Sidney Lumet's directorial debut Twelve Angry Men remains a tense, atmospheric (though slightly manipulative and stagey) courtroom thriller, in which the viewer never sees a trial and the only action is verbal. As he does in his later corruption commentaries such as Serpico or Q & A, Lumet focuses on the lonely one-man battles of a protagonist whose ethics alienate him from ...
Manufacturer: MGM EntertainmentStarring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, E.G. MarshallDirected By: Sidney Lumet
The third instalment of the Griswold family saga is a significant improvement over their previous vacation (National Lampoon's European Vacation). Disaster-prone dad (Chevy Chase) discovers just how dangerous the Christmas season really is, as the Griswolds' old-fashioned holiday celebration turns out to be more "Bah! Humbug!" than Christmas cheer. Chase is right at home with the outrageous ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, John RandolphDirected By: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Inspired by the controversial E.C. Comics of the 1950s--which also provided the title and inspiration for the popular Tales from the Crypt TV series--director George Romero and screenwriter Stephen King serve up five delightfully frightful stories. Utilising comic-book panels, animated segues, and exaggerated lighting and camera angles, Romero and cinematographer Michael Gornick come very ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, E.G. MarshallDirected By: George A. Romero
Fine casting, rugged characters and authentic military detail make The Bridge at Remagen one of the best World War II action films of the 1960s. Based on actual incidents during the final Allied advance on Germany in March 1945, the story focuses on the US Army's exhausted 27th Armoured Infantry, assigned to seize the bridge at Remagen, on the Rhine river, to prevent 50,000 German troops ...
Manufacturer: MGM EntertainmentStarring: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. MarshallDirected By: John Guillermin
Manufacturer: Entertainment in VideoStarring: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob HoskinsDirected By: Oliver Stone
Humphrey Bogart is heartbreaking as the tragic Captain Queeg in this 1954 film, based on a novel by Herman Wouk, about a mutiny aboard a navy ship during World War II. Stripped of his authority by two officers under his command (played by Van Johnson and Robert Francis) during a devastating storm, Queeg becomes a crucial witness at a court martial that reveals as much about the invisible injuries ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Robert FrancisDirected By: Edward Dmytryk
Director Clint Eastwood's 1997 box-office hit stars himself as Luther Whitney, a highly skilled thief who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the murder of a woman involved in a secret tryst with the US president (played by Gene Hackman). Determined to clear his name, Whitney cleverly eludes a tenacious detective (Ed Harris) while investigating a corruption of power ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott GlennDirected By: Clint Eastwood
Here is just one of the many mishaps chronicled in Tora! Tora! Tora!: "Sir, there's a large formation of planes coming in from the north, 140 miles, 3 degrees east." "Yeah? Don't worry about it." The epic film shows the bombing of Pearl Harbour from both sides in the historic first American-Japanese coproduction: American director Richard Fleischer oversaw the complicated production (the ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya MihashiDirected By: Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda
An almost absurdly star-studded cast brings to life Horton Foote's story of prejudice, violence, and frustrated love in The Chase. When Bubber Reeves (Robert Redford) escapes from prison, a drunken party in his hometown turns into a vigilante mob. The news disrupts the birthday celebration of a local oil tycoon (E.G. Marshall), whose son (James Fox) is having an affair with Reeves's wife ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall, Angie DickinsonDirected By: Arthur Penn
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Gregory Peck, Martin Sheen, John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry FondaDirected By: Henry King, Franklin J. Schaffner, Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
