Category Archives: Films by Genre

MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Schlesinger SCREENWRITER: Waldo Salt FILM STARS: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Barnard Hughes, Bob Balaban COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James Leo Herlihy TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: panther THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1970 … Continue reading

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MACKENNA’S GOLD (1969)

THE FILM DIRECTOR: J. Lee Thompson SCREENWRITER: Carl Foreman FILM STARS: Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, Keenan Wynn, Julie Newmar, Ted Cassidy, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson, Eli Wallach, Eduardo … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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