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494,765 | 342,623 | 18,192 | 8 | an emotional extravaganza that reaches across time | I had the privilege of seeing the restored version of this film , to the accompaniment of a live orchestra under the baton of Carmine Coppola , in Los Angeles ' un-air-conditioned war memorial . Despite uncomfortable seating and terrible heat , the experience of this four hour movie remains a watershed for anyone who a... |
493,805 | 342,623 | 40,160 | 8 | Terrific | Remade in 1987 as " No Way Out , " the 1948 film " The Big Clock " is a wonderful suspense film starring Charles Laughton , Ray Milland , George MacCready , and Maureen O'Sullivan , directed by O'Sullivan's husband , John Farrow . Earl Janoth ( Laughton ) , the owner of a publishing empire , is a quiet , enigmatic tyra... |
494,603 | 342,623 | 44,937 | 8 | Effective adaptation of DuMaurier novel | Richard Burton falls for his uncle's widow in " My Cousin Rachel , " a beautifully produced 1952 movie starring Olivia de Havilland in the title role . Burton is Philip Ashley , whose beloved uncle Ambrose moves to Italy for his health , marries a widow , and dies of a brain tumor . . . or did he ? Philip is very suspi... |
494,554 | 342,623 | 29,682 | 8 | Introducing George and Marion Kirby , ghosts | A dead couple is determined to loosen up their friend in " Topper , " a 1937 comedy starring Constance Bennett , Cary Grant , Roland Young , and Billie Burke . Cosmo Topper ( Young ) is a bank president whose wife ( Burke ) has him on a strict schedule and , though unhappy , Cosmo complies . When bank stockholders Geor... |
495,038 | 342,623 | 36,323 | 8 | Very good war drama | Sahara is a 1943 film starring Humphrey Bogart , directed by Zoltan Korda , and intended as a propaganda film during World War II . It succeeds . Bogart is a Sgt . Joe Gunn , and after Tobruk falls in North Africa , he leads a tank unit into the desert . He's joined by French , South African , British , and Sudanese ... |
493,638 | 342,623 | 36,342 | 8 | Hitchcock's favorite film | Hitchcock claimed that Shadow of a Doubt was his favorite movie . There is one funny story about it , which is that after making great efforts to find the perfect house in Santa Rosa , California in which to make the film , the family was so excited , they had the place painted - which wasn't what he wanted . Neverthel... |
494,713 | 342,623 | 25,301 | 8 | entertaining artifact of the ' 30s | A radiant Claudette Colbert stars in this first version of " Imitation of Life " along with Louise Beavers . The movie seems more earthbound and realistic than its more well-known , glamorous Ross Hunter remake . The stories differ as well . In this version , Colbert is not an aspiring actress , but a saleswoman who en... |
494,585 | 342,623 | 117,631 | 8 | Powerful film | Shine purports to tell the story of David Helfgott ( Geoffrey Rush , who plays the adult Helfgott ) , a promising pianist who overcame mental illness , with the help of his wife , and returned to performing . The 1996 film is actually a fictionalized version of Helfgott's life - but even had it not been based on a tr... |
493,612 | 342,623 | 45,029 | 8 | Absorbing 20th Century Fox melodrama | Gary Merrill is the stranger making the phone calls in " Phone Call from a Stranger , " a 1952 film directed by Jean Negulesco and also starring Shelley Winters , Keenan Wynn , Michael Rennie , Beatrice Straight , Craig Stevens and Bette Davis . Unable to forgive his wife for an affair , David Trask gets on a plane , w... |
494,291 | 342,623 | 51,525 | 8 | Two prisoners on the run | The Defiant Ones is a truly great film starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier , both of whom earned their money and deserved their Oscar nominations in this exciting and moving film , beautifully directed by Stanley Kramer . Marlon Brando was to star in the movie but when it didn't happen due to Kramer having to wai... |
494,023 | 342,623 | 87,003 | 8 | Poor Barney Dunn ! | Woody Allen is at his absolute best performing his wonderful script , " Broadway Danny Rose , " also starring Mia Farrow . Allen plays a low-level talent agent / manager with clients like a one-legged tap dancer , a bird act in which one of the birds is eaten by a cat , a blind xylophonist - you name it . And he's devo... |
494,739 | 342,623 | 36,261 | 8 | Claude Rains takes his turn as the Phantom | Claude Rains is " The Phantom of the Opera , " a 1943 film also starring Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster . This version is really a variation on the Leroux , but is enjoyable in its own right . It is filmed in color , and some of the singing is magnificent . In this version , Rains is Claudin , a violinist with the oper... |
494,921 | 342,623 | 29,604 | 8 | Those calla lilies are in bloom again ! | Katharine Hepburn takes up residence in a theatrical rooming house in " Stage Door , " one of the great examples of ensemble acting in film . Besides Hepburn , the film features Adolph Menjou , Lucille Ball , Ann Miller , Ginger Rogers , Andrea Leeds , Eve Arden , Constance Collier , and Gail Patrick . Hepburn is a the... |
