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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
1946 Paramount 130 min Frank Capra Director Frank Capra’s inspiring classic balances pathos and joy in the tale of distraught George Bailey (James Stewart at his finest), who is about to commit suicide...
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IN A LONELY PLACE
1950 Sony Repertory 94 min Nicholas Ray A brilliant, moody drama of a screenwriter (Humphrey Bogart) accused of murder, and the starlet (Gloria Grahame) afraid to trust him. On one level, a poisonous...
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A WOMAN’S SECRET
1949 RKO [Warner Bros.] 88 min USA Nicholas Ray Consider it a film noir version of ALL ABOUT EVE. A famous singer (Maureen O’Hara) who’s lost her voice shoots her protégé (Gloria Grahame) in a fit of...
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NAKED ALIBI
1953 Universal 86 min USA Jerry Hopper A murder suspect (Gene Barry), released for lack of evidence, vows vengeance on the cops who brutalized him. When one of those cops turns up dead, his partner...
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THE BIG HEAT
1953 Sony Repertory 90 min USA Fritz Lang One of director Fritz Lang’s best Hollywood films tells the tale of a virtuous cop (Glenn Ford) out for revenge against the gangster who killed his wife....
View ArticleODDS AGAINST TOMORROW
1959 Park Circus/MGM 96 min USA Robert Wise Bigoted ex-convict Robert Ryan’s mistrust of partner Harry Belafonte undermines the heist plans of their ex-cop leader (Ed Begley) in this searing,...
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1955 20th Century Fox 145 min Fred Zinnemann Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Rod Steiger, Eddie Albert and Gloria Grahame headline this dynamic, showstopping version of the famous Rodgers &...
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1952 Cohen Film 110 min USA David Miller Joan Crawford gives an Oscar-nominated performance as a San Francisco playwright who marries a virile actor (Jack Palance) she’d rejected for one of her plays....
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