Never Say Never Again
Director: Irwin Kershner
Screenplay: Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
Producer: Jack Schwartzman
Music: Michel Legrand
Photography: Douglas Slocombe
Cast: Sean Connery (James Bond), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Largo),
Max von Sydow (Blofeld), Barbara Carrera (Fatima Blush), Kim Bassinger (Domino),
Bernie Casey (Felix Leiter), Alec McCowan (Q), Edward Fox, Rowan Atkinson
Released by: Warner/Woodcote/Taliafilm
Date: 1983, 134 minutes. Color.
Based on: Characters created by Ian Fleming
Series: Other movies in the series
A New Leaf
Director: Elaine May
Screenplay: Elaine May
Producer: Joe Manduke
Music: John Mandel, Neal Hefti
Photography: Gayne Rescher
Cast: Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, William Redfield,
James Coco
Released by: Paramount/Aries/Elkens
Date: 1970, 102 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Green Heart, by Jack Ritchie (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963).
North by Northwest
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Ernest Lehman
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Photography: Robert Burks
Editor: George Tomaini
Visual Effects:
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Leo G. Carroll, Martin Landau,
Jessie Royce Landis, Adam Williams
Released by: MGM
Date: 1959, 136 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Nothing But the Best
Director: Clive Donner
Screenplay: Frederic Raphael
Producer: David Deutsch
Music: Ron Grainer
Photography: Nicholas Roeg
Cast: Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Millicent Martin, Pauline Delany
Released by: Anglo Amalgamated/Domino
Date: 1964, 99 minutes. Color.
Based on: Nothing But the Best, by Stanley Ellin.
Notorious
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Ben Hecht
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Roy Webb
Photography: Ted Tetzlaff
Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin,
Reinhold Schünzel
Released by: RKO
Date: 1946, 101 minutes. B & W.
No Way Out
Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenplay: Robert Garland
Producers: Laura Ziskin and Robert Garland
Music: Maurice Jarre
Photography: John Alcott
Cast: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Drundza
Released by: Orion/Neufeld/ZiskinGarland
Date: 1987, 116 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing (1946).
Ocean's Eleven
Director: Lewis Milestone
Screenplay: Harry Brown, Charles Lederer, George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell
Producer: Lewis Milestone
Music: Nelson Riddle
Photography: William H. Daniels
Cast: Frank Sinatra (Danny Ocean), Peter Lawford (Jimmy Foster),
Sammy Davis Jr. (Josh Howard), Richard Conte (Anthony "Tony" Bergdorf),
Dean Martin (Sam Harmon), Angie Dickinson (Beatrice Ocean), Cesar Romero (Duke Santos),
Joey Bishop (Mushy O'Connors), Patryce Wymore (Adele Ekstrom), Akim Tamiroff (Spyros Acebos),
Henry Silva (Roger Corneal), Ilka Chase (Mrs. Restes)
Released by: Warner Brothers/Dorchester
Date: 1960, 128 minutes. Color.
Based on: Ocean's Eleven, by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell.
Ocean's Eleven
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay: Ted Griffin, Harry Brown, Charles Lederer, George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell
Producer: Jerry Weintraub
Music: David Holmes
Photography: Steven Soderbergh (aka Peter Andrews)
Editor: Stephen Mirrione
Cast: George Clooney (Danny Ocean), Brad Pitt (Dusty Ryan), Julia Roberts (Tess Ocean/Benedict),
Andy Garcia (Terry Benedict), Carl Reiner (Saul Bloom), Shaobo Qin,
Matt Damon (Linus Cladwell), Elliott Gould (Ruben Tischoff)
Released by: Warner Brothers/Jerry Weintraub Productions
Date: 2001, 118 minutes. Color.
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, December 10, 2001.
Based on: Ocean's Eleven, directed by Lewis Milestone (1960).
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Director: Peter Hunt
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Music: John Barry
Photography: Michael Reed, Egil Woxholt, Roy Ford, John Jordan
Visual Effects:
Cast: George Lazenby (James Bond), Diana Rigg, Tely Savalas, Ilse Steppat,
Gabriele Ferzetti, Yuri Borienko, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell
Released by: UA/Eon/Danilaq
Date: 1969, 140 minutes. Color.