493,896 | 342,623 | 44,837 | 8 | Chaplin's last American film | Limelight was film great Charlie Chaplin's last American film , and it did not have a wide release in 1952 . At that point , he was under suspicion of being a Communist . The film won an Oscar in 1972 because it didn't play a theater in Los Angeles when it was released . Chaplin plays a has-been clown , Calvero , who... |
493,540 | 342,623 | 36,174 | 8 | A swindler falls in love with his mark | Cary Grant is " Mr . Lucky , " a 1943 films also starring Laraine Day , Charles Bickford and Gladys Cooper . Grant plays a self-serving swindler named Joe who takes the identity of a dying man who's 4F so that he won't have to go into the service . The name he takes is that of a Greek man , Joe Bascopoulos , but the na... |
494,015 | 342,623 | 9,878 | 8 | Fascinating piece of history | Anders als die Andern ( Different from the Others ) is a 1919 German film starring Conrad Veidt that was pieced together and shown at one point on public television . About a law on the books that makes homosexuality a crime , it had a very short run in Germany before being pulled , and people who attended the movie ... |
495,094 | 342,623 | 29,546 | 8 | Oh , no , they can't take that away from me | Shall We Dance is for this viewer one of the great Astaire-Rogers films , even if some of the comments don't agree . I love it because of the glorious Astaire dancing . One of my all-time favorite numbers of his is " Slap that Bass " in which Astaire dances to the rhythm of machines . Oh , those pirouettes ! Amazing ... |
495,100 | 342,623 | 29,440 | 8 | Get him to the church on time ! | Bobby Mauch and Billy Mauch are " The Prince and the Pauper , " a 1937 film based on the Mark Twain story . The film also stars Errol Flynn and Claude Rains . When Tom , the pauper , is caught by the guards , the young Prince sees a playmate in him and invites him in . They change clothes so that the Prince can go and ... |
495,210 | 342,623 | 29,442 | 8 | Fabulous cast , fabulous swordfight , great direction | John Cromwell directed , David O . Selznick produced , and Ronald Colman , Madeline Carroll , Douglas Fairbanks Jr . , and David Niven star in the 1937 film " The Prisoner of Zenda . " That's really all any viewer needs to know . Rudolph Rassendyll ( Colman ) , King Rudolf V's identical cousin , is asked to impersonate... |
494,815 | 342,623 | 67,240 | 8 | entertaining | This was a great script from the prolific Larry Cohen , who wrote episodes for " Columbo , " " Arrest and Trial " ( a forerunner of " Law and Order " ) and episodes for Kraft Suspense Theater and " The Defenders . " He has also written feature films . I'd love to see this film again - I wish it would come out on video ... |
494,695 | 342,623 | 109,951 | 8 | fun film , good acting | Nicholas Cage is " Guarding Tess " in this 1994 film starring Shirley MacLaine , Austin Pendleton , Edward Albert , Richard Griffiths , and James Rebhorn . Shirley MacLaine is a much beloved ex-first lady who has Secret Service protection , and one of her protectees , Doug Chesnic ( Cage ) is thrilled when his round of... |
493,814 | 342,623 | 55,489 | 8 | Tennessee Williams again brought to the screen | Summer and Smoke is another Tennessee Williams southern drama that , after debuting as a play , was made into a film and later an opera . Set earlier in the 20th Century , it's the story of repressed passion , unrequited love and desperation . Geraldine Page stars as Alma Winemiller , the uptight daughter of a minist... |
494,213 | 342,623 | 274,407 | 8 | A musical fantasy about Maria Callas and Zefferelli | Fanny Ardant plays the great diva Maria Callas in " Callas Forever , " a 2002 film directed and co-written by her friend , Franco Zeffirelli . In the film , the " Zeffirelli " character , Larry Kelly ( Jeremy Irons ) has an idea for adding to Callas ' body of work . He wants to film her in the various opera roles she p... |
493,618 | 342,623 | 55,597 | 8 | Landmark British film | One of the saddest things in the world is to see people who are not allowed to live as they are because of the confines of law . This is the case in " Victim , " 1961 , a powerful film starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms . Bogarde plays Melville Farr , a prominent barrister on an upward career path who becomes involv... |
494,890 | 342,623 | 40,416 | 8 | A blond Olivier takes on the Prince of Denmark | Laurence Olivier is " Hamlet " in this 1948 version of Shakespeare's play . The film , directed by Olivier , also stars Eileen Herlie , Jean Simmons , Norman Wooland , Felix Aylmer , Stanley Holloway and Terrence Morgan . Olivier's Hamlet on stage , of course , was very famous and modeled after John Barrymore's portray... |
