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Category Archives: Drama
THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY (1970)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Christopher Miles SCREENWRITER: Alan Plater FILM STARS: Joanna Shimkus, Franco Nero, Honor Blackman, Mark Burns, Fay Compton, Maurice Denham, Kay Walsh COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: D.H. Lawrence TYPE: Novella PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: … Continue reading
DISCLOSURE (1994)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Barry Levinson SCREENWRITER: Paul Attanasio FILM STARS: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Roma Maffia COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Michael Crichton TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Arrow THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1994 COUNTRY: Australia COVER: Paperback … Continue reading
LIFE AT THE TOP (1965)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ted Kotcheff SCREENWRITER: Mordecai Richler FILM STARS: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig, Donald Wolfit, Robert Morley, Margaret Johnston, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Nigel Davenport COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Brain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (1972)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Cukor SCREENWRITER: Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler FILM STARS: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, José Luis López Vázquez, Valerie White COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Graham Greene … Continue reading
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BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Blake Edwards SCREENWRITER: George Axelrod FILM STARS: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney, John McGiver, Miss Beverly Hills, Orangey the cat. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Truman Capote TYPE: Novella … Continue reading
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Bob Rafelson SCREENWRITER: David Mamet FILM STARS: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James M. Cain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1981 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
SOME CAME RUNNING (1958)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: John Patrick, Arthur Sheekman FILM STARS: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Betty Lou Keim, Larry Gates, Connie Gilchrist COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James … Continue reading
ROOM AT THE TOP (1959)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jack Clayton SCREENWRITER: Neil Paterson FILM STARS: Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, Hermione Baddeley COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Brain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1960 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
ALL FALL DOWN (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Frankenheimer SCREENWRITER: William Inge FILM STARS: Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, Brandon deWilde, Constance Ford. Barbara Baxley, Evans Evans COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James Leo Herlihy TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin … Continue reading
THE WAR LOVER (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Philip Leacock SCREENWRITER: Howard Koch FILM STARS: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Gary Cockrell, Michael Crawford, Bill Edwards COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Hersey TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1962 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
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