Richard Fleischer
3) Mandingo
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Based on the hugely successful novel by Kyle Onstott, MANDINGO takes the audience beyond the sentimentalized South of other films with uncompromising honesty and realism to show the true brutalizing nature of slavery, which made victims of both owner and slave. Heavyweight boxer Ken Norton makes his screen debut in the title role, with Perry King (Possession of Joel Delaney) as his white owner, friend, and eventual nemesis.
4) Trapped
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A young Lloyd Bridges stars as hardboiled hood Tris Stewart, a convicted counterfeiter doing time in the Atlanta pen. When a fresh batch of fake bills starts circulating, treasury agents bail Stewart out to help lead them to the maker of the fake plates. Although long sought by the Film Noir Foundation, TRAPPED was believed to have suffered the unfortunate fate of many B-films of the era—oblivion. But when a private collector deposited a 35mm...
6) Compulsion
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Chicago, 1924. Two young men, one bossy and intimidating, the other sensitive and introverted, thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off "The perfect crime." The result is a sensational case with defense attorney Jonathan Wilk putting capital punishment itself on trial.
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Charlton Heston plays a cop in this 21st century science-fiction horror story. The setting is New York, teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by government-sponsored clinics. For their food, the people have grown to rely almost totally on a greenish, wafer-like substance called soylent. As Heston investigates the murder of a magnate in the dictatorial...
10) The Vikings
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Two Viking brothers are drawn into a bloody duel by their desire for a beautiful princess.
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The film follows a rube, played by Henry Morgan, on a journey as he uses his recently obtained inheritance to take a trip to 1910's New York with his wife and sister-in-law. Along the way, he encounters numerous eccentric characters including a drunken jockey, a sleaze ball millionaire and a devious stage actor, all scheming to court his sister-in-law in order to gain a slice of the inheritance.
12) Banjo
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"When young Pat Warren's (Sharyn Moffett) father dies, she moves from their farm in Georgia to live with her aunt, Elizabeth Ames (Jacqueline White), in Boston. But Elizabeth doesn't like animals and Banjo is no exception, the dog must stay outside. Then, although it breaks Pat's young heart, Elizabeth sends Banjo back to Georgia, but Pat follows her beloved dog, south...and into danger. A deeply moving family film..." --Container.
13) Betty Boop
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She first appeared on screen with the body of a woman and the head of a dog. Re-invented as 100% woman, the racy cartoon star became an American icon.
15) Barabbas
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Pardoned instead of Christ, Barabbas is haunted for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulphur mines and then to gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend give his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith....
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In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early Sunday morning air attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor. American intelligence is breaking the Japanese diplomatic messages but few high-ups are prepared to believe that an attack is likely, let alone where or how it might...
18) Ashanti
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When his wife is kidnapped by slave traders, Dr. Linderby (Michael Caine) has only one thing on his mind: to find her. As his search spans the continent, he uncovers an entire nation held in the bondage of a cruel and ancient custom.
19) Trapped
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A counterfeiter on the run from the Treasury Department. They're hot on his trail using every trick in the book and the G-men won't give up until he's locked up behind bars with the counterfeit plates destroyed.
20) Made In Paris
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"Have you come here to destroy all fashion designers in Paris, or is it just me?" Songs, fashion, Frenchmen and the fabulous Ann-Margret abound in this classic musical Made in Paris. When department store fashion buyer Irene Chase (Edie Adams) decides to get married, her boss sends assistant Maggie Scott (Ann-Margret) to Paris for the fashion showings. There, famed couturier Marc Fontaine (Louis Jourdan) breaks into her hotel room-believing it to...