The Captive City (1952)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
A small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.
Starring: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Victor Sutherland, Ray Teal, Martin Milner, Geraldine Hall
Director: Robert Wise
Destination Gobi (1953)
Adventure | Drama | War
Navy weathermen are forced to accept the help of Mongol nomads in the Gobi desert during World War II, when their craft comes under fire from Japanese attack.
Starring: Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter, Murvyn Vye, Darryl Hickman, Martin Milner
Director: Robert Wise
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Drama | Film-Noir
Sidney Falco is a New York press agent caught up in a complex relationship with the powerful newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker. Falco needs to get his showbiz clients placed in the newspapers, and hangs around Hunsecker hoping to garner a mention in his column. Hunsecker is obsessively protective towards his sister Susan, and his only apparent desire is to see an end to her budding romance with jazz musician Steve Dallas. Thus with Falco growing increasingly desperate, Hunsecker lets him know that the one way he can secure access to the column is to break up Susan and Steve, thereby setting in motion a chain of events which will tear them all apart.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Susan Harrison
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
