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Tag Archives: Sidney Lumet
Running on Empty (1988) Sidney Lumet, River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch

The Popes are a family who haven’t been able to use their real identity for years. Read More »
Bye Bye Braverman (1968) Sidney Lumet, George Segal

Friends gather for the funeral of a friend. Sub-plots unfold as the group Read More »
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962) Sidney Lumet, Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards

Author Eugene O’Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife Read More »
The Morning After (1986) Sidney Lumet, Jane Fonda

Alex Sternberg wakes up with a hangover and no memory of how she ended up in bed with a dead man. Read More »
Network (1976) Sidney Lumet, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch

In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks’ nightly news programming Read More »
King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis (1970) Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee

Follows Martin Luther King’s life and decades long civil rights activism. Read More »
The Appointment (1969) Sidney Lumet, Omar Sharif, Anouk Aimée, Didi Perego

Frederico Fendi, a Rome-based lawyer, is not totally fulfilled despite his professional success Read More »
The Fugitive Kind (1960) Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani

Having fled New Orleans to avoid arrest, the undeniably alluring Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier (Val) Read More »
Power (1986) Sidney Lumet, Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman

Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. Read More »
The Offence (1973) Sidney Lumet, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant

In Sidney Lumet’s harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson has been with the British Police Force for 20 years. Read More »
Prince of the City (1981) Sidney Lumet, Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy

New York City cop Daniel Ciello is involved in some questionable police practices. Read More »
Daniel (1983) Sidney Lumet, Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson Read More »
12 Angry Men (1957) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room Read More »
A View from the Bridge AKA Vu du pont (1962) Sidney Lumet, Raf Vallone, Maureen Stapleton, Carol Lawrence

Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice Read More »