Mystery and Suspense Cinema, Aa-

The Adventures of Sherlock Homes * (aka Sherlock Holmes)
Director: Alfred Werker
Screenplay: Edwin Blum, William Drake
Producer: Gene Markey
Music: Cyril Mockridge
Photography: Leon Shamroy
Cast: Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson), Ida Lupino (Ann Brandon), Alan Marshal (Jerrold Hunter), George Zucco (Professor Moriarty), Terry Kilburn (Billy), E. E. Clive (Inspector Bristol), Mary Gordon (Mrs. Hudson), Henry Stephenson (Sir Ronald Ramsgate),
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1939, 83 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Character: Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Series began with: The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939.

Air Force One
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay: Andrew W. Marlowe
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Harrison Ford (President James Marshall), Jurgen Prochnow (General Radek), Gary Oldman (Korshunov), Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews
Released by:
Date: 1997, 110 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, July 28, 1997.

Along Came a Spider
Director: Lee Tamahori
Screenplay: Marc Moss, Lewis Colick
Producers: David Brown and Joe Wizan
Music: Jerry Goldsmith and Mark Isham
Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Editors: Nicholas De Toth and Neil Travis
Cast: Morgan Freeman (Detective Alec Cross), Monica Potter (Special Agent Jezzie Flanagan), Gary Zoneji (Michael Wincott), Mika Boorem (Megan Rose), Penelope Ann Miller (Lauren Rose), Michael Moriarty (Senator Rose), Jay O. Sanders (Detective Kyle Craig), Kimberley Hawthorne (Janelle Cross), Dylan Baker (Ollie MacArthur)
Released by: Paramount Pictures
Date: 2001, 105 minutes. Color.
Based on: Along Came a Spider, by James Patterson.
Web Site: Along Came a Spider

American Beauty
Director: Sam Mendes
Screenplay: Alan Ball
Producers: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, Alan Ball, and Stan Wlodkowski
Music: Thomas Newman
Photography: Conrad Hall
Editor: Tarik Anwar
Cast: Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham), Annette Bening (Carolyn Burnham), Mena Suvari (Angela), Thora Birch (Jane Burnham), Wes Bentley (Ricky Fitts), Chris Cooper (Colonel Fitts), Allison Janney (Barbara Fitts), Peter Gallagher (Buddy Kane), Scott Bakula (Jim), Sam Robard (Jim), Barry del Sherman (Brad)
Released by: DreamWorks SKG
Date: 1999, 118 minutes. Color.
Web Site: American Beauty
Web Site: American Beauty

Arlington Road *
Director: Mark Pellington
Screenplay: Ehren Kruger
Producers: Tom Gorai, Marc Samuelson, and Peter Samuelson
Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Photography: Bobby Bukowski
Editor: Conrad Buff
Cast: Jeff Roberts (Michael Faraday), Tim Robbins (Oliver Lang), Joan Cusack (Cheryl Lang), Hope Davis (Brooke Wolfe), Robert Gossett (FBI Agent Whit Carver), Mason Gamble (Brady Lang), Spencer Treat Clark (Grant Faraday), Stanley Anderson (Dr. Archer Scobee), Vivian Vives (Nurse), Darryl Cox (Troopmaster), Loyd Catlett (Delivery Man), Sid Hillman (Phone Technician)
Released by: Polygram
Date: 1999, 117 minutes. Color.
Web Site: Arlington Road

The Art of WarDirector: Christian Duguay
Screenplay: Wayne Beach and Simon Davis Barry
Story: Wayne Beach
Producer: Nicholas Clermont
Music: Normand Corbeil
Photography: Pierre Gill
Editor: Michel Arcand
Cast: Wesley Snipes (Neil Shaw), Donald Sutherland (Douglas Thomas), Anne Archer (Eleanor Hooks), Mairie Matiko (Julia Fang), Maury Chaykin (Capella), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (David Chan), Michael Biehn (Bly), Liliana Komorowska (Novak), James Hong (Ambassador Wu)
Released by: Warner Brothers/Filmline International/Amen Ra Films/Morgan Creek
Date: 2000, 117 minutes. Color.
Based on: U. S. Marshals