494,385 | 342,623 | 82,821 | 8 | Surprisingly good | Kathleen Beller made a couple of very good suspensers back in the ' 80s . This was one - also known as " Soon , Amy , Soon " ( at least I think so ) - I saw this when it first aired and just caught part of it again recently . It's great fun , about a young heiress being stalked by a man in a ski mask . However , he nev... |
493,605 | 342,623 | 75,066 | 8 | More death and destruction at the hands of Inspector Clouseau | The Pink Panther Strikes Again is an apt title for this hilarious 1976 film starring Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom . In this story , Dreyfus , driven mad by Clouseau , escapes from the mental asylum . Determined to destroy Clouseau once and for all , he kidnaps the inventor of a Doomsday device along with his daughte... |
494,900 | 342,623 | 265,651 | 8 | It's all in the game | Tom Ripley is at it again , this time in " Ripley's Game , " a 2002 European production starring John Malkovich , Dougray Scott , Ray Winstone , and a host of European actors and actresses , all very good in their roles . Ripley at the beginning of the film is involved in an art scam with a partner , Reeves ( Winstone ... |
494,139 | 342,623 | 284,722 | 8 | Low expectations but high results | Reba McEntyre is one of those crossover stars who doesn't seem to be able to miss , no matter what she tackles . First , she took over for Bernadette Peters in " Annie Get Your Gun " and received rave reviews from New York critics , who probably were - excuse the pun - gunning for her . Then this comedy series came alo... |
494,874 | 342,623 | 29,322 | 8 | The original and the best | Nothing Sacred has been remade in whole or part many times but no version comes close to the original 1937 screwball comedy starring Frederic March and Carole Lombard . Directed by William Wellman with a script by Ben Hecht , Nothing Sacred is more topical today than it was then . There's been a good deal written on ... |
494,704 | 342,623 | 40,366 | 8 | excellent noir | Force of Evil was a film done under the banner of John Garfield's production company which he formed with other actors , each of whom was to appear in a film . The company had a distribution deal but the company they were working with went bankrupt and distribution had to be found elsewhere . The timing was perhaps n... |
493,876 | 342,623 | 40,367 | 8 | Billy visits post-war Berlin | Billy Wilder returned to Berlin after the war to film part of " A Foreign Affair , " starring Marlene Dietrich , Jean Arthur , and John Lund . Wilder lived and worked in Berlin and , following his always excellent instincts , got out and came to America just in time . In the film , a group of government people arrive i... |
493,692 | 342,623 | 465,538 | 8 | Excellent film but not everybody's cup of tea | George Clooney is " Michael Clayton " in this 2007 film about a man with the somewhat thankless job of putting out fires for his legal firm . There are several plot lines , making this film more interesting and complicated than many that have been released in recent years . People will be disappointed in it for that re... |
494,657 | 342,623 | 40,321 | 8 | beautiful story and film | What a wonderful movie ! I had never heard of it and had no idea what it was . It's a lost treasure , it seems . " Enchantment " is the story of two generations , and a very special love . The narrator is the house they lived in at various times . When the movie begins , David Niven is an old man , Rollo , during World... |
495,074 | 342,623 | 36,022 | 8 | A small town family during WWII | Nothing much happens in " The Human Comedy , " and yet , everything happens in this gentle 1943 drama based on a story by William Saroyan and directed by Clarence Brown . It stars Mickey Rooney , Van Johnson , Frank Morgan , James Craig , Marsha Hunt , Fay Bainter , Donna Reed and Dorothy Malone . The main focus is on ... |
494,209 | 342,623 | 129,290 | 8 | True-life story of a rebel | Robin Williams is " Patch Adams , " a real-life doctor who founded the Gesundheit Institute . The film also stars Monica Potter , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Bob Gunton and Harve Presnell . Richard Kiley has a small role at the end . Patch Adams is a young man who , after his own experiences in a mental hospital , wants t... |
494,227 | 342,623 | 35,916 | 8 | enjoyable , vintage 20th Century Fox musical | 20th Century Fox pulled out all the stops for this Technicolor musical , " The Gang's All Here , " directed by Busby Berkeley . There is a song at least every few minutes , wonderful singing , dancing , and comedy galore , and an absolutely threadbare plot . The story is of no consequence - the music is the thing , alo... |
495,089 | 342,623 | 94,291 | 8 | A good look at ' 80s greed | Oliver Stone's " Wall Street " was released a couple of months after the big stock market crash of 1987 , when a wealthy friend of mine had to rush home from Paris to assess the damage . Another friend said to me , " It's nothing but high-class gambling . " Stone captures the Wall Street greed and the multimillionaire ... |