Based on: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming ().
Out of Sight Edgar
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay: Scott Frank and Elmore Leonard
Producers: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Music: David Holmes
Photography: Elliot Davis
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Cast: George Clooney (Jack Foley), Jennifer Lopez (Karen Sisco), Jim Robinson (Bank Employee),
Steve Zahn (Glenn Michaels), Luis Guzmán (Chino), Dennis Farina (Marshall Sisco),
Catherine Keener (Adele)
Released by: Universal/Jersey Films
Date: 1998, 122 minutes. Color.
Based on: Out of Sight, by Elmore Leonard (1996).
Palmetto
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay: E. Max Frye and James Hadley Chase
Producer: Matthias Wendlandt
Music: Klaus Doldinger
Photography: Thomas Kloss
Editor: Peter Przygodda
Cast: Woody Harrelson (Harry Barber), Elisabeth Shue (Rhea Malroux),
Chloë Sevigny (Odette), Gina Gershon (Nina),
Michael Rapaport (Donnely)
Released by: Columbia/Sony/Castle Rock
Date: 1998, 114 minutes. Color.
Based on: Just Another Sucker, by James Hadley Chase ().
Panic Room
Director: David Fincher
Screenplay: David Koepp
Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Judy Hofflund, David Koepp, and Gavin Polone
Music: Howard Shore
Photography: Conrad W. Hall and Darius Khondji
Editing: James Haygood and Angus Wall
Cast: Jody Foster (Meg Altman), Kristen Stewart (Sarah Altman), Forest Whitaker (Burnham),
Jared Leto (Junior), Dwight Yoakam (Raoul), Patrick Bauchau (Stephen Altman),
Ian Buchanan (Evan, the real-estate agent), Ann Magnuson (Lydia Lynch),
Andrew Kevin Walker (Sleepy Neighbor),
Holt McCallany, Mel Rodriguez, Paul Schulze
Released by: Columbia/Sony/Hofflund-Polone
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, April 8, 2002.
Phone Booth
Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenplay: Larry Cohen
Producers: Gil Netter and David Zucker
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Photography: Matthew Libatique
Editor: Mark Stevens
Cast: Colin Farrell (Stu Shepard), Keifer Sutherland (Voice), Forest Whitaker (Captain Ramey),
Radha Kitchell (Kelly Shepard), Katie Holmes (Pamela McFadden), Jon Enos III (Leon), Keith Nobbs (Adam),
Dell Yount (Pizza Guy), Josh Pais (Mario), Richard T. Jones (Sergeant Cole), James McDonald (Negotiator)
Released by: Fox 2000 Pictures/Zucker-Netter/Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 2003, 90 minutes. Color.
The Pink Panther
Director: Blake Edwards
Screenplay: Maurice Richlin, Blake Edwards
Producer: Martin Jurow
Music: Henry Mancini
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers (Inspector Clouseau), Capucine, Claudia Cardinale,
Robert Wagner, Brenda de Banzie, Colin Gordon
Released by: UA/Mirisch
Date: 1963, 113 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Sequels:
---A Shot in the Dark, 1964.
---Inspector Clouseau, 1968.
---The Return of the Pink Panther, 1974.
---The Pink Panther Strikes Again, 1976.
---The Revenge of the Pink Panther, 1978.
---Curse of the Pink Panther, 1983.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Director: Bob Rafelson
Screenplay: David Mamet
Producers: Charles Mulvehill and Bob Rafelson
Music: Michael Small
Cast: Jack Nicholson (Frank Chambers), Jessica Lange (Cora Papadakis),
John Colicos (Nick Papadakis), Michael Lerner (Katz), John P. Ryan (Kennedy),
Anjelica Huston (Madege)
Released by: Lorimar/Northstar International
Date: 1981, 121 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain ().