Assault on a Queen
Director: Jack Donohue
Screenplay: Rod Serling
Producer: William Goetz
Music: Duke Ellington
Photography: William Daniels
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Tony Franciosa, Alf Kjellin, Errol John, Richard Conte, Murray Matheson, Reginald Denny
Released by: Paramount/seven Arts/Sinatra Enterprises
Date: 1966, 106 minutes. Color.
Based on: Assault on a Queen, by Jack Finney.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Director: Jay Roach
Screenplay: Mike Myers
Producers: Demi Moore, Mike Myers, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Music: George S. Clinton, Qunicy Jones, Burt Bacharach
Photography: Peter Deming
Editors: Dawn Hoggatt, Debra Neil-Fisher
Cast: Mike Myers (Austin Powers, Dr. Evil), Elizabeth Hurley (Vanessa Kensington), Robert Wagner (Number Two), Tom Arnold, Mimi Rogers (Mrs. Kensinton), Carrie Fisher (Therapist), Michael York (Basil Exposition), Seth Green (Scott Evil), Fabiana Udenio (Alotta Fagina), Will Ferrell (Mustafa), Cindy Margolis (Fembot), Burt Bacharach
Released by: New Line Cinema/Moving Pictures/Juno Pix/Capella International/Alliance Atlantis Communications
Date: 1997, 90 minutes. Color.
Based on: You Only Live Twice, by Ian Fleming.
Sequels:
...Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 1999.
...Austin Powers in Goldmember, 2002.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Director: Jay Roach
Screenplay: Mike Myers and Michael McCullers
Characters: Mike Myers
Producers: Demi Moore, Mike Myers, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd. Eric McLeod, John S. Lyons
Music: George S. Clinton, and others
Photography: Ueli Steiger
Editors: Debra Neil-Fisher and Jon Poll
Cast: Mike Myers (Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard), Heather Graham (Felicity Shagwell), Elizabeth Hurley (Mrs. Vanessa Powers), Michael York (Basil Exposition), Verne Troyer (Mini-Me), Seth Green (Scott Evil), Robert Wagner (Number Two), Tim Robbins (The President), Will Ferrell (Mustafa), Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Woody Harrelson, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Jerry Springer, Burt Bacharach
Released by: Team Todd/Eric's Boy/Moving Pictures/Buena Vista Pictures
Date: 1999, 95 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Spy Who Loved Me, Ian Fleming.

Austin Powers in Goldmember
Director: Jay Roach
Screenplay: Mike Myers and Michael McCullers
Characters: Mike Myers
Producers: Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Mike Myers, Demi Moore, Eric McLeod, John S. Lyons
Music: George S. Clinton, Quincy Jones, Paul Oakenfold
Photography: Peter Deming
Editors: Greg Hayden, Jon Poll
Cast: Mike Myers (Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard, Goldmember), Beyoncé Knowles (Foxy Cleopatra), Michael Caine (Nigel Powers, Captain Hendricks), Robert Wagner (Number Two), Michael York (Basil Exposition), Verne Troyer (Mini-Me Mini-Austin), Seth Green (Scott Evil), Mindy Sterling (Frau Farbissina), Fred Savage (Number Three, The Mole), Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Quincy Jones, Ozzy Osbourne, John Travolta, Danny Devito, Steven Spielberg, Burt Bacharach
Released by: Gratitude International/Moving Pictures/New Line Cinema/Team Todd
Date: 2002, 90 minutes. Color.
Based on: Goldfinger, by Ian Fleming.

Bandits
Director: Barry Levinson
Screenplay: Harley Peyton
Producer: Michael Birnbaum, Paula Weinstein, Arnold Rifkin
Music: Christopher Young
Photography: Dante Spinotti
Editor: Stu Linder
Cast: Bruce Willis (Joe), Billy Bob Thornton (Terry), Cate Blanchett (Kate), Troy Garity, January Jones, Anthony Burch (Phil)
Released by: Hyde Park Entertainment/MGM/Lotus/Baltimore Spring Creek
Date: 2001, 120 minutes. Color.

Batman
Director: Tim Burton
Screenplay: Sam Hamm, Warren Skaaren
Producers: Jon Peters, Peter Guber
Music: Danny Elfman, Prince, John L. Nelson
Photography: Roger Pratt
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Visual Effects: John Evans
Cast: Michael Keaton (Batman), Jack Nicholson (The Joker), Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, Jack Palance, Jerry Hall
Released by: Warner
Date: 1989, 126 minutes. Color.
Based on: Batman, character created by Bob Kane, first appearing in Detective Comics, May, 1939.
Sequels:
---Batman Returns, 1992.
---Batman Forever, 1995.
---Batman & Robin, 1997.

Batman & Robin
Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman
Producer:
Music:
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Cast: George Clooney (Batman), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Mr. Freeze), Uma Thurman (Poison Ivy), Chris O'Donnell (Robin), Alicia Silvestone (Batgirl), Michael Gough, Elle MacPherson
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Batman, character created by Bob Kane, first appearing in Detective Comics, May, 1939.
Batman series, 1989.

Batman Forever
Director:
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Cast: Val Kilmer (Batman), Jim Carrey (Riddler), Tommy Lee Jones (Two Face), Chris O'Donnell (Robin), Michael Gough
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1995, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Batman, character created by Bob Kane, first appearing in Detective Comics, May, 1939.
Batman series, 1989.

Batman Returns
Director: Tim Burton
Screenplay: Daniel Waters
Story: Daniel Waters, Sam Hamm
Producer: Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton
Music: Danny Elfman
Photography: Stefan Czapsky
Editors: Chris Lebenzon, Bob Badami
Visual Effects:
Cast: Michael Keaton (Batman), Danny DeVito (The Penguin), Michelle Pfeiffer (Catwoman), Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Michael Murphy, Cristi Conaway, Pat Hingle
Released by: Warner
Date: 1992, 126 minutes. Color.
Based on: Batman, character created by Bob Kane, first appearing in Detective Comics, May, 1939.
Batman series, 1989.

The Big Clock
Director: John Farrow
Screenplay: Jonathan Latimer
Producer: John Farrow
Music: Victor Young
Photography: John Seitz
Visual Effects:
Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Rita Johnson, Maureen OšSullivan
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1947, 95 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing (1946).

The Big Night
Director: Joseph Losey
Screenplay: Stanley Ellin and Joseph Losey
Producer: Philip A. Waxman
Music: Lyn Murray
Photography: Hal Mohr
Cast: John Barrymore, Jr., Preston Foster, Howard St. John, Philip Bourneuf, Howland Chamberlin, Emile Meyer, Dorothy Comingore, Joan Lorring
Released by: United Artists
Date: 1951, 75 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Dreadful Summit, by Stanley Ellin.

The Big Sleep
Director: Howard Hawkes
Screenplay: William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman
Producer: Howard Hawkes
Music: Max Steiner
Photography: Sid Hickox
Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Philip Marlowe), Lauren Bacall (Vivian Sternwood Rutledge), John Ridgely (Eddie Mars), Martha Vickers (Carmen Sternwood), Dorothy Malone (Proprietress), Regis Toomey (Bernie Ohls), Charles Waldron (General Sternwood), Charles D. Brown (Norris), Elisha Cook, Jr. (Harry Jones), Louis Jean Heydt (Joe Brody), Bob Steele (Canino), Peggy Knudsen (Mona Mars), Sonia Darrin (Agnes)
Released by: Warner
Date: 1946, 114 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler (1939).

Big Trouble
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenplay: Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone
Producers: Tom Jacobson, Barry Josephson, Barry Sonnenfeld
Music: James Newton Howard
Photography: Greg Gardiner
Editing: Steve Weisberg
Special Effects: Industrial Light and Magic, The Secret Lab
Cast: Tim Allen (Eliot Arnold), Rene Russo (Anna Herk), Omar Epps (Pat Greer), Dennis Farina (Henry Algott), Ben Foster (Matt Arnold), Zooey Deschanel (Jenny Herk), Stanley Tucci (Arthur Herk), Janeane Garofalo (Monica Ramiro), Jason Lee (Puggy), Tom Sizemore (Snake), Patrick Warburton (Walter Kramitz), Sofia Vergara (Nina), Heavy D (Alan Seitz), Johnny Knoxville (Eddie), Lars Arentz-Hansen (Leonid), Daniel London (Ivan Chukov), Dave Barry (Lawyer)
Released by: Touchstone Pictures/Buena Vista Pictures/Sundale Productions
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Big Trouble, by Dave Barry (1999).

Blood Simple
Director: Joel Coen
Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Producer: Ethan Coen
Music: Carter Burwell
Photography: Barry Sonenfeld
Editors: Roderick Jaynes (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen), Don Wiegmann, Peggy Connolly
Cast: John Getz (Ray), Frances McDormand (Abby), Dan Hedaya (Julian Marty), M. Emmet Walsh (Private Detective Loren Visser), Samm-Art Williams (Meurice), Deborah Newman (Debra), Raquel Gavia (Landlady), Shannon Sedwick
Released by: Palace/River Road/Circle
Date: 1984, 97 minutes. Color.
Related to: Fargo, by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996).

