Posted on April 24, 2015 |
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The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
Orson Welles directs, produces, writes and stars in this maritime film noir. When unemployed Irishman Michael O'Hara (Welles) saves Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) from some thugs, she obtains him a position on her invalid lawyer husband Arthur's (Everett Sloane) yacht, as a deckhand. It soon becomes clear that Elsa now has designs on O'Hara, and also wants her husband out of the way. O'Hara, although resisting Elsa's advances, finds himself becoming embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder. The famous hall of mirrors sequence is considered to be one of the greatest scenes in film history.
Starring: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford
Director: Orson Welles
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Tags: Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted de Corsia
Posted on November 13, 2014 |
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The Naked City (1948)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
Amid a semi-documentary portrait of New York and its people, Jean Dexter, an attractive blonde model, is murdered in her apartment. Homicide detectives Dan Muldoon and Jimmy Halloran investigate. Suspicion falls on various shifty characters who all prove to have some connection with a string of apartment burglaries. Then a burglar is found dead who once had an elusive partner named Willie. The climax is a very rapid manhunt sequence.
Starring: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Don Taylor, Ted de Corsia, Dorothy Hart
Narrator: Mark Hellinger
Director: Jules Dassin
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Tags: Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor, Dorothy Hart, Howard Duff, Jules Dassin, Mark Hellinger, Ted de Corsia
Posted on September 27, 2013 |
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The Enforcer (1951)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Michael Tolan, King Donovan
Director: Bretaigne Windust
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Tags: Bretaigne Windust, Everett Sloane, Humphrey Bogart, King Donovan, Michael Tolan, Ted de Corsia, Zero Mostel
Posted on April 28, 2013 |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Just after the end of the American Civil War a terrifying "Sea Monster" is destroying shipping at will, and a military expedition is created to track and kill the beast before more lives are lost. Famed oceanographer Professor Arronax and his assistant Conseil are on board when they are attacked by the creature far out at sea, it races towards them with a howling shriek, glowing eyes, and "breath like a furnace," tearing open their warship and sending it to the bottom with almost all hands. Adrift on the open ocean Arronax, Conseil, and a lone sailor, Ned Land, discover the "monster" at rest, but instead of a living creature they find a fantastical vessel, the Nautilus, its dedicated crew, and its commander, the driven and enigmatic Captain Nemo… now their adventure REALLY begins!!!
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Tags: James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Richard Fleischer, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia
