Finnerty, Tita Colorado, Sabrina Scharf, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Bridget Fonda
Written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, this story involves two hippies, Wyatt and Billy (Fonda and Hopper), who motorcycle on a long trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans and run into assorted characters–as well as problems of bigotry and violence–along the way. This is Jack Nicholson's first major role, and that alone makes the film worth viewing.
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Murder, Inc. 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, David J. Stewart, Simon Oakland, Sarah Vaughan, Morey Amsterdam, Warren Finnerty, Vincent Gardenia
Peter Falk earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in this true-life story. Falk plays the notorious Abe "Kid Twist" Reles who enjoyed the dubious honor of being named his crime syndicate's #1 killer.
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| 1. Cockfighter (1974)
aka: Born to Kill
aka: Gamblin' Man
aka: Wild Drifter
2. Easy Rider (1969)
3. Murder, Inc. (1960)
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