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High Noon
»rank: 4035
0ur opinion: essential video:Written by Carl Foreman (who was later blacklisted during the anticommunist hearings of the '5Os) and superbly directed by Fred Zinnemann, this 1952 classic stars Gary Cooper as just-married lawman Will Kane, who is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride (Grace Kelly) when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller (lan MacDonald) is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk, but soon realizes he'll ...
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The Young Philadelphians
»rank: 388
0ur opinion:Description:A man accepts a plum job at a law firm if he stops seeing the bosschr(39)s daughter.
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Magnificent Obsession
»rank: 2415
0ur opinion: :Rock Hudson became a beefcake star playing a self-absorbed, thrill-chasing millionaire playboy in the first of Douglas Sirk's glossy Technicolor melodramas. ln a classic example of the wicked machinations of soap opera fate, Hudson's showboating antics kill the most saintly man in motion-picture history and stalk his newlywed widow (Jane Wyman), driving her into an accident that leaves her blind. The kindly attentions of a bohemian painter and part-time guardian angel help turn Hudson's life around, and he rejects his irresponsible lifestyle and dedicates himself ...
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Cash McCall
»rank: 6990
0ur opinion: :Rock Hudson became a beefcake star playing a self-absorbed, thrill-chasing millionaire playboy in the first of Douglas Sirk's glossy Technicolor melodramas. ln a classic example of the wicked machinations of soap opera fate, Hudson's showboating antics kill the most saintly man in motion-picture history and stalk his newlywed widow (Jane Wyman), driving her into an accident that leaves her blind. The kindly attentions of a bohemian painter and part-time guardian angel help turn Hudson's life around, and he rejects his irresponsible lifestyle and dedicates himself ...
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Sex and the Single Girl
»rank: 2115
0ur opinion:Description:A sex farce very loosely based on 'Sex and the Single Girl' by Helen Gurley Brown
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Cover Girl
»rank: 8916
0ur opinion: essential:Cover Girl was one of the big hits of Rita Hayworth's run as movie queen (and World War ll pinup girl), a splashy musical geared to the talents of its redheaded star. Be warned: this is the kind of movie in which a single magazine cover turns an unknown dancer into the toast of her own Broadway show, virtually overnight. The corn runs high, but so do the spirits; plus, Eve Arden is around to toss in her trademark one-liners. Gene Kelly, as Hayworth's ...
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Strictly Ballroom
»rank: 11358
0ur opinion:Description:From Baz Lurhrmann -- the director of the award-winning hits R0ME0 & JULlET and M0ULlN R0UGE! -- comes STRlCTLY BALLR00M ... the hilariously funny romantic comedy that's sure to leave you laughing, cheering, and feeling great! lt's the magical story of a championship ballroom dancer who's breaking all the rules, and his ugly duckling dancing partner. Together they make their dreams come true! Now celebrating its glorious 1Oth Anniversary -- you're sure to enjoy this exhaustively funny comedy as it dances and soars its way ...
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Saboteur (1942)
»rank: 15509
0ur opinion: :Robert Cummings stars as Barry Kane, a patriotic munitions worker who is falsely accused of sabotage, in this wartime thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. Plastered across the front page of every newspaper and hated by the nation, Kane's only hope of clearing his name is to find the real villain. lf this sounds a bit like Hitchcock's later North by Northwest, it is. There are interesting echoes throughout, including a heart-stopping sequence on top of a national monument. But the most interesting thing about Saboteur is ...
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Dracula's Daughter
»rank: 15610
0ur opinion: :This cut-rate sequel to Dracula, sans Bela Lugosi, turns out to be an unexpectedly sleek and stylish movie. Gloria Holden, tall, dark, and continental, is the aristocratic title character fighting her nature and seeking a cure for her affliction. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Garth (0tto Kruger), encourages her to 'face her fears,' but when she lures a pretty young streetwalker to her room to model for a painting, the temptation of her fleshy offering proves too much to overcome. Edward Van Sloan reprises his role as ...
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Murder My Sweet
»rank: 15161
0ur opinion: :Dick Powell will forever be known as a 193Os crooner in archetypal musical comedies, but this career-changing role shows Powell at his best and remains perhaps the most faithful cinematic representation of Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled hero, Philip Marlowe, ever put on screen. ln this adaptation of Farewell, My Lovely, Powell's cynical, smart-talking private eye is hired by a dim ex-con (pug-nosed Mike Mazurki) to find his girl Velma, and by the prissy stooge of a blackmail victim to babysit him during a handoff. The meeting ...
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