494,610 | 342,623 | 35,959 | 8 | Sweet film about the immortality of love | A Guy Named Joe is a beautiful , sentimental , tear-jerker of a film starring Spencer Tracy , Irene Dunne , Van Johnson , Lionel Barrymore , Ward Bond , James Gleason , and Dom Defore . Tracy is Pete , a fighter pilot in World War II involved with Dorinda ( Dunne ) , a female flier . Apparently pilots whose " number ... |
494,360 | 342,623 | 44,566 | 8 | Wonderful | Clifton Webb is " Dreamboat , " in this 1954 film . Webb plays a silent film star named Bruce Blair who is now a college professor under what one assumes is his real name , Thornton Sayre . All is well until his silent films begin to appear hosted by his former co-star ( Ginger Rogers ) on that new popular medium , tel... |
494,246 | 342,623 | 29,310 | 8 | Brilliantly acted , moody psychological drama | Night Must Fall , which was originally a play by Emlyn Williams , contains three fantastic roles for actors , and as a film , it has been beautifully cast , directed ( by Richard Thorpe ) , and photographed . Set in an English cottage in a village that borders a forest , Rosalind Russell lives with her horrid , verba... |
493,992 | 342,623 | 335,438 | 8 | Don't Give Up on Us , Baby | Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are " Starsky & Hutch " in this 2004 take-off of the 1970s buddy cop TV series that had special appeal to pre-pubescent girls . Angry Captain Doby ( Fred Williamson ) is back as is Huggy Bear ( Snoop Dog ) . Even the striped-tomato red car is back . In this film , Starsky is straight as an a... |
494,608 | 342,623 | 51,406 | 8 | Pyewacket and friends get the Hollywood treatment | The play Bell , Book , and Candle was a favorite of mature actresses to do in summer stock and take on the road . One famous story , told by director Harold J . Kennedy , has Ginger Rogers insisting that her then husband , William Marshall , who was not an actor , costar with her . Marshall wore a toupee , and when he ... |
494,967 | 342,623 | 71,350 | 8 | Anne Baxter meets the rumpled detective | I have a special fondness for this particular Columbo episode , though I'm not sure why . It is very good , but there have been other Columbos that have moved a little faster . This one has a few interesting twists to the plot , but what is most enjoyable is the presence of Anne Baxter as a movie star , Nora Chandler ,... |
493,630 | 342,623 | 71,351 | 8 | a wayward preacher meets up with Columbo | This Columbo episode is a real treat , as it features a singing Johnny Cash and footage from one of his actual concerts . Cash plays a singing evangelist who , with his domineering wife , travels the country performing religious music in order to raise money for a new tabernacle . Johnny's a little upset as he never ge... |
495,113 | 342,623 | 71,348 | 8 | fab Columbo with a dramatic turn by a comedy master | Dick Van Dyke is a photographer whose artistry gets in the way of the murder of his wife in " Negative Reaction , " an excellent Columbo episode . Van Dyke is married to Antoinette Bower , who is such a bitch , Van Dyke doesn't care if he gets caught for murdering her or not . Nevertheless , he goes to great lengths to... |
494,056 | 342,623 | 29,222 | 8 | poignant film , Nelson and Jeanette's best | Maytime is , I believe , the most popular film of that very popular singing team of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald . The story , based on the Romberg operetta , tells the story in flashback of a beautiful young opera singer ( MacDonald ) , under the wing of her teacher ( John Barrymore ) who in spite of herself f... |
494,473 | 342,623 | 113,987 | 8 | Powerful portrait of a pathetic man and a worse President | Anthony Hopkins is " Nixon " in this chilling 1995 Oliver Stone film , which also stars Joan Allen , Bob Hoskins , James Woods , Ed Harris , David Hyde Pierce , Powers Boothe , Paul Sorvino , E . G . Marshall , Madeline Kahn and David Paymer . The film tells the story of Nixon from his childhood in Whittier , Californi... |
495,153 | 342,623 | 48,317 | 8 | Great performances , great singing highlight the story of Ruth Etting | Doris Day portrays singing great Ruth Etting in " Love Me or Leave Me , " a 1955 film costarring James Cagney and Cameron Mitchell . The film tells the story , somewhat fictionalized , of Etting's rise to fame in the 1920s and her association and marriage to Marty " The Gimp " Snyder , a Chicago gangster . In the story... |
494,251 | 342,623 | 802,148 | 8 | Very good show starring Jeff Goldblum | I admit to a soft spot for Jeff Goldblum , a wonderful actor whose career has spanned theater , film , and television . Years ago , he and Ben Vereen had the series " Tenspeed and Brownshoe , " which was a flop . I remember loving it especially because of Goldblum's quirky delivery . The show was a little ahead of its ... |
494,318 | 342,623 | 55,824 | 8 | A man terrorizes a lawyer's family | Robert Mitchum seeks revenge against a witness who helped put him in prison in " Cape Fear , " a 1962 film starring Gregory Peck , Polly Bergen , Martin Balsam , Telly Savalas , Lori Martin and Barrie Chase . Mitchum , in probably his best role , plays the psychotic Max Cady , a man with an easy smile and laid back att... |
493,767 | 342,623 | 455,900 | 8 | beautiful movie star , miserable life | It's sometimes unbelievable how on the outside , someone can look like they have it all - but not . No matter how many times that seems to be the case , one never seems to be able to get used to it . Gene Tierney was one such person - a beautiful woman from a wealthy family who became a top movie star , had an affair w... |
494,220 | 342,623 | 90,863 | 8 | Eddie Felson's back | Twenty five years ago , my career ended before it had even really started , Eddie Felson tells Vince , a young pool shark . No longer the cocky man he was in " The Hustler , " Eddie ( Paul Newman ) in 1986 is retired from pool and a successful investor . When he spots hot-shot Vince ( Tom Cruise ) , he decides to inv... |
494,429 | 342,623 | 82,059 | 8 | Only for those with nerves of steel | By the end of " Berlin Tunnel 21 , " I had no nails left , having bitten all of them off during this very tense and exciting 1981 TV movie . The stars include Richard Thomas , Horst Buchholz , Kenneth Griffith and Jose Ferrer . Thomas plays an American soldier in 1961 who has increasing trouble getting to see his girlf... |
494,584 | 342,623 | 116,999 | 8 | Exceptional | Marvin's Room is a 1996 film that stars Meryl Streep , Diane Keaton , Leonardo DiCaprio , Hume Cronyn , Gwen Verdon , Robert DeNiro and Dan Hedaya . Just goes to show you the kind of cast a star can get , even for a little film . Little film , big emotions . " Marvin's Room " is about two sisters who haven't been in ... |
493,813 | 342,623 | 29,146 | 8 | Excellent historical drama | 1937's " The Life of Emile Zola " is an overly long but nevertheless wonderful film about the great writer that focuses mainly on his involvement with the Dreyfus affair . Paul Muni is Zola , who as a young man challenged authority through his books . This part of his life is condensed . Later on , with fame and wealth... |
494,616 | 342,623 | 59,749 | 8 | Not an easy film - neither was the Cold War | Richard Burton is " The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , " in a 1965 film also starring Claire Bloom , Oscar Werner , Sam Wanamaker and Peter van Eyck . It's told in the days of Checkpoint Charlie , East and West Berlin , and spies . There are still spies ; the rest have gone with the unification of East and West Berlin... |
493,467 | 342,623 | 48,261 | 8 | edgy , violent ' 50s noir | I have to admit , I have always found Ralph Meeker sexy , and he is hot as all get-out as Mike Hammer in " Kiss Me Deadly . " He's very Brandoesque , and in fact , followed Brando as Stanley Kowalski in Streetcar on Broadway . He makes a tough Mike Hammer in a tough movie that doesn't let up on the violence or the sexu... |
494,419 | 342,623 | 44,486 | 8 | beautifully made drama with a staggering performance by Olivier | Not for nothing is Laurence Olivier heralded as one of the greatest actors of our time , and if ever a film proved it , it's " Carrie , " an adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's " Sister Carrie . " Dreiser is the man who brought us " An American Tragedy , " remade as " A Place in the Sun . " Poor Dreiser - he must have bee... |
493,705 | 342,623 | 149,143 | 8 | interesting and sad | This wonderful documentary gives some great insight into the life , career , and film technique of Steve McQueen . It left me feeling very sad as I heard the different people in the program discussing him , particularly his first wife , Neilie Adams , and his third wife , Barbara Minty . Despite being a tough guy on th... |
494,118 | 342,623 | 70,922 | 8 | An energetic interview with a great Hollywood director | This documentary on William Wellman , from " The Men Who Made the Movies " series done by Richard Shickel , benefits greatly from the fact that there is so much interview footage of Wellman . This is true of the fantastic Raoul Walsh documentary as well . Wellman here is full of vinegar , a rugged , handsome individual... |
494,579 | 342,623 | 365,651 | 8 | Helen Mirren reprises Jane Tennison | Jane Tennison gets caught up in a Bosnian massacre in " Prime Suspect 6 . " In this episode of the powerful series , two sisters are murdered and Jane , who promised the second sister that she would be safe , is determined to bring the killer to justice . She believes that a man now living in London was responsible for... |
493,608 | 342,623 | 381,061 | 8 | Big and beautiful | Everything about the latest James Bond flick , " Casino Royale , " is big and first-rate . Humongous action sequences , glorious scenery , a tense plot , a to-die-for Bond , incredibly beautiful women , and villains beyond evil . Daniel Craig is Bond , and when you get a look at his body , watch out . Not to mention th... |
