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Tag Archives: USA
Johnny Eager (1941) Mervyn LeRoy, Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold
Ruthless hood Johnny Eager is pretending to his parole officer that he has chucked the rackets and is now a full-time taxi driver. Read More »
The Geisha Boy (1958) Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, Marie McDonald, Sessue Hayakawa
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. Read More »
Several Friends (1969) Charles Burnett, Andy Burnett, Eugene Cherry, Charles Bracy
An improvised late ’60’s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Director Read More »
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) Darrell Roodt, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones, Vusi Kunene
South African church minister Steven Kumalo is summoned from his village to Johannesburg. Read More »
A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan (1972) Jamaa Fanaka, Katina Gordon Fanaka, Carmen Gordon
Jamaa Fanaka’s first project plays off the Blaxploitation’s genre conventions Read More »
Doctor, You’ve Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
Early twenty-something innocent Heather Halloran has always been pushed Read More »
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994) Michael Switzer, Richard Crenna, Beverly D’Angelo, Stephen McHattie
Rocked by the death of his wife, ex-cop Jonathan Stone moves to a Seattle suburb to start a new life. Read More »
A Chorus Line (1985) Richard Attenborough
A director is casting dancers for a large production. Large numbers of hopefulls audition, hoping to be selected. Read More »
Captain Sindbad (1963) Byron Haskin, Guy Williams, Heidi Brühl, Pedro Armendáriz
After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home Read More »