Rashomon Japan, 1950 Director: Akira Kurosawa Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto (based on stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa) Genre: Drama / chambara Soundtrack composer: Fumio Hayasaka Editing: Akira Kurosawa Production: Daiei Film Main cast: Toshirô Mifune (Tajômaru, the bandit) Machiko Kyô (Masako Kanazawa, the wife) Masayuki Mori (Takehiro Kanazawa, the samurai) …
Cape Fear USA, 1962 Director: J. Lee Thompson Screenplay: James R. Webb (based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald) Genre: Thriller Soundtrack composer: Bernard Herrmann Editing: George Tomasini Production: Sy Bartlett Main cast: Gregory Peck (Sam Bowden) Robert Mitchum (Max Cady) Polly Bergen (Peggy Bowden) Lori Martin …
Strangers on a Train Director: Alfred Hitchcock USA, 1951 Screenplay: Raymond Chandler, Czenzi Ormonde, and Whitfield Cook (based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith). Genre: Psychological thriller. Soundtrack composer: Dimitri Tiomkin. Editing: William H. Ziegler. Production: Alfred Hitchcock. Main cast Farley Granger (Guy Haines) Robert Walker (Bruno Antony) Ruth Roman …
The Killing USA, 1956 Director: Stanley Kubrick Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick and Jim Thompson (based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White). Genre: Noir Soundtrack composer: Gerald Fried. Editing: Betty Steinberg. Production: James B. Harris (Harris-Kubrick Productions). Main Cast Sterling Hayden (Johnny Clay) Coleen Gray (Fay) Elisha Cook Jr. (George …