494,369 | 342,623 | 29,058 | 8 | Adorable film about a theatrical couple | A very young Bette Davis is again paired with Leslie Howard , this time in a delightful , frothy comedy about battling theatrical costars . Supposedly the couple was based on Lunt and Fontanne , but I suspect there's a little influence from " Private Lives " as well . Howard is a riot as the outrageous , narcissistic a... |
494,456 | 342,623 | 90,738 | 8 | lots underneath the surface here | This is a terrific movie that reminds one what we lost when Debra Winger slowed down her movie-making . She gives an honest , heartfelt performance as an investigator chasing a woman who marries rich and whose husbands wind up dead every time . The widow then remakes her appearance , gets a new identity , and dupes ano... |
494,738 | 342,623 | 36,723 | 8 | Great Rita musical | Rita Hayworth is right there where she should be - as a " Cover Girl " in this 1944 Technicolor film also starring Gene Kelly , Phil Silvers , Eve Arden , Lee Bowman , and Otto Kruger . Rita plays a beautiful showgirl , Rusty , working at a small club owned by the man she loves , Danny ( Kelly ) . Each Friday they go o... |
493,543 | 342,623 | 29,030 | 8 | Lots of wind and skin | Jon Hall , Dorothy Lamour and an excellent cast are all caught in " The Hurricane , " a 1937 film and the first to win a Special Effects Oscar . The original novel was written by Jon Hall's uncle . On the island of Manakoora , Terangi ( Hall ) and Marama ( Lamour ) marry amidst a happy celebration , though their happin... |
495,175 | 342,623 | 44,314 | 8 | James Mason as valet turned espionage agent | James Mason does an excellent job as a suave valet to the British Ambassador in " Five Fingers . " Desiring the life of a Rio de Janeiro gentleman , he starts selling secrets out of the Ambassador's safe to the Nazis , with the help of the wife of his former employer , Danielle Darrieux . Michael Rennie is brought in t... |
493,988 | 342,623 | 36,733 | 8 | Charming and sweet movie , but don't look for any horror | In " Curse of the Cat People , " the beautiful child , Ann Carter , who looked so much like Veronica Lake , plays Amy , the daughter of the now-married Oliver ( Kent Smith ) and Alice ( Jane Randolph ) from the film's predecessor , " The Cat People . " This is a sweet film about a lonely young girl's fantasy life , sho... |
494,748 | 342,623 | 81,974 | 8 | Despite an " absence of malice , " a man's life is nearly ruined by a reporter | 1981's " Absence of Malice " stars Paul Newman and Sally Field . Directed by Sidney Pollack , it tells the story of Michael Gallagher ( Newman ) , the son of a dead mob boss , who is being squeezed by the District Attorney because he may know something about the death of a union leader , which has never been solved . W... |
493,881 | 342,623 | 95,082 | 8 | Excellent look at the granddaddy of sports scandals | David Straithairn , D . B . Sweeney , John Cusack , Charlie Sheen , James Read , Don Harvey , Gordon Clapp and Michael Rooker are " Eight Men Out " in this John Sayles movie about the throwing of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago White Sox . It's another pathetic story of how money can corrupt even usually honest pe... |
494,188 | 342,623 | 59,885 | 8 | Excellent , exciting film | Frank Sinatra rides " Von Ryan's Express " in this 1965 film also starring Trevor Howard , Sergio Fantoni , Edward Mulhare and Adolfo Celi . James Brolin has a small role . Sinatra plays an American Colonel named Ryan who is put in an Italian prisoner of war camp , where he meets the English prisoners , led by the toug... |
495,065 | 342,623 | 335,119 | 8 | Stunning film | Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 film based on a novel by Tracy Chevalier which invents the story behind Johannes Vermeer's famous painting of the same name . It stars Scarlett Johansson , Colin Firth , Tom Wilkinson and Judy Parfitt . Johannson plays Griet , a maid who comes to work in Vermeer's ( Firth ) househo... |
494,835 | 342,623 | 55,972 | 8 | Excellent and suspenseful | Glenn Ford is an FBI agent ; Lee Remick is the victim of someone she's never seen in " Experiment in Terror , " directed by Blake Edwards and also starring Stefanie Powers and Ned Glass . Remick is very effective as a plucky bank teller who's approached from behind and told to steal money from the bank where she works ... |
494,555 | 342,623 | 36,696 | 8 | delightful story of a tired ghost and his cowardly family | Margaret O'Brien tries to help one of her long-dead ancestors in " The Canterville Ghost , " a 1944 film also starring Charles Laughton , Robert Young , and Frank Faylen . Jessica de Canterville's ( O'Brien ) family owns a castle which is being used to house soldiers during their stay in the area . The castle has a ver... |
