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August 6th, 2013: Out of the Past (1947)

Aug6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged detective, double cross, femme fatale, flashback, gas station, Jacques Tourneur, James M. Cain, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, mobsters, moll, National Film Registry, Robert Mitchum, twist

March 20th, 2013: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

Mar20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Redubbed, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Alan Ladd, archival footage, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Brian Donlevy, Burt Lancaster, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, Charles Laughton, conspiracy, detective, Edith Head, Edmond O'Brien, Fred MacMurray, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, James Cagney, Jeff Corey, Joan Crawford, Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Los Angeles, Miklós Rózsa, Nazis, Rachel Ward, Ray Milland, Reni Santori, scientists, South America, spies, Steve Martin, Veronica Lake, Vincent Price, William Conrad

August 4th, 2012: Paths of Glory (1957)

Aug4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Adolphe Menjou, courtroom scene, execution, France, French Army, George MacReady, Great War, Jim Thompson, Joe Turkel, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Timothy Carey, trial

October 26th, 2011: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Oct26 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Remake, Western Tagged attempted lynching, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, brothers, Burt Lancaster, DeForest Kelley, Dennis Hopper, Dimitri Tiomkin, Earl Holliman, Frank Faylen, gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Hal B. Wallis, Jack Elam, Jo Van Fleet, John Sturges, Kenneth Tobey, Kirk Douglas, Lee Van Cleef, Leon Uris, mob, Paramount Pictures, Rhonda Fleming, teens, Tombstone, U.S. Marshall, Whit Bissell

January 21st, 2011: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Jan21 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adventure, Based on a Book, Family, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Sci-Fi Tagged animal sidekick, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Special Effects, giant squid, James Mason, Jules Verne, Kirk Douglas, mastermind, militant pacifism, musical interlude, Peter Lorre, reclusive genius, Richard Fleischer, submarine, Walt Disney

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