Blood Work
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenplay: Brian Helgeland and Michael Connelly
Producer: Clint Eastwood
Music: Lennie Niehaus
Photography: Tom Stern
Editor: Joel Cox
Special Effects: Industrial Light & Magic
Cast: Clint Eastwood (Terry McCaleb), Jeff Daniels (Buddy Noone), Wanda De Jesus (Graciella Rivers), Angelica Huston (Dr. Bonnie Fox), Tina Lifford (Jaye Winston), Paul Rodriguez (Ronaldo Arrango), Mason Lucero (Raymond), Maria Quiban (Gloria Torres), Dylan Walsh (John Waller), Dina Eastwood (Reporter), Alix Koromzay (Mrs. Cordell), Chao Li Chi (Mr. Kang), June Kyoko Lu (Mrs. Kang), Mark Thomason (James Cordell), Igor Jijikine (Bolotov)
Released by: Warner Brothers/Malpaso Productions/The Malpaso Company
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Blood Work, by Michael Connelly (1998).
Web Site: Blood Work

Body Heat **
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Screenplay: Lawrence Kasdan
Producers: Fred T. Gallo, George Lucas, Robert Grand
Music: John Barry
Photography: Richard H. Kline
Editor: Carol Littleton
Cast: William Hurt (Ned Racine), Kathleen Turner (Matty Walker), Robert Crenna (Edmund Walker), Ted Danson (Peter Lowenstein), J. A. Preston (Oscar Grace), Mickey Rourke (Teddy Lewis), Kim Zimmer (Mary Ann), Jane Hallaren (Stella)
Released by: The Ladd Company/Warner Brothers
Date: 1981, 113 minutes. Color.
Also see: The Last Seduction, 1994; Wild Things, 1998.

The Bone Collector *
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenplay: Jeremy Iacone and Jeffrey Deaver
Producers: Martin Bregman and Louis A. Stroller
Music: Craig Armstrong
Photography: Dean Semler
Editor: William Hoy
Cast: Denzel Washington (Lincoln Rhyme), Angelina Jolie (Amelia Donaghy), Queen Latifah (Thelma), Michael Rooker (Captain Howard Cheney), Ed O'Neill (Detective Paulie Sellitto), Mike McGlone (Detective Kenny Solomon), Luiz Guzmán (Eddie Ortiz), Leland Orser (Richard Thompson), John Benjamin Hickey (Dr. Barry Lehman), Bobby Cannavale (Steve), Gale Swanson (Alan Rubin), Olivia Birkelund (Linday Rubin), Richard Zeman (Lieutenant Carl Hanson), Jim Bulleit (Train Engineer), Frank Fontaine (Grandfather) Daniel Broshu (NYU Student), Zena Grey (Granddaughter), Phillip Noyce
Released by: Universal Pictures/Columbia Pictures/Sony
Date: 1999, 117 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver.
Web Site: The Bone Collector

Bonnie and Clyde
Director: Arthur Penn
Screenplay: David Newman, Robert Benton
Producer: Warren Beatty
Music: Charles Strouse
Photography: Burnett Guffey Oscar
Visual Effects:
Cast: Warren Beatty (Clyde), Faye Dunaway (Bonnie Parker), Michael J. Pollard (C. W. Moss), Gene Hackman (Buck Barrow), Estelle Parsons (Blanche) Oscar, Gene Wilder, Dub Taylor, Denver Pyle
Released by: Warner/Seven Arts/Tatira/Hiller
Date: 1967, 111 minutes. Color.
Based on:

The Bourne Identity
Director: Robert Young
Screenplay: Carol Sobieski
Producer: Frederick Muller
Music: Laurence Rosenthal
Photography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editor: Benjamin A. Weissman
Cast: Richard Chamberlain (Jason Bourne), Jaclyn Smith (Marie St. Jacques), Anthony Quayle (General Villiers), Donald Moffat (David Abbott), Yorgo Voyagis (Carlos)
Released by: made for TV.
Date: 1988, 240 minutes (miniseries). Color.
Based on: The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum (1980).

The Bourne Identity
Director: Doug Liman
Screenplay: Tony Gilroy
Producers: Patrick Cowley, Richard N. Gladstein, Doug Liman
Music: John Powell
Photography: Oliver Wood
Editor: Saar Klein
Cast: Matt Damon (Jason Bourne), Franka Potente (Marie), Chris Cooper (Conklin), Clive Owen (The Professor), Julia Stiles (Nicolette), Brian Cox (Ward Abbott), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Wombosi), Gabriel Mann (Zorn)
Released by: Universal Pictures/Hypnotic/MCA/United International Pictures
Date: 2002, 118 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum (1980).

The Brasher Doubloon
Director: John Brahm
Screenplay: Dorothy Bennett
Music: David Buttolgh
Photography: Lloyd Ahern
Cast: George Montgomery (Philip Marlowe), Nancy Guild, Florence Bates, Canrad Janis, Fritz Kortner
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1946, 72 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The High Window, by Raymond Chandler (1942).