Prizzi's Honor
Director: John Huston
Screenplay: Richard Condon, Janet Roach
Producer: John Foreman
Music: Alex North
Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editors: Rudi Fehr and Kaja Fehr
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston Oscar,
Robert Loggia, William Hickey, John Randoph
Released by: ABD/John Foreman
Date: 1985, 129 minutes. Color.
Based on: Prizzi's Honor, Richard Condon ().
Psycho
Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Saul Bass
Screenplay: Joseph Stefano
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Photography: John L. Russell
Visual Effects:
Cast: Anthony Hopkins (Norman Bates), Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles,
John Gavin, John McIntire, Simon Oakland
Released by: Shamley/Alfred Hitchcock
Date: 1960, minutes. Color.
Based on: Psycho, by Robert Bloch ().
Sequels:
---Psycho 2, 1983.
---Psycho 3, 1986.
Pulp Fiction
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino
Stories: Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Oscar
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Music: Karyn Rachtman
Visual Effects:
Photography: Andrzej Sekula
Editor: Sally Menke
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis,
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames,
Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken
Released by: Miramax
Date: 1994, 154 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7888-0394-8
Based on:
Punch-Drunk Love
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, Joanne Sellar
Music: Jon Brion
Photography: Robert Elswit
Cast: Adam Sandler (Barry Egan), Emily Watson (Lena Leonard),
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Dean Trumbell),
Luis Guzman (Lance), Mary Lynn Rajskub (Elizabeth), James Smooth (Jim Smooth)
Released by: Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios/Sony Pictures Entertainment
Date: 2002, 89 minutes. Color.
Raffles
Director: Sam Wood
Screenplay: John Van Druten, Sydney Howard
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Music: Victor Young
Photography: Gregg Toland
Visual Effects:
Cast: David Niven, Olivia de havilland, Dudley Digges, May Whitty,
Douglas Walton, Lionel Page, E. E. Clive, Peter Godfrey
Released by: Samuel Goldwyn
Date: 1939, 72 minutes. B &: W.
Based on: Raffles the Amateur Cracksman, by E. W. Hornung ().
The Rainmaker
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Cast: Michael Herr, Danny DeVeto, Jon Voigt,
Released by:
Date: 1997, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Rainmaker, by John Grisham.
Rapid Fire
Director: Dwight H. Little
Screenplay: Alan McElroy
Story: Cindy Cirile, Alan McElroy
Producer: Robert Lawrence
Music: Christopher Young
Photography: Ric Waite
Editor: Gib Jaffe
Visual Effects:
Cast: Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso, Raymond J. Barry,
Kate Hodge, Tzi Ma, Tony Longo, Michael Paul Chan, Dustin Nguyen
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1992, 95 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Rear Window
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: John Michael Hayes
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Franz Waxman
Photography: Robert Burks
Visual Effects:
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Wendell Corey,
Thelma Ritter
Released by: Alfred Hitchcock
Date: 1954, 112 minuters. Color.
Based on: Rear Window, by Cornell Woolrich ().
Rebecca Oscar
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison
Producer: David O. Selznick
Music: Franz Waxman
Photography: George Barnes Oscar
Visual Effects:
Cast: Lauence Olivier (Maxim de Winter), Joan Fontaine, George Sanders (Favell), Judith Anderson (Mrs. Danvers),
Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper, Florence Bates, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith,
Melville Cooper, Leo G. Carroll, Leonard Carey
Released by: UA/David O. Selznick
Date: 1940, 130 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier ().
Red Dragon
Director: Brett Ratnor
Screenplay: Ted Tally and Thomas Harris
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Music: Danny Elfman
Photography: Dante Spinotti
Editor: Mark Helfrich
Cast: Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter), Edward Norton (Will Graham),
Ralph Fiennes ("Tooth Fairy/Red Dragon"; Francis Dolarhyde),
Emily Watson (Reba McClane), Harvey Keitel (Jack Crawford), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Freddy Lounds),
Mary-Louise Parker (Molly Graham), Tyler Patrick Jones (Josh Graham),
Lalo Schifrin (Conductor), Anthony Heald (Dr. Frederick Chilton),
Ken Leung (Lloyd Bowman), Tim Wheater (Flutist)
Released by: Dino De Laurentiis/Universal Pictures/MCA/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Date: 2002, 124 minutes. Color.
