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Category Archives: Book Type
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Franklin J. Schaffner SCREENWRITER: Heywood Gould FILM STARS: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Steve Guttenberg, Denholm Elliott, Rosemary Harris, John Dehner, Anne Meara, Bruno Ganz, Michael Gough COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK … Continue reading
WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ted Kotcheff SCREENWRITER: Evan Jones, Ted Kotcheff FILM STARS: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Norman Erskine, Slim DeGrey COUNTRY: Australia THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Kenneth Cook TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin … Continue reading
TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Ford SCREENWRITER: Frank S. Nugent FILM STARS: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, John McIntire, Paul Birch, Willis Bouchey, Henry Brandon, Harry Carey Jr., Olive Carey, Ken Curtis, Anna Lee, Jeanette … Continue reading
BARABBAS (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Richard Fleischer SCREENWRITER: Christopher Fry, Nigel Balchin (uncredited), Diego Fabbri (uncredited), Ivo Perilli (uncredited), Salvatore Quasimodo (Italian dialogue) (uncredited) FILM STARS: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine, Arthur Kennedy, Katy Jurado, Harry Andrews, Vittorio … Continue reading
SONS AND LOVERS (1960)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jack Cardiff SCREENWRITER: Gavin Lambert, T.E.B. Clarke FILM STARS: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller, Mary Ure, Heather Sears, Donald Pleasence. COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: D.H. Lawrence TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: … Continue reading
BEING THERE (1979)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Hal Ashby SCREENWRITER: Jerzy Kosinski, Robert C. Jones FILM STARS: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Jerzy Kosinski TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Sidney Lumet SCREENWRITER: Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet FILM STARS: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, Carmine Caridi, Bob Balaban, James Tolkan, Lindsay Crouse, Cynthia Nixon, Lance Henriksen, Alan King. COUNTRY: USA … Continue reading
CATLOW (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Sam Wanamaker SCREENWRITER: Scot Finch, James Griffith FILM STARS: Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy, Daliah Lavi, Jo Ann Pflug, Jeff Corey, Michael Delano, Julián Mateos, David Ladd, Bob Logan, Bessie Love COUNTRY: Great Britain / … Continue reading
CHUKA (1967)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Gordon Douglas SCREENWRITER: Richard Jessup, Rod Taylor (uncredited) FILM STARS: Rod Taylor, Ernest Borgnine, John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, James Whitmore, Victoria Vetri, Louis Hayward, Michael Cole, Hugh Reilly, Barry O’Hara, Joseph Sirola, Marco Lopez, Gerald York, … Continue reading
POWER WITHOUT GLORY (1976)
THE FILM (Mini Series) DIRECTOR: Douglas Sharp, Keith Wilkes, David Zweck, Oscar Whitbread, John Gauci, Michael Ludbrook SCREENWRITER: Howard Griffiths, Cliff Green, Sonia Borg, Roger Simpson, Tom Hegarty, John Marti STARS: Martin Vaughan, Rosalind Speirs, John Wood, Heather Canning, Terence … Continue reading
I'm a fan of Kubrick and no, you're not being harsh. I think those enthralled by it back then are…