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THE LADY VANISHES (1938) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Writer: Sidney Gilliat. Iris Henderson: Margaret Lockwood, Gilbert: Michael Redgrave, Dr. Hartz: Paul Lukas, Miss Froy: May Whitty, Mr. Todhunter: Cecil Parker, "Mrs." Todhunter: Linden Travers, Caldicott: Naunton Wayne, Charters: Basil Radford, The Nun: Catherine Lacey. While travelling on a train, in central Europe, wealthy young woman, Iris Henderson's friend Miss Froy, an elderly governess, seemingly, vanishes. With the help of fellow Englishman, Gilbert, she searches the train for Miss Froy, only to discover a conspiracy to cover up Miss Froy's disappearance. Miss Froy is actually a British secret agent, returning to England with vital information.
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THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) Dir: Peter Bogdanovich. Writer: Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich. Sonny Crawford: Sam Bottoms, Duane Jackson: Jeff Bridges, Jacy Farrow: Cybill Shepherd, Sam the Lion: Ben Johnson, Ruth Popper: Cloris Leachman, Lois Farrow: Ellen Burstyn, Billy: Sam Bottoms, Genevieve: Eileen Brennan, Lester Marlow: Randy Quaid, Abilene: Clu Gulager. Sonny and Duane, two high school friends in a small town in Texas become adults while chasing after local beauty, Jacy Farrow.
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LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945) Dir: John M. Stahl. Writers: Jo Swerling, Ben Ames Williams (novel). Ellen Berent Harland: Gene Tierney, Richard Harland: Cornel Wilde, Ruth Berent: Jeannne Crain, Russell Quinton: Vincent Price, Mrs. Berent: Mary Philips, Glen Robie: Ray Collins, Danny Harland: Darryl Hickman. Writer Richard Harland meets beautiful Ellen Berent on a train, not realizing that they are both going to visit lawyer Glen Robie. Swept off his feet by Ellen, Richard marries her after a very short engagement. After their marriage, an extreme jealousy manifests itself in Ellen. She stages an accidental drowning of Richard's brother Danny, who has polio. She throws herself down a flight of steps to force a miscarriage. All so that she can have Richard all to herself. When she sees that her husband is falling in love with her sister, Ruth, she commits suicide leaving false evidence that points to murder committed by Ruth. Ruth is put on trail for her life, prosecuted by D.A. Russell Quinton, Ellen's former fiance. Richard perjures himself on the stand to free his innocent sister-in-law, and does a year in prison for his crime. After serving his term, Richard and Ruth are reunited.
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LIFEBOAT (1944) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. Writer: John Steinbeck, Jo Swerling. Constance Porter: Tallulah Bankhead, Gus Smith: William Bendix, Willy: Walter Slezak, Alice MacKenzie: Mary Anderson, John Kovac: John Hodiak, Charles S. Rittenhouse: Henry Hull, Stanley "Sparks" Garett, Joe Spencer: Canada Lee. A freighter is sunk by a German U-boat, but before it goes down, the deck gun crew sinks the submarine. A group of survivors from the freighter pull Willy, one of the submarine's officer out of the sea. He slowly rises to a position of dominance in the lifeboat.
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THE LOVE OF JEANNE NEY (1927) Dir: G.W. Pabst. Writer: Rudolf Leonhardt, Ladislaus Vajda. Jeanne Ney: Edith Jehanne, Andreas Labov: Uno Henning, Khalibiev: Fritz Rasp, Gabrielle: Brigette Helm, Raymond Ney: Adolf E. Licho, Andre Ney: Eugene Jensen. Andre Ney, a French political agent and his daughter Jeanne are living in the Crimea during the Russian revolution. Khalibiev, a con man, sells phony lists of Bolshevik agents to Andre Ney. When the reds confront Andre, he tires to shoot it out, and is killed. One of the Bolsheviks involved is Andreas Labov, Jeanne's lover. Jeanne Ney is sent back to Paris and seeks work from her uncle, Raymond Ney who owns a detective agency. Labov is sent to France to work as an organizer among French communists, where he makes contact with Jeanne. Khalibiev also goes to Paris to try and con Raymond Ney. He seduces Raymond's blind daughter Gabrielle. His plan is to marry her, get her money and then to murder her. When the detective agency finds a lost diamond, Khalibiev changes his plans, murders Raymond and steals the jewell. He also plants evidence that implicates Labov. Jeanne and Labov were together at a hotel when the murder was committed. As they leave the hotel, they see Khalibiev. She finds Khalibiev and asks him to provide evidence that they were together that night, unaware that Khalibiev is the actual killer.