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October 25th, 2014: 5 Card Stud (1968)

Oct25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Revenge, Western, Whodunnit Tagged before they were famous, card game, church bell, Dean Martin, Hal B. Wallis, hanging, Henry Hathaway, John Anderson, lynching, Maurice Jarre, Mommy issues, musical interlude, Paramount Pictures, poker, reverend, Robert Mitchum, Roy Jenson, vigilantes, Whit Bissell, Yaphet Kotto

June 5th, 2014: The Longest Day (1962)

Jun5 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Airborne Operations, Based on a Book, Black and White, Campaign History, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged "Cast of Thousands", 20th Century Fox, amphibious landing, Atlantic Wall, before they were famous, Bernard Fox, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Effects-Best Special Effects, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Bob Steele, Cornelius Ryan, Curd Jurgens, D-Day, Darryl F. Zanuck, Eddie Albert, Edmond O'Brien, Fabian, France, Frank Finlay, George Segal, Gert Frobe, Henry Fonda, Jeffrey Hunter, John Wayne, Maurice Jarre, Mel Ferrer, Nazis, Normandy, parachute jump, paratroopers, Paul Anka, Peter Lawford, Peter van Eyck, Ray Danton, Red Buttons, Richard Burton, Richard Dawson, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Robert Wagner, Rod Steiger, Roddy McDowell, Sal Mineo, Sean Connery, Steve Forrest, Stuart Whitman, The Resistance, U.S. Army Rangers, World War Two

August 1st, 2013: The Train (1964)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, Thriller, War Movies Tagged art, Arthur Penn, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Burt Lancaster, France, Italy, Jeanne Moreau, John Frankenheimer, Maurice Jarre, Nazis, Paris, Paul Scofield, The Resistance, train, train attack, train station, train wreck, United Artists, World War Two Veterans

June 12th, 2013: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Jun12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged "Are you a God?", "no man has lived to tell the tale", Afghanistan, Albert Moses, Alexander the Great, avalanche, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, British Army, British Empire, Christopher Plummer, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, gods, husband and wife team, India, John Huston, journalist, less famous spouse, Martini Henry Rifle, Maurice Jarre, Michael Caine, mountains, natives, nepotism, pact, pith helmet, rope bridge, Rudyard Kipling, Saeed Jaffrey, Sean Connery, Shakira Caine, train, tribes

March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Columbia Pictures, Conrad L. Hall, double cross, explosives, Hispanic-face, hostage, Jack Palance, kidnapping, Lee Marvin, Maurice Jarre, mercenary, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Ralph Bellamy, ransom, Robert Ryan, Texas, trackers, train, veteran, Woody Strode

September 16th, 2012: Lion of the Desert (1981)

Sep16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Campaign History, Epic, Event Film, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Propaganda, War Movies Tagged Anthony Quinn, Colonialism, double cross, execution, Fascists, Guerrillas, Italy, Libya, Maurice Jarre, Moustapha Akkad, Mussolini, Oliver Reed, Raf Vallone, rip-off, Rod Steiger, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)

November 30th, 2011: Les Yeux Sans Visage aka Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Nov30 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Aida Valli, disfigured face, dogs, father, France, Georges Franju, Italy, kidnapping, Lux Film, mask, Maurice Jarre, overbearing father, Pierre Boileau, plastic surgery, surgery

July 11th, 2011: The Island at the Top of the World

Jul11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Event Film, Family, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged "This Lost World is Gonna Blow!", airship, Arctic, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, cash-in, explorers, Jacques Marin, John Whedon, kidnapping, language barrier, Mako, Maurice Jarre, orcas, Robert Stevenson, superstition, Vikings, volcano, Walt Disney, witch doctor

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