Based on: Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris (1981).
Also see: Manhunter, 1986.
The Replacement Killers
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Screenplay: Ken Sanzel
Producers: Bernie Brillstein, Brad Grey, John Woo
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Photography: Peter Lyons Collister
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat (John Lee), Mira Sorvino (Meg Coburn),
Michael Rooker (Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov), Kenneth Tsang (Terence Wei),
Til Schweiger (Ryker), Danny Trejo (Collins)
Released by: Columbia Pictures/Nu Image/Sony Pictures Entertainment
Date: 1998, 87 minutes. Color.
The Return of the Saint (aka The Son of the Saint)
Directors: Ray Austin, Roy Ward Baker, Tom Clegg, Kevin Connor, Charles Crichton,
Cyril Frankel, Peter Medak, Leslie Norman, Peter Sasdy, Jeremy Summers,
Sam Wanamaker
Screenplays:
Producers: Robert S. Baker, Lew Grade, Anthony Spinner
Music:
Cast: Ian Ogilvy (Simon Templar)
Released by: Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Date: 1978-1980, 60 minutes per episode. Color.
Based on: Simon Templar, Character of Leslie Charteris.
The Road to Perdition
Director: Sam Mendes
Screenplay: David Self and Max Allan Collins
Producers: Sam Mendes, Dean Zanuck, and Richard D. Zanuck
Music: Thomas Newman
Photography: Conrad L. Hall
Cast: Tom Hanks (Michael Sullivan), Paul Newman (John Rooney), Jude Law (Maguire),
Tyler Hoechlin (Mike Sullivan, Jr.), Daniel Craig (Connor Rooney), Stanley Tucci (Frank Nitti),
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Mrs. Sullivan), Kevin Chamberlin, Liam Aiken (Peter Sullivan)
Released by: 20th Century Fox/Dream Works/The Zanuck Company
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Graphic Novel The Road to Perdition, by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner.
The Rock
Director: Michael Bay
Screenplay:
Producesr: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson
Music:
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Cast: Sean Connery (Mason), Nicholas Cage (Goodspeed), Ed Harris (General Hummel)
Released by: Hollywood Pictures
Date: 1996, 129 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Rope
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Arthur Laurents
Producers: Sidney Bernstein, Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Francis Poulenc
Photography: Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall
Visual Effects:
Cast: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Joan Chandler, Cedric Hardwicke,
Constance Collier, Edith Evanson, Douglas Dick
Released by: Transatlantic
Date: 1948, 80 minutes. Color.
Based on: Rope, a play by Patrick Hamilton ().
The Saint
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenplay:
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Cast: Val Kilmer (Simon Templar), Elizabeth Shue (Dr. Emma Russell), Rade Serbedzija
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1997, 125 minutes, color.
Based on: character by Leslie Charteris
The Saint in London
Cast: George Sanders (Simon Templar)
Date: 1939
The Saint in New YorK
Cast: Louis Hayward (Simon Templar)
Date: 1938
The Saint in Palm Springs
Cast: George Sanders (Simon Templar)
Date: 1941
The Saint Meets the Tiger
Cast: Hugh Sinclair (Simon Templar)
Date: 1938
The Saint's Vacation
Cast: Hugh Sinclair (Simon Templar)
Date: 1941
The Saint's Double Trouble
Cast: George Sanders (Simon Templar)
Date: 1940
The Saint's Girl Friday
Cast: Louis Hayward (Simon Templar)
Date: 1953
The Saint Strikes Back
Cast: George Sanders (Simon Templar)
Date: 1939
The Saint Takes Over
Cast: George Sanders (Simon Templar)
Date: 1940
The Seven Per Cent Solution
Director: Herbert Ross
Screenplay: Nicholas Meyer
Producer: Herbert Ross
Music: John Addison
Photography: Oswald Morris
Cast: Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave,
Laurence Olivier, Jeremy Kemp, Smantha Eggar, Joel Grey, Charles Gray,
Georgia Brown, Regine
Released by: Universal
Date: 1976, 114 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Seven Per Cent Solution, by Nicholas Meyer (1974).