The Breaking Point
Director: Michael Curtiz
Screenplay: Ranald MacDougall
Producer: Jerry Wald
Music: William Lava and Max Steiner
Photography: Ted McCord
Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Edmon Ryan, William Campbell
Released by: Warner
Date: 1950, 97 minutes. B & W.
Based on: To Have and Have Not, Ernest Hemingway (1937).

Bugsy
Director: Barry Levinson
Screenplay: James Toback
Producers: Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty
Music: Emmio Morricone
Photography: Allen Daviau
Editor: Stu Linder
Visual Effects:
Production design: Dennis Gassner Oscar
Costume: Albert Wolsky Oscar
Cast: Warren Beatty (Bugsy Siegel), Ben Kingsley (Meyer Lansky), Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth, Wendy Phillips, Richard Sarafian, Bill Graham
Released by: Columbia Tri-Star/Mulholland/Baltimore
Date: 1991, 135 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Bulldog Drummond
Director: F. Richard Jones
Screenplay: Sidney Howard
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Music:
Photography: George Barnes, Gregg Toland
Visual Effects:
Cast: Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Claud Allister (Algy), Lilyan Tashman, Montagu Love, Lawrence Grant
Released by: Samuel Goldwyn
Date: 1929, 90 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Sapper, by H. C. McNeile

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Director: Roy del Ruth
Screenplay: Nunnally Johnson
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Music: Alfred Newman
Photography: Peverell Marley
Visual Effects:
Cast: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Butterworth (Algy), Warner Oland, Mischa Auer, Una Merkel
Released by: UA/Twentieth Century
Date: 1934, 83 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Bulldog Drummond

Bullitt
Director: Peter yates
Screenplay: Harry Kleiner, Alan R. Trustman
Producer: Phiip DšAntoni
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Photography: William A. Fraker
Editor: Frank P. Keller Oscar
Visual Effects:
Cast: Steve McQueen (Detective Bullitt), jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughan, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland
Released by: Warner/Solar
Date: 1968, 113 minutes. Color.
Based on: Mute Witness, by Robert L. Pike ().

The Burbs
Director: Joe Dante
Screenplay: Dana Olsen
Producers: Michael Finnell and Larry Brezner
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Robert Stevens
Editor: Marshall Harvey
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, Brother Theodore, Courtney Gains, Gale Gordon
Released by: UIP/Imagine
Date: 1988, 102 minutes. Color.

Casablanca Oscar
Director: Michael Curtiz Oscar
Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch Oscar
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Music: Max Steiner
Photography: Arthur Edeson
Editor: Owen Marks
Visual Effects:
Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Rick Blaine), Ingrid Bergman (Ilse Lund), Paul Henreid (Vicotr Laszlo), Cluade Rains (Captain Louis Renault), Sydney Greenstreet (Ferrari), Peter Lorre (Ugarte), Conrad Veidt (Major Strasser), S. Z. Sakall (Carl), Dooley Wilson (Sam), Marcel Dalio (Croupier), Madelaine LeBeau, Joy Page, John Qualen, Ludwig Stossel, Leonid Kinskey, Helmut Dantime, Ilka Gruning
Released by: Warner Bros.
Date: 1942, 102 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Everybody Comes to Rickšs, play by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.

Casino
Director: Martin Scorcese
Screenplay:
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Cast: Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci
Released by:
Date: 1995, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, by Nicholas Pileggi ().

Casino Royale
Directors: John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish, Joe McGrath, Richard Talmadge
Screenplay: Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Michael Sayers,
Producers: Charles K. Feldman, Jerry Bresler
Music: Burt Bacharach
Photography: Jack Hildyard
Visual Effects:
Cast: David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, William Holden, Charles Boyer John Huston, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi, Kurt Kasznar, Jacqueline Bisset, Derek Nimmo, George Raft, Ronnie Corbett, Peter OšToole, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geoffrey Bayldon, Duncan Macrae, Woody Allen
Released by: Columbia/Famous Artists
Date: 1967, 130 minutes. Color.
Based (loosely) on: Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming (1953).
Web Site: James Bond
Series: Other movies in the series

Cat Chaser
Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay:
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Cast: Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis
Released by: Vestron
Date: 1989, minutes. Color.
Based on: Cat Chaser, by Elmore Leonard (19).

