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Directed by Tony RichardsonOrigin USAGenres ComedyActors Robert Morse,
Anjanette Comer,
Rod Steiger,
Jonathan Winters,
John Gielgud,
LiberaceRating68%
Young Englishman Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) wins an airline ticket and visits his uncle Sir Francis Hinsley (John Gielgud) in Los Angeles. Hinsley has worked as a production staffer at a major Hollywood studio for over thirty years. His employer D.J. Jr. (Roddy McDowall) fires Hinsley, despite the old man's faithful dedication to the company. Hinsley commits suicide by hanging himself., 1h45
Directed by Ken AnnakinOrigin United-kingdomGenres CrimeActors Nigel Patrick,
Katherine Woodville,
Colin Blakely,
Derren Nesbitt,
Harry Andrews,
John CowleyRating68%
Filmed at Pinewood Studios and on location in London, the story concerns the somewhat uneasy relationship between a Scotland Yard Detective, Johnoe (Nigel Patrick) and the Squad Chief, Bestwick (Harry Andrews) over the use of paid informants. Despite orders not to use informants and to adopt more scientific principals of detection, Johnoe continues on until one of his informants is murdered. Immediately he finds himself in a frame for corruption and with few friends left on his own side of the law his only option is to enlist the help of the murdered man's brother (Colin Blakely)., 1h42
Directed by James B. HarrisOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
NoirThemes Films about animals,
Seafaring films,
Politique,
Transport films,
Underwater action films,
Submarine films,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Arme nucléaire,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Richard Widmark,
Sidney Poitier,
Martin Balsam,
James MacArthur,
Donald Sutherland,
Ed BishopRating72%
The American destroyer USS Bedford (DLG-113) detects a Soviet submarine in the GIUK gap near the Greenland coast. (Specifically, they are in Greenland territorial waters at the entrance to the J.C. Jacobsen Fjord, which is due northwest from Iceland.) Although the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. are not at war, Captain Eric Finlander (Richard Widmark) harries his prey mercilessly, while civilian photojournalist Ben Munceford (Sidney Poitier) and NATO naval advisor, Commodore (and ex-World War II U-boat captain) Wolfgang Schrepke (Eric Portman), look on with mounting alarm., 1h38
Directed by Norman JewisonOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Jeu,
PokerActors Steve McQueen,
Edward G. Robinson,
Ann-Margret,
Karl Malden,
Tuesday Weld,
Joan BlondellRating71%
Eric Stoner, nicknamed "The Kid," is an up-and-coming poker player in New Orleans. He hears that Lancey Howard, a longtime master of the game nicknamed "The Man," is in town, and sees it as his chance to finally become the Man himself. The Kid's friend Shooter cautions him, reminding the Kid how he thought he was the best five-card stud player in the world, until Howard "gutted" him when they played., 1h19
Directed by Herschell Gordon LewisOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
HorrorThemes Peinture,
Serial killer filmsRating51%
Lors de l'ouverture de sa galerie d'art, un artiste excentrique est critiqué parce que ses œuvres n'utilisent pas une bonne palette de couleurs. Alors il commence une nouvelle série de peintures en utilisant son propre sang. Rapidement, il devient trop faible à cause de la perte de son sang et il commence à utiliser le sang de jeunes femmes pour ses peintures., 2h19
Directed by Ritwik GhatakOrigin IndeGenres DramaActors Abhi Bhattacharya,
Bijon bhattacharya,
Madhabi Mukherjee,
Ritwik Ghatak,
Gita Dey,
Jahar RayRating73%
The film tells the story of Ishwar Chakraborty (Abhi Bhattacharya), a Hindu refugee from East Pakistan after the 1947 partition of India. He goes to West Bengal with his little sister Sita (Indrani Chakrabarty) where he tries to start a new life. In a refugee camp, they see the abduction of a low-caste woman and Ishwar takes her little son Abhiram (Sriman Tarun) with him. He gets a job at a factory in the province, near the river Subarnarekha., 1h37
Directed by Gottfried ReinhardtOrigin USAGenres War,
ComedyThemes Military humor in film,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Alec Guinness,
Mike Connors,
Robert Redford,
Frank Wolff,
Paul Dahlke,
Mady RahlRating59%
In World War II, two American fliers, Captain Hank Wilson (Robert Redford) and Sergeant Lucky Finder (Mike Connors), are forced to bail out over Germany. They encounter Wilhelm Frick (Alec Guinness), who hides them from the authorities in his cellar. He enjoys their company so much that he does not inform them when the war ends. Instead, he maintains a masquerade to convince his "guests" that Germany is still fighting. Eventually, after seven years, the Americans escape into a peaceful West Germany and find out the truth.