Shattered *
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay: Wolfgang Petersen
Producers: Wolfgang Petersen, John Davis, David Korda
Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Photography: Lazlo Kovacs
Editors: Hannes Nikel and Glenn Farr
Cast: Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer,
Corbin Bernsen, Debi A. Monahan, Bert Robario, Scott Getlin, Kelly Nakahara
Released by: Palace/Capella/Davis Entertainment
Date: 1991, 98 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Plastic Nightmare, by Richard Neely.
The Shawshank Redemption *
Director: Frank Darabont
Screenplay: Frank Darabont
Producer: Niki Marvin
Music: Thomas Newman
Photography: Roger Deakins
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler,
Clancy Brown, James Whitmore, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, Jeffrey DeMunn
Released by: Rank/Castle Rock
Date: 1994, 142 minutes. Color.
Based on: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, by Stephen King.
Sherlock Holmes
Information on Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce series begins with:
The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939.
A Shot in the Dark
Director: Blake Edwards
Screenplay: Blake Edwards, William Peter Blatty
Producer: Blake Edwards
Music: Henry Mancini
Photography:Christopher Challis
Visual Effects:
Cast: Peter Sellers (Inspector Clouseau), Elke Sommers, George Sanders, Herbert Lom,
Tracy Reed, Graham Stark
Released by: UA.Mirisch/Geoffrey
Date: 1964, 101 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Pink Panther, 1963.
The Silence of the Lambs Oscar
Director: Jonathan Demme Oscar
Screenplay: Ted Tally Oscar
Producers: Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman
Music: Howard Shore
Photography: Tak Fujimoto
Editor: Craig McKay
Visual Effects:
Cast: Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling) Oscar, Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter) Oscar,
Scott Glenn, Ted levine, Anthony Heald, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons,
Lawrence J. Wrentz, Frankie Faison, Rogert Corman
Released by: Rank/Orion/Strong Heart/Demme
Date: 1990, 118 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris (1988).
Sleepers West
Cast: Lloyd Nolan (Mike Shayne)
Based on: Sleepers East, by Frederick Nebel.
Speed
Director: Jan De Bont
Screenplay: Graham Yost
Producer: Mark Gordon
Music: Mike Mancina
Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editor: John Wright
Sound: Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David R. R. MacMillan Oscar
Sound Effects Editing: Stephen Hunter Flick Oscar
Cast: Keanu Reeves (Jack Traven), Sandra Bullock (Annie), Dennis Hopper (Howard Payne),
Jeff Daniels (Harry), Joe Morton, Alan Ruck, Glenn Plummer, Richard Lineback,
Beth Grant, Hawthorne James, Carlos Carrasco
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1994, 115 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Director: Jan De Bont
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Cast: Sandra Bullock (Annie), Jason Patric (Alex), Willem Dafoe (Geiger), Temeua Morrison, Tim Conway
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Spider Woman * (aka Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman)
Director: Roy William Neill
Screenplay: Bertram Millhauser
Producer: Roy William Neill
Music: Hans Salter
Photography: Charles Van Enger
Cast: Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson),
Gale Sondergaard (Adrea Spedding), Dennis Hoey (Inspector Lestrade),
Mary Gordon (Mrs. Hudson), Vernon Downing, Alec Craig
Released by: Universal Pictures
Date: 1944, 62 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Character: Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Series began with: The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939.
The Sting Oscar
Director: George Roy Hill Oscar
Screenplay: David S. Ward Oscar
Producer: Tony Bill and Michael S. Phillips
Music: Scott Joplin, arranged by Marvin Hamliisch Oscar
Photography: Robert Surtees
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning,
Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan
Released by: Universal/Richard Zanuck, David Brown
Date: 1973, 129 minutes. Color.
The Sting 2
Director: Jeremy Paul Kagan
Screenplay: David S. Ward
Producer: Jennings Lang
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Photography: Bill Butler
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Bert Remsen,
Teri Garr
Released by: Universal
Date: 1983, 102 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Sting, 1973.
Sunburn
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Screenplay: John Daly, Stephen Oliver, and James Booth
Producer: David Korda
Music: John Cameron
Photography: Alex Phillips, Jr.
Cast: Farah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels,
John Hillerman, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn
Released by: Herndale/Bind Films
Date: 1979, 98 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Bind, by Stanley Ellin.
The Third Man
Director: Carol Reed
Screenplay: Graham Greene
Producers: David O. Selznick, Alexander Korda, and Carol Reed
Music: Anton Karas
Photography: Robert Krasker Oscar
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter
Cast: Joseph Cotton (Holly Martin), Orson Welles (Harry Lime), Trevor Howard,
Alida Valli, Bernard Lee, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ernst Deutsch, Siegfried Breuer,
Erich Ponto, Paul Hoerbiger
Released by: British Lion/London Films/David O. Selznick/Alexander Korda
Date:1949, 104 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Third Man, by Graham Greene (1949).
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The 39 Steps
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Charles Bennett and Alma Reville
Producer: Michael Balcon and Ivor Montagu
Music: Hubert Bath and Jack Beaver
Photography: Bernard Knowles
Cast: Robert Donat (Richard Hannay), Madeleine Carroll (Pamela),
Wylie Watson (Mr. Memory), Godfrey Tearle (Professor Jordon), Lucie Mannheim,
Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier
Released by: Gaumont British
Date: 1935, 81 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The 39 Steps, by John Buchan.
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The 39 Steps
Director: Don Sharp
Screenplay: Michael Robson
Producer: James Kenelm Clarke
Music: Ed Welch
Photography: John Coquillon
Cast: Robert Powell, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, Eric Porter, David Warner,
George Baker, Ronald Pickup, Timothy West, Donald Pickering, Andrew Keir,
Robert Flemyng, Miles Anderson
Released by: Rank/Norfolk International
Date: 1978, 102 minutes. Color.
Based on: The 39 Steps, by John Buchan.
Thunderball
Director: Terence Young
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins
Producer: Kevin McClory
Music: John Barry
Photography: Ted Moore
Visual Effects: John Stears Oscar
Cast: Sean Connery (James Bond), Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi,
Rik Van Nutter, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Martine Beswick
Released by: UA/Eon
Date: 1965, 132 minutes. Color.
Based on: Thunderball, by Ian Fleming (1961).
Titanic ** Golden Globe
Director: James Cameron Golden Globe
Screenplay: James Cameron
Producers: Jon Landau, Rae Sanchini, James Cameron
Music: James Horner Golden Globe
Song: My Heart Will Go On, by James Horner/Will Jennings Golden Globe (Celine Dion)
Photography: Russell Carpenter
Visual Effects: Rob Legato
Special Effects: Thomas L. Fisher
Editors: Conrad Buff and Richard A. Harris
Cast: Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater), Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson),
Gloria Stuart (Rose Dawson Calvert), Suzy Amis (Lizzy Cavert),
Billy Zane (Cal Hockley), David Warner (Spicer Lovejoy), Kathy Bates (Molly Brown),
Bill Paxton (Brock Lovett), Frances Fisher (Ruth DeWitte Bukater),
Bernard Hill (Captain E. J. Smith), Victor Garber (Thomas Andrews),
Jonathan Hyde (Bruce Ismay), Danny Nucci (Fabrizio De Rossi),
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Paramount/Lightstorm Entertainment
Date: 1997, 200 minutes. Color.
