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THE RAGE OF PARIS (1938) Dir: Henry Koster. Writer: Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson. Nicole: Danielle Darrieux, Jim Trevor: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Bill Duncan: Louis Hayward, Gloria: Helen Broderick, Mike: Mischa Auer, Rigley: Charles Coleman. French dancer, Nicole comes to New York only to be left broke and behind on the rent. Neighbor and friend Gloria with the help of Mike, maitre'd at an upscale New York hotel finance Nicole in an attempt to snare Canadian millionaire, Bill Duncan in a marriage. When Duncan's best friend, Jim Trevor arrives he recognizes Nicole from a previous meeting and tries to break up the engagement of the Nicole and Bill, but ends up falling in love with Nicole.
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RED RIVER (1948) Dir: Howard Hawks. Writer: Borden Chase, Charles Schnee. Tom Dunson: John Wayne, Matt Garth: Montgomery Clift, Tess Millay: Joanne Dru, Cherry Valence: John Ireland, Nadine Groot: Walter Brennan, Buster McGee: Noah Beery, Jr., Dan Latimer: Harry Carey, Jr., Mr. Melville: Harry Carey, Sr. After the Civil War, Tom Dunson and his ward, Matt Garth, on the verge of loosing their ranch, drive their cattle herd to market in Missouri. Dunson becomes more dictatorial and paranoid as they push on to Missouri. Despite the threat of Missouri border gangs, Dunson refuses to head to Abilene, Kansas, a safer destination. When Dunson decides to hang two of his cowboys for deserting the cattle drive, Matt Garth takes over the herd from Dunson. Dunson swears to catch Garth and kill him. As the cattle drive heads north, they save a wagon train full of gamblers and whores from an Indian attack. Garth falls in love with one of the rescued women, Tess Millay. He leaves her behind. When Dunson arrives at the wagon train with new men, Tess asks to come along for the final confrontation between Tom Dunson and Matt Garth.
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REDS (1981) Dir: Warren Beatty. Writer: Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths. John Reed: Warren Beatty, Louise Bryant: Diane Keaton, Max Eastman: Edward Herrmann, Grigory Zinoviev: Jerzy Kosinski, Eugene O'Niell: Jack Nicholson, Emma Goldman: Maureen Stapleton, Louis Fraina: Paul Sorvino, Mrs. Paltrow: Bessie Love, Pete Van Wherry: Gene Hackman. A film biography of journalists John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting in Portland, Oregon through Reeds death in the Soviet Union during the Russian revolution.
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RESCUE DAWN (2006) Dir: Werner Herzog. Writer: Werner Herzog. Dieter Herzog: Christian Bale, Duane: Steve Zahn, Gene: Jeremy Davies. Navy pilot, Dieter Dengler is shot down over Laos in the first years of the Vietnam war. Captured by the Pathet Lao, he organizes an escape with the other American prisoners, Duane and Gene, as well as several Asian prisoners.
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THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) Dir: Philip Kaufman. Writer: Philip Kaufman. Chuck Yeager: Sam Shepard, Glennis Yeager: Barbara Hershey, Pancho Barnes: Kim Stanley, Alan Shepard: Scott Glenn, Gordon Cooper: Dennis Quaid, John Glenn: Ed Harris, Trudy Cooper: Pamela Reed, Jack Ridley: Levon Helm, Gus Grissom: Fred Ward, Betty Grissom: Veronica Cartwright. As Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier and tests the fastest jets, the first seven Mercury astronauts are chosen and the space age begins.
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RONIN (1998) Dir: John Frankenheimer. Writer: J.D. Zeik. Sam: Robert De Niro, Vincent: Jean Reno, Deirdre: Natascha McElhone, Gregor: Stellan Skarsgard, Larry: Skip Sudduth, Seamus O'Rourke: Jonathan Pryce, Spence: Sean Bean, Jean-Pierre: Michael Lonsdale, Mikhi: Feodor Atkine, Natacha Kirilova: Katarina Witt, Dapper Gent: Jan Triska. The IRA hires a group of mercenaries to steal a mysterious case, but Gregor, one of the group betrays the team so that he can sell the case to some Russians. Sam and Vincent then hunt for both the case and the IRA leader, Seamus.
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THE RUNNING, JUMPING, STANDING STILL FILM (1960) Dir: Richard Lester, Peter Sellers. Writer: Richard Lester, Spike Milligan. The Painter: Richard Lester, The Photographer: Peter Sellers. A collection of sight gags and slapstick.