There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
Comedy | Western
A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, John Randolph
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
*batteries not included (1987)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.
Starring: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine, Dennis Boutsikaris
Director: Matthew Robbins
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Comedy
A minor league baseball player has to waste $30m in 30 days in order to inherit $300m; however he's not allowed to tell anyone about the $300m deal.
Starring: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach
Director: Walter Hill
The Arrangement (1969)
Drama
Advertising executive Eddie Anderson has success in business, comfort in marriage…and a gnawing despair he can't escape. So one morning he turns his sports car into the path of an 18-wheeler on the freeway — and toward a tumultuous future.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone, Hume Cronyn, Harold Gould
Director: Elia Kazan
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Drama | Horror | Music | Romance | Thriller
Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom" whom none can find in the mazes and catacombs. But both of Christine's lovers have plans to ferret him out.
Starring: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Hume Cronyn
Director: Arthur Lubin
The Parallax View (1974)
Thriller
Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, along with seven others, witnesses the assassination of political candidate.
Starring: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Hume Cronyn, Earl Hindman, Bill Joyce
Director: Alan J. Pakula
People Will Talk / The Dr. Praetorious Story (1951)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Dr. Noah Praetorius falls in love with Debra, a student who finds out that she is pregnant by her old boyfriend.
Starring: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Sidney Blackmer
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Brute Force (1947)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
As hard-hitting as its title, Brute Force was the first of Jules Dassin's forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey (a riveting Hume Cronyn). Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains? Matter-of-fact and ferocious, Brute Force builds to an explosive climax that shows the lengths men will go to when fighting for their freedom.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Sam Levene
Director: Jules Dassin
Marvin's Room (1996)
Drama
Years ago, the fiercely independent Lee took off for Ohio, while her older sister Bessie returned to the family's Florida home to look after their bedridden father Marvin and his lovably child-like sister Ruth. In Bessie's words, Marvin has been dying slowly for the past twenty years… just to make sure she doesn't miss anything. But after a talk with Dr. Wally, Bessie realizes that the family caregiver needs a little loving herself. Lee, on the other hand, has troubles of her own–starting with her mischievous son Hank, who has a knack for burning down the neighborhood when she's not looking. Seventeen years since her last visit, but after an unexpected call from Bessie, Lee's packs up Hank and his younger brother Charlie for the trip home.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn
Director: Jerry Zaks
The World According to Garp (1982)
Comedy | Drama
Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.
Starring: Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, John Lithgow, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Swoosie Kurtz
Director: George Roy Hill
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband… but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions.
Starring: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Alan Reed
Director: Tay Garnett
Lifeboat (1944)
Thriller | War
A chic writer, a stoker and others drift with the U-boat captain who has sunk their ship.
Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn, Canada Lee
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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