Chinatown Edgar
Director: Roman Polanski
Screenplay: Robert Towne Oscar
Producer:
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Jack Nicholson (Jake Gittes), Faye Dunaway (Evelyn Mulraye), John Huston (Noah Cross)
Released by:Paramount
Date: 1974, minutes. Color.
Based on: Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles (according to John Fawell).
Reviewed by: John Fawell, in The Armchair Detective, Spring, 1996.

ConAir
Director: Simon West
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Cast: Nicholas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Conspiracy Theory
Director: Richard Donner
Screenplay: Brian Helgeland
Producer:
Music:
Photography: John Schwartzman
Visual Effects:
Cast: Mel Gibson (Jerry Fletcher), Julia Roberts (Alice Sutton), Patrick Stewart (Dr. Jonas)
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, August 18, 1997.

Curse of the Pink Panther
Director: Blake Edwards
Screenplay: Blake Edwards, Geoffrey Edwards
Producers: Blake Edwards, Gerald T. Nutting
Music: Henry Mancini
Photography: Dick Bush
Visual Effects:
Cast: Ted Wass, Joanna Lumley, Herbert Lom, David Niven, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Harvey Korman, Burt Kwouk
Released by: MGM-UA/Titan/Jewel
Date: 1983, 110 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Pink Panther, 1963

Dark Blue
Director: Ron Shelton
Screenplay: David Ayer
Producers: David Blocker, Caldecot Chubb, Sean Daniel, James Jacks
Music: Terence Blanchard
Photography: Barry Peterson
Editing: Paul Seydor
Cast: Kurt Russell (Sgt. Eldon Perry, Jr.), Scott Speedman (Bobby Keough), Brendon Gleeson (Jack Van Meter), Ving Rhames (Deputy Chief Arthur Holland), Michael Michele (Sgt. Beth Williamson), Lolita Davidovich (Mrs. Perry), Jamison Jones (Frank), Kurupt (Orchard), Michael Bentt, Mimi Fletcher, William Utay
Released by: Alphaville Films/Cosmic Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Date: 2002, 116 minutes. Color.
Based on: Dark Blue, by James Ellroy.

Darker Than Amber
Director: Robert Clouse
Screenplay: Ed Waters
Producers: Walter Seltzer, Jack Reeves
Music: John Carl Parker
Photography: Frank V. Phillips
Editor: Fred A. Chulack
Cast: Rod Taylor (Travis McGhee), Suzy Kendall (Vangie/Merrimay), Theodore Bikel (Meyer), Ahna Capri (Del), James Booth (Burk), Oswaldo Calvo (Manuel), Sherry Faber (Nina), Jane Russell (Alabama Tigress), Janet MacLachlan (Noreen), William Smith (Terry), Marcie Knight (Landlady), Jack Nagle (Farnsworth), Harry A. Wood (Judson)
Released by: National General Pictures/Cinema Center 100 Productions/Major Pictures Productoin
Date: 1970, 96 minutes. Color.
Based on: Darker Than Amber, by John D. MacDonald (1966).

The Day of the Jackal
Director: Fred Zimmermann
Screenplay: Kenneth Ross
Producers: John Woolf, David Deutsch
Music: Georges Delerue
Photography: Jean Tournier
Editor: Ralph Kemplen
Visual Effects:
Cast: Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Eric Porter, Cyril Cusack, Delphine Seyrig, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, Timothy West, Olga Georges-Picot, Barrie Ingham, Maurice Denham, Anton Rodgers
Released by: Universal/Warwick/Universal France
Date: 1973, 142 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth ().

Dead Again
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Screenplay: Scott Frank
Producers: Lindsay Doran and Charles H. Maguire
Music: Patrick Doyle
Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Editor: Peter E. Berger
Cast: Kenneth Branagh (Roman Strauss/Mike Church), Emma Thompson (Margaret Strauss/Grace), Andy Garcia (Gray Baker), Derek Jacobi (Franklyn Madson), Robin Williams (Cozy Carlisle), Wayne Knight ("Piccolo" Pete), Hanna Schygula (Inga), Gregor Hesse (Frankie)
Released by: Paramount/Mirage
Date: 1991, 108 minutes. Color.

Deathtrap
Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenplay: Jay Presson Allen
Producer: Burtt Harris
Music: Johnny Mandel
Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Cast: Michael Caine (Sydney Bruhl), Christopher Reeve (Clifford Anderson), Dyan Cannon (Myra Bruhl), Irene Worth (Psychic), Henry Jones
Released by: Warner/LAH
Date: 1982, 116 minutes. Color.
Based on: Deathtrap, Broadway play.by Ira Levin ().

Devil in a Blue Dress
Director:
Screenplay: Carl Franklin
Producer:
Music:
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Cast: Denzel Washington
Released by: Clinica Estetico, Muddy Lane Entertainment/Tristar
Date: 1995, minutes. Color.
Based on: Easy Rawlins by Walter Mosley

Dial M for Murder
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Frederick Knott
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Photography: Robert Burks
Visual Effects:
Cast: Ray Milland, John Williams, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson
Released by: Warner
Date: 1954, 105 minutes. Color.
Based on: Dial M for Murder, play by Frederick Knott ().

Diamonds Are Forever
Director: Guy Hamilton
Screenplay: Richard Malbaum and Tom Mankiewicz
Producers: Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli
Music: John Barry
Photography: Ted Moore
Cast: Sean Connery (James Bond), Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell
Released by: United Artists/Danjarz
Date: 1971, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Diamonds Are Forever, by Ian Fleming (1956).
Web Site: James Bond
Series: Other movies in the series

The Diary of a Chambermaid
Director: Jean Renoir
Screenplay: Burgess Meredith, Octave Mirbeau, André Heuse
Producers: Burgess Meredith, Benedict Bogeaus, Paulette Goddard
Music: Michel Michelet
Photography: Lucien N. Andriot
Editor: James Smith
Cast: Paulette Goddard (Célestine), Burgess Meredith (Captain Mauger), Hurd Hatfield (Georges Lanlaire), Francis Lederer (Joseph), Judith Anderson (Madame Lanlaire), Florence Bates (Rose), Irene Ryan (Louise), Reginald Owen (Captain Lanlaire), Almira Sessions (Marianne)
Date: 1946, 86 minutes. B & W.
Released by: Camden Productions/United Artists
Based on: The Diary of a Chambermaid, by Octave Mirbeau.

Diary of a Chambermaid (aka Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre)
Director: Luis Buñuel
Screenplay: Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Producers: Serge Silberman, Michel Sabra
Photography: Roger Fellous
Cast: Jeanne Moreau (Célestine), Georges Gêret, Michel Piccoli, Françoise Lugange
Released by: Speva/Ciné Alliance/Filmsonor/Dear
Date: 1964, 98 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Diary of a Chambermaid, by Octave Mirbeau.

Die Another Day
Director: Lee Tamahon
Screenplay: Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
Producers: Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson
Music: David Arnold, Madonna, Monty Norman, Paul Oakenfold
Photography: David Tattersall
Editing: Andrew MacRitchie, Christian Wagner
Cast: Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), Halle Berry (Jinx), Toby Stephens (Gustav Graves), Rosamund Pike (Miranda Frost), John Cleese (Q), Judi Dench (M)
Released by: Danjaq Productions/MGM/United Artists/
Date: 2002, 123 minutes. Color.
Based on: James Bond character of Ian Fleming.
Series: Other movies in the series

Doctor No
Director: Terence Young
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Music: Monty Norman
Photography: Ted Moore
Cast: Sean Connery (James Bond), Ursula Andress, Jack Lord, Joseph Wiseman, John Kitzmiler, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Zena Marshall, Eunice Gayson, Anthony Dawson
Released by: United Artists/Eon
Date: 1962, 111 minutes. Color.
Based on: Doctor No, by Ian Fleming (1958).
Bond Retrospective: The New Yorker, November 4, 2002.
Web Site: James Bond
TBS Web Site: James Bond Movies on Cable
Sequels:
---From Russia with Love, 1963.
---Goldfinger, 1964.
---Thunderball, 1965.
---Casino Royale, 1967.
---You Only Live Twice, 1967.
---On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969.
---Diamonds Are Forever, 1971.
---Live and Let Die, 1973.
---The Man with the Golden Gun, 1974.
---The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.
---Moonraker, 1979.
---For Your Eyes Only, 1981.
---Octopussy, 1983.
---Never Say Never Again, 1984.
---A View to a Kill, 1985.
---The Living Daylights, 1987.
---Licence to Kill, 1989.
---Goldeneye, 1995.
---Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997.
---The World Is Not Enough, 1999.
---Die Another Day, 2002.

Dolores Claiborne
Director:
Screenplay: Tony Gilroy
Producer:
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast:
Released by: Columbia/Castle Rock
Date: 1995, minutes. Color.
Based on: Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen King (19).

Dressed to Kill (aka Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code)
Director: Roy William Neill
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson), Patricia Morrison (Hilda Courtney), Edmond Breon (Gilbert Emery), Mary Gordon (Mrs. Hudson)
Released by: Universal Pictures
Date: 1946, 100 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Character: Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Series began with: The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939.

Drop Dead Gorgeous
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Screenplay: Lona Williams
Producers: Gavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, Lona Williams
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Photography: Michael Spiller
Special Effects: Metamorphosis
Editors: Janice Hampton, David Codron
Cast: Kirsten Dunst (Amber Atkins), Denise Richards (Becky Leeman), Kirstie Alley (Gladys Leeman), Ellen Barkin (Annette Atkins), Allison Janney (Loretta), Sam McMurray (Lester Leeman), Mindy Sterling (Iris Clark), Brooke Bushman (Tammy Curry), Alexandra Holden (Mary Johanson)
Released by: Capella International/New Line Cinema/KC Medien AG
Date: 1999, 97 minutes. Color.
Web Site: Drop Dead Gorgeous

The Empty Copper Sea
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Cast: Sam Elliott (Travis McGhee), Gene Evans (Meyer), Richard Farnsworth (Van Harder), Geoffrey Lewis (Tuckerman), Amy Madigan (Billy Jean), Vera Miles (Julie Lawless), Katharine Ross (Gretel), Marshall R. Teague
Released by: NBC
Date: 1983, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Empty Copper Sea, by John D. MacDonald (1978).

Enough
Director: Michael Apted
Screenplay: Nicholas Kazan
Producers: Rob Cowan and Irwin Winkler
Music: David Arnold
Photography: Rogier Stoffers
Editor: Rick Shaine
Cast: Jennifer Lopez (Slim), Bill Campbell (Mitch), Tessa Allen (Gracie), Juliette Lewis (Ginny), Dan Futterman (Joe), Chris Maher (Phil), Noah Wyle (Robbie), Ruben Madera (Teddy), Russell Milton (Alex), Fred Ward (Jupiter)
Released by: Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.

Eye of the Needle
Director: Richard Marquand
Screenplay: Stanley Mann
Producer: Stephen Friedman
Music: Miklos Rozsa
Photography: Alan Hume
Visual Effects:
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Bannen, Alex McCrindle
Released by: UA/Kings Road
Date: 1981, 113 minutes. Color.
Based on: Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett ().

Eyes Wide Shut
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay: Frederic Raphael and Stanley Kubrick
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Tom Cruise (Dr. William Harford), Nicole Kidman (Alice Harford), Sydney Pollack (Victor Ziegler), Todd Field (Nick Nightingale), Leelee Sobieski
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1999, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Dream Story, Arthur Schnitzler.
Reviewed by: Newsweek, July 19, 1999.

Face/Off
Director: John Woo
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: John Travolta, Nicholas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Nick Cassavetes, Alessandro Nivola, Harve Presnell, Margaret Cho
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Farewell, My Lovely (aka Murder My Sweet)
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Screenplay: John Paxton
Producer: Adrian Scott
Music: Roy Webb
Photography: Harry J. wild
Visual Effects:
Cast: DickPowell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Mike Mazurki, Otto Kruger, Miles Mander, Douglas Walton, Ralf Harolde, Don Douglas, Esther Howard
Released by: RKO
Date: 1944, 95 minutes, B & W.
Based on: Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler (1940) .

Farewell, My Lovely
Director: Dick Richards
Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman
Producer: George Pappas, Jerry Bruckheimer
Music: David Shire
Photography: John A. Alonzo
Visual Effects:
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Jack O'Halloran, Kate Murtagh, Jim Thompson (Judge Grayles)
Released by: Avco Embassy/Elliott Kastner
Date: 1975, 95 minutes, Color.
Based on: Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler (1940).

Fargo
Director: Joel Coen
Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Producer: Ethan Coen
Music: Carter Burwell
Photography: Roger Deakins
Editors: Roderick Jaynes (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen)
Cast: Frances McDormand (Marge Gunderson), William H. Macy (Lundegaard), Steve Buscemi (Carl Showalter), Peter Stormare (Gaear Grimsrud), Kristin Rudr&uum;d (Jean Lundegaard), Tony Denman (Scotty Lundegaard)
Released by: Gramercy Pictures/PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/Working Title Films
Date: 1996, 98 minutes. Color.
Related to: Blood Simple, by Joel and Ethan Coen (1983).

15 Minutes
Director: John Herzfeld
Screenplay: John Herzfeld
Producers: Keith Addis, David Blocker, John Herzfeld, Nick Wechsler
Music: Anthony Marinelli and J. Peter Robinson
Photography: Jean-Yves Escoffier
Editor: Steven Cohen
Cast: Robert DeNiro (Eddie Flemming), Edward Burns (Jordy Warsaw), Vera Farmiga (Daphne), Karel Rodