Monthly Archives: January 2022

ESCAPE FROM ZAHRAIN (1962)

Posted on January 30, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ronald Neame SCREENWRITER: Robin Estridge, Dudley Nichols (whoa, what is Dudley Nichols doing here) FILM STARS: Yul Brynner, Sal Mineo, Jack Warden, Madlyn Rhue, Anthony Caruso, James Mason (uncredited) COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Michael Barrett … Continue reading →

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THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965)

Posted on January 26, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Robert Aldrich SCREENWRITER: Lukas Heller FILM STARS: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Elleston Trevor … Continue reading →

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THE LAST HURRAH (1958)

Posted on January 23, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Ford SCREENWRITER: Frank S. Nugent FILM STARS: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O’Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, Edward Brophy, John Carradine, Willis Bouchey, Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Ford, Frank McHugh, Carleton Young, … Continue reading →

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HOME FROM THE HILL (1960)

Posted on January 19, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch FILM STARS: Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton , Everett Sloane, Luana Patten, Anne Seymour COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: William Humphrey TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan … Continue reading →

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SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (1960)

Posted on January 19, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Ford SCREENWRITER: James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck FILM STARS: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Juano Hernández, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Jack Pennick, Hank Worden, Judson Pratt. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James … Continue reading →

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THE OMEGA MAN (1971)

Posted on January 16, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Boris Sagal SCREENWRITER: John William Corrington, Joyce H. Corrington FILM STARS: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Eric Laneuville, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Brian Tochi COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Richard Matheson TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Berkley … Continue reading →

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FOLLOW THAT DREAM (1962)

Posted on January 12, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Gordon Douglas SCREENWRITER: Charles Lederer, Herman Raucher (uncredited – he apparently had a hand in transforming the novel into a play before it became a film. I know very little (nothing) about the play). FILM STARS: … Continue reading →

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TRUE GRIT (1969)

Posted on January 9, 2022 by velebit2

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Henry Hathaway SCREENWRITER: Marguerite Roberts FILM STARS: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey, Jeremy Slate, Strother Martin, Hank Worden. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Charles Portis TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin … Continue reading →

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