Based on: fictionalized dramatization of historical events
Web site: more information
To Die For
Director: Gus Van Sant
Screenplay: Buck Henry
Producer:
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Cast: Nicole Kidman
Released by: Columbia
Date: 1995, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:
To Have and Have Not
Director: Howard Hawks
Screenplay: Jules Furthman and William Faulkner
Producer: Howard Hawks
Music: Franz Waxman
Photography: Sid Hickox
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael,
Dolores Moran, Sheldon Leonard, Dan Seymour, Marcel Dalio
Released by: Warner
Date: 1945, 100 minutes. B & W.
Based on: To Have and Have Not, by Ernest Hemingway (1937).
Remakes: The Breaking Point, The Gun Runners
Also see: Key Largo
Tomorrow Never Dies
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Cast: Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), Michelle Yeoh (Wai Lin), Desmond Llewelyn (Q)
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: character created by Ian Fleming.
Twilight
Director: Robert Benton
Screenplay: Robert Benton and Richard Russo
Producer:
Music:
Photography: Piotr Sobocinski
Cast: Paul Newman (Harry Ross), Susan Sarandon (Catherine Ames),
Gene Hackman (Jack Ames), James Garner (Raymond Hope), Stockard Channing,
Margo Martindale (Gloria Lamar), Reese Witherspoon (Mel Ames), Giancarlo Esposito (Reuben)
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1998, 96 minutes. Color.
Based on: Raymond Chandler ?
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, March 16, 1998.
The Untouchables
Director: Brian de Palma
Screenplay: David Mamet
Producer: Art Linson
Music: Ennio Morricone
Photography: Stephen H. Burum
Editors: Jerry Greenberg, Bill Pankow
Visual Effects:
Cast: Kevin Costner (Elliot Ness), Sean Connery Oscar, Robert de Niro,
Charles martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Richard Bradford
Released by: Paramount/Art Linson
Date: 1987, 119 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Untouchables, by Elliot Ness (19).
U. S. Marshals
Director: Stuart Baird
Screenplay:
Producer: Arnold Kopelson
Music:
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Cast: Tommy Lee Jones (Samuel Gerard), Wesley Snipes (Sheridan), Robert Downey, Jr.,
Joe Pantoliano (Cosmo Renfro), Kate Nelligan, Irene Jacob
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1998, 123 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Fugitive, 1993.
Reviewed by: Entertainment Weekly, March 13, 1998.
The Usual Suspects
Director:
Screenplay: Chirstopher Mcquarrie
Producer:
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Cast: Kevin Spacey
Released by: Gramercy Pictures/Polygram Bad Hat Harry/Blue Parrot
Date: 1995, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Vertigo
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Photography: Robert Burks
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Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1958, 128 minutes. Color.
Based on: Dčentre les Morts, by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac ().
V. I. Warshawski
Director: Jeff Kanew
Screenplay: Edward Taylor, David Aaron Cohen, Nick Thiel
Producer: Jeffrey Lurie
Music: Randy Edelman
Photography: Jan Kiesser
Editor: C. Timothy OčMeara, Debra Neil
Visual Effects:
Cast: Kathleen Turner (V. I. Warshawsky), Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning,
Angela Beothals, Nacy Paul, Frederick Coffin, Charles McCaughan, Stephen Meadows,
Wayne Knight
Released by: Warner/Hollywood Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV/Chestnut Hill
Date: 1991, 89 minutes. Color.
Based on: Indemnity Only, by Sara Paretsky (1982).
The Woman in Green
Director: Roy William Neill
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
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Cast: Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson),
Hillary Brooke (Lydia Barlowe), Henry Daniell (Professor Moriarty),
Matthew Boulton (Inspector Gregson), Mary Gordon (Mrs. Hudson)
Released by: Universal Pictures
Date: 1945, 100 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Character: Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Series began with: The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939.
You Only Live Twice
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay: Roald Dahl
Producer: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Music: John Barry
Photography: Freddie Young, Bob Huke
Visual Effects:
Cast: Sean Connery (James Bond), Tetsuro Tamba, Akiko Wakabayashi,
Mie Hama, Karin Dor, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewellyn, Charles Grey,
Donald Pleasance
Released by: UA/Eon
Date: 1867, 117 minutes. Color.
Based on: You Only Live Twice, by Ian Fleming ().