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- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineVictor McLaglenIn 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.Greatest action adventure film ever made,also very funny. 3 British soldiers battle thuggee cult in 19th century India.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald CareyA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.My favorite Hitchcock film (also his own favorite). A young girl suspects her beloved uncle is a psychotic killer of widows.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam BendixOn one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.A brilliant version of an excellent play,Kirk Douglas gives his finest performance. A tough cop with a hatred for all criminals discovers a dark secret about his wife.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.A powerful and engrossing film about love,war and pride,Montgomery Clift is brilliant. A soldier is bullied by his superiors and peers but refuses to go against his personal morals.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. CobbAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.Marlon Brando gives the greatest male performance I have ever seen in this tough and gritty look at corruption on the New York docks. An ex boxer faces guilt feelings about his involvement with mobsters.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther MinciottiA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.One of the most realistic films I have ever seen about the urban everyman and the need for love despite all obstacles. Ernest Borgnine is great and Besty Blair is very touching.
- DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.A truly unique film,haunting and suspenseful,no other film is quite like it. A psycho preacher stalks 2 children who know of a cache of stolen money.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.The greatest horror film ever made,acting,direction,writing are all near perfect. A young wife of a struggling actor suspects her elderly neighbors are invovled in a Satanic cult.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsDustin HoffmanJon VoightSylvia MilesA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman give two of the great performances on film in brilliant look at loneliness and desperation. A naive Texas cowboy comes to New York in hopes of becoming a male stud but is befriended only by a sickly con man.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.The greatest look at urban paranoia and madness ever put on film,Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorcese's masterwork. A Vietnam vet slowly goes mad seeing the crime and squalor of New York city while driving his cab.