494,758 | 342,623 | 44,357 | 8 | excellent Preminger | Jean Simmons meets the man of her dreams just as he walks into a nightmare in " Angel Face , " an Otto Preminger film released in 1952 . Simmons is excellent as a beautiful young woman who hates her wealthy stepmother , adores her father , and is obsessed with an ambulance driver , played by Robert Mitchum , who comes ... |
495,097 | 342,623 | 36,641 | 8 | Very good and effective drama from Warner Brothers | The dead victims of a London bombing and two suicides are on a ship headed - well , they're not sure - in " Between Two Worlds , " a 1944 film starring John Garfield , Sydney Greenstret , Paul Henried , Eleanor Parker , Edmund Gwenn , Faye Emerson and George Coulouris . The suicides , a married couple played by Henried... |
493,552 | 342,623 | 44,364 | 8 | Don't mess with Bette - ever ! | Still fresh from their success and newfound love in " All About Eve , " Bette Davis and Gary Merrill made this independent film , " Another Man's Poison , " based on a play by Leslie Sands . Davis is Janet Frobisher , a successful mystery writer living in a mausoleum of a house out on the moors . When her husband's par... |
494,132 | 342,623 | 377,107 | 8 | Excellent adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play | Gwyneth Paltrow is a young woman trying to find out who she is in " Proof , " a 2005 film also starring Anthony Hopkins , Jake Gyllenhaal and Hope Davis . As mentioned already , there are shades of " A Beautiful Mind " in this story of a formerly brilliant mathematician ( Hopkins ) and his troubled , isolated daughter ... |
494,242 | 342,623 | 44,391 | 8 | wonderful film about a Hollywood producer and his victims | Lana Turner , Dick Powell , and Barry Sullivan play three victims of an ambitious producer ( Kirk Douglas ) in " The Bad and the Beautiful . " This 1952 film sports great direction by Vincente Minnelli and a top-notch cast , including the above and Walter Pidgeon , Gloria Grahame , Gilbert Roland , and Elaine Stewart .... |
493,872 | 342,623 | 40,498 | 8 | Greer lets her hair down | Greer Garson is again teamed up with Walter Pidgeon in the delightful comedy , " Julia Misbehaves , " which also stars 16-year-old Elizabeth Taylor and a very adorable Peter Lawford . Taylor and Lawford are a subplot in this film , which mainly concerns Garson as Julia , an entertainer , showing up to attend the weddin... |
494,681 | 342,623 | 48,210 | 8 | Superbly told story of the great soprano | Like others commenting on this film , I saw " Interrupted Melody " many years ago , and it left a deep impression on me . I found when watching it again that I had retained so many of the scenes in my memory . " Interrupted Melody " tells the story of Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence ( played by Eleanor Parker ) , ... |
494,274 | 342,623 | 40,499 | 8 | Dated but highly enjoyable comedy | In a unique bit of casting , Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery star in " June Bride , " which also stars Fay Bainter , Mary Wickes , Tom Tully , and Barbara Bates . Davis and Montgomery haven't seen each other since he ran from their relationship three years ago , and now he is going to be working for her on the woman'... |
494,557 | 342,623 | 40,506 | 8 | Bogart and Edward G . face off in a Florida hotel | Humphrey Bogart is a man disillusioned by war who comes up against a gangster and his mob in " Key Largo , " a 1948 film directed by John Huston and also , starring Lauren Bacall , Clare Trevor , Edward G . Robinson , and Lionel Barrymore . James Temple ( Barrymore ) runs the Largo Hotel on Key Largo with his daughter-... |
494,395 | 342,623 | 101,694 | 8 | Thriller starring Goldie Hawn and John Heard | Adrienne and Jack meet , fall in love , marry , have a child , and live in a wonderful New York apartment . Then Jack is killed in a car crash . Slowly , things start to unravel for Adrienne in " Deceived , " a 1991 film starring Goldie Hawn and John Heard . This is a highly derivative movie concerning fake museum piec... |
495,069 | 342,623 | 59,825 | 8 | The French fight to keep their art away from the Nazis | John Frankenheimer's 1964 film , " The Train , " is the story of the French resistance in the final days of the war as they try to keep a train carrying their valuable art from leaving France . In reality , the Germans did transform the Jeu de Paume museum into one of their primary storage facilities for art confiscate... |
494,970 | 342,623 | 51,773 | 8 | lovely film , lovely stars | You can't get much higher on the star ladder than Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman , and these two are reunited for the light comedy , " Indiscreet , " based on the play " Kind Sir . " It's about a successful actress in London who's through with men and suddenly becomes very interested in them again when she's introduced ... |
494,387 | 342,623 | 160,904 | 8 | Terrific series | Spooks is called " MI-5 " in the U . S . and is seen somewhat irregularly on the A & E Channel . It's a fantastic series about a spy organization in the U . K . , and some of the episodes are so suspenseful , they'll have you jumping out of your seat . This is a very well written and well acted series , always intrig... |
493,631 | 342,623 | 51,758 | 8 | powerful and unrelenting film | I Want To Live is a powerful albeit fictional account of the Barbara Graham case . Graham was accused of murdering a Mrs . Monahan along with two male colleagues during a robbery . In the story , they had her take the rap for the murder , figuring a woman would never be given the death penalty . They figured wrong . ... |
495,182 | 342,623 | 205,658 | 8 | Detailed documentary about the great studio | MGM : When the Lion Roars is a 1992 documentary hosted by Patrick Stewart . Shown in three parts on Turner Classic Movies , it tells the story of the monolithic studio from its beginnings , taking us through the influence of the great Irving Thalberg , after his death , during World War II , after the war , the growt... |
493,963 | 342,623 | 40,919 | 8 | a very funny comedy , helped by a great performance | Rex Harrison is a temperamental conductor and Linda Darnell his younger , adoring wife in " Unfaithfully Yours , " also starring Lionel Stander , Rudy Vallee , and Kurt Krueger . Harrison and his wife are so much in love , it's sickening . But thanks to interference from his brother-in-law ( a subdued Rudy Vallee ) , H... |
493,818 | 342,623 | 110,216 | 8 | Arnold has a baby | Junior is a very funny 1994 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Danny de Vito , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Pamela Reed , Emma Thompson and Frank Langella . DeVito is Larry , a doctor and Ahnold is Alex , a scientist - the two are working on a pregnancy drug for women . When the FDA refuses to accept it , Alex l... |
495,130 | 342,623 | 40,934 | 8 | theater and mystery combined with ' 40s glamor | The Velvet Touch is a wonderful film starring Rosalind Russell as a glamorous Broadway star , Valerie Stanton , who accidentally kills her boyfriend-producer . The movie's dialogue is sophisticated and so is its New York theater atmosphere - the parties , the clothes , the rivalries , and the lush theater itself whic... |
494,442 | 342,623 | 66,934 | 8 | interesting , early Columbo | Dale Kingston ( Ross Martin ) is a TV personality and art critic who knocks off his uncle in order to inherit his art collection . In order to do so , he enlists the help of a bedazzled , untalented art student , whom he promises to help with her career . The two make it look like a robbery , Kingston intending to fram... |
493,883 | 342,623 | 40,876 | 8 | exciting spectacle from MGM | MGM pulled out all the stops for this 1948 version of " The Three Musketeers . " Filmed in color and directed by George Sidney , it has a large , all-star cast consisting of Gene Kelly , Lana Turner , June Allyson , Van Heflin , Cornell Wilde , Vincent Price , Angela Lansbury , Robert Coote , Frank Morgan , Keenan Wynn... |
494,254 | 342,623 | 56,183 | 8 | Oh perfect love | Olivia de Havilland is traveling with her daughter in Italy when romance strikes in " The Light in the Piazza , " a 1962 film based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer . The story was also made into a highly successful Broadway musical of the same name . De Havilland's costars include Yvette Mimieux , Barry Sullivan , Ge... |
493,817 | 342,623 | 28,772 | 8 | The Marx Brothers continue at MGM | A Day at the Races follows the smash Marx Brothers hit , " A Night at the Opera , " their first film at MGM under their advocate , Irving Thalberg . Thalberg took the brothers on after they left Paramount . He insisted on stronger scripts , a love story , musical numbers , and that the brothers try their bits out in ... |
494,484 | 342,623 | 48,424 | 8 | They abide and they endure . | Charles Laughton and producer Paul Gregory worked together on several theatrical projects , one of which was the highly successful " John Brown's Body , " which starred Tyrone Power , Judith Anderson and Raymond Massey . For " Night of the Hunter , " Laughton brings his considerable directing talent to the screen with ... |
495,093 | 342,623 | 56,218 | 8 | Fantastic film with a stunning performance by Angela Lansbury | Soldiers are brainwashed , and one is programmed as a killing machine in " The Manchurian Candidate , " a 1962 film starring Laurence Harvey , Angela Lansbury , Frank Sinatra , James Gregory , and Janet Leigh . This amazing movie was withdrawn from theaters because of the Kennedy assassination , and it was finally put ... |
493,508 | 342,623 | 40,806 | 8 | Olivia enters the vortex | Olivia DeHavilland gives another standout performance in " The Snake Pit , " also starring Leo Genn , Mark Stevens , and Celeste Holm . In line with the interest in psychiatry after World War II , Darryl F . Zanuck , always at the forefront of social issues , produced this film , directed by Anatole Litvak . DeHavillan... |
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