John Cassavetes
1) Gloria
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An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob.
2) Love streams
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Two closely bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
3) Faces
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Powerful story of the dissintegration of a marriage of a captain of industry and his wife.
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In his first Hollywood production, the formidable giant of American independent film John Cassavetes tells the story of a jazz musician who falls in love with a timid vocalist. After joining his group, she unintentionally turns his life upside down. With unforgettable performances by crooner Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens, this film delicately mirrors Cassavetes' own struggles with adapting to the big-budget, fast-paced, commercialized world of the...
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If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader, join forces against a corrupt New York waterfront union official. The two share a bond that cuts across society's black/white divide.
8) Brass target
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Suspense thriller about a conspiracy linking the theft of $250 million in Nazi gold with the death of General George S. Patton.
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"Crime in the streets" (91 min.) Following a turf rumble with a rival group, street gang leader John Casavetes tells his gang to do what they've never done before: kill a snitch.
"Armored car robbery" (68 min.) Richard Fleischer directs this brute-force milestone about a deadly heist and the battle of wits and firepower between a fugitive gangster (William Talman) and his stripper moll (Adele Jergens) and a bulldog cop (Charles McGraw), out to avenge...
10) Rosemary's baby
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After unwittingly becoming friendly with a coven of witches and warlocks, a young wife is impregnated by the Devil.
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Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale "The Killers" is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: Robert Siodmak, in a 1946 film that helped define the noir style; and Don Siegel, in a brutal 1964 version that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight,...