The Maltese Falcon USA, 1941 Director: John Huston Screenwriter: John Huston, based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett Genre: Film noir / detective thriller Soundtrack composer: Adolph Deutsch Editing: Thomas Richards Production: Warner Bros. Main cast: Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade) Mary Astor (Brigid O’Shaughnessy) Gladys George (Iva Archer) Peter Lorre …
Perversion Story (Original title: Una sull’altra / One on top of the other) Italy, 1969 Director: Lucio Fulci Screenplay: Roberto Gianviti, Lucio Fulci, José Luis Martínez Mollá, Massimo Castellani, Franco Ferrari, Massimo Franciosa Cast: Jean Sorel (Dr. George Dumurrier), Marisa Mell (Susan/Monica), Elsa Martinelli (Jane), John Ireland (Inspector Wald), Riccardo …
Marnie USA, 1964 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Jay Presson Allen, based on the novel by Winston Graham Genre: Psychological thriller Soundtrack composer: Bernard Herrmann Editing: George Tomasini Production: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions / Universal Pictures Cast Tippi Hedren (Marnie Edgar) Sean Connery (Mark Rutland) Diane Baker (Lil Mainwaring) Martin Gabel …
The Last Man on Earth USA/Italy, 1964 Director: Sidney Salkow Screenplay: Richard Matheson (based on his novel I Am Legend), Furio M. Zanfrotti, Ubaldo Ragona Genre: Science fiction, horror, post-apocalyptic Soundtrack composer: Paul Sawtell Editing: Amedeo Giomini Production: Robert L. Lippert, Sidney Salkow Cast Vincent Price (Dr. Robert Morgan) Franca …
Suspicion USA, 1941 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville Genre: Psychological thriller, romance Soundtrack composer: Franz Waxman Editing: William Hamilton Production: David O. Selznick (producer) Cast Cary Grant (Johnnie Aysgarth) Joan Fontaine (Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth) Cedric Hardwicke (General McLaidlaw) Nigel Bruce (Gordon Cochran Thwaite, alias Beaky) …
The Lady Vanishes United Kingdom, 1938 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Screenwriters: Ethel Lina White, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder Genre: thriller, comedy Editing: H. J. Trever; Helen Lewis Production: Michael Balcon (executive producer), Gainsborough Pictures Cast Margaret Lockwood (Iris) Michael Redgrave (Gilbert) Paul Lukas (Doctor) C. Aubrey Smith (Inspector) Plot Many tourists …
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang USA, 1932 Director: Mervyn Le Roy Screenwriters: Howard J. Green, Brown Holmes, based on the autobiography by Robert E. Burns Genre: Prison drama Soundtrack composer: Bernhard Kaun Editing: Ray Curtiss Production: Warner Bros. Main cast Paul Muni (James Allen) Glenda Farrell (Marie) …
Santa Claus conquers the martians USA, 1964 Director: Nicholas Webster Screenwriters: Glenville Mareth, Paul L. Jacobson Film Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Christmas Production company: Paul L. Jacobson Cast: John Call (Santa Claus / Kris Kringle) Leonard Hicks (Dropo) Vincent Beck (Kimar, the Martian King) Bill McCutcheon (Chochem, …
Dead End USA, 1937 Director: William Wyler Screenplay: Lillian Hellman, based on the play by Sidney Kingsley Genre: Social drama, gangsters Soundtrack composer: Alfred Newman Editing: Daniel Mandell Production: Samuel Goldwyn Main cast Sylvia Sidney (Drina Gordon) Joel McCrea (Dave Connell) Humphrey Bogart (Hugh “Baby Face” Martin) Wendy Barrie (Kay …
The Man with the Golden Arm USA, 1955 Director: Otto Preminger Screenwriters: Ben Hecht, Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer (based on the novel by Nelson Algren) Genre: Drama Soundtrack composer: Elmer Bernstein Editing: Louis R. Loeffler Production: Otto Preminger (for Otto Preminger Films / Carlyle Productions) Main cast Frank Sinatra (Frankie …
