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How to Steal a Million (1966) William Wyler, Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach
Nicole’s father, a legendary art collector, lends his prized Cellini Venus to a prestigious Paris museum. Read More »
The James Dean Story (1957) Robert Altman, George W. George, Martin Gabel, James Dean, Lew Bracker
This documentary, which was undertaken soon after James Dean’s death, looks at Dean’s life through the use of still photographs with narration Read More »
A Pistol Shot (1942) Renato Castellani, Assia Noris, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Read More »
A Visit with Truman Capote (1966) Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Truman Capote
With Love From Truman portrays an intimate meeting with renowned author Truman Capote. Read More »
The Man who Crossed Hitler (2011) Justin Hardy, Ed Stoppard, Ian Hart, Bill Paterson
In November 1930 brown-shirted storm troopers of Hitler’s SA break into the Communist Eden Palace club, killing several members. Read More »
In Like Flint (1967) Gordon Douglas, James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale
Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed three minutes while golfing with the president. Read More »
Harper (1966) Jack Smight, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
Lew Harper is a Los Angeles based private investigator whose marriage to Susan Harper Read More »
The Siege of the Alcazar (1940) Augusto Genina, Fosco Giachetti, Mireille Balin, María Denis
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco. Read More »
The Blue Max (1966) John Guillermin, George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress
The tactics of a German fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his country’s most honored medal, the Blue Max. Read More »
Ki lo sa? (1986) Robert Guédiguian, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Here, Guédiguian regulars Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Pierre Banderet play four disparate individuals who Read More »
The Shinobi Ninja (1981) Yasuhiro Shikamura, Tadashi Yamashita, Eric Lee
Fighters hired to steal back a secret document that if public could destroy all democracy. Read More »
Dangerous Years (1947) Arthur Pierson, Billy Halop, Scotty Beckett, Richard Gaines
In this melodrama, a young juvenile delinquent convinces other teens to join his gang. Read More »
Dick Barton at Bay (1950) Godfrey Grayson, Don Stannard, Tamara Desni, George Ford
Special Agent Dick Barton has been assigned to recover a kidnapped professor Read More »
Sword of Heaven (1985) Byron Meyers, Tadashi Yamashita, Deke Anderson, Jerry Baxter
A Japanese policeman in Los Angeles uses an ancient magic sword to battle killers and an extortion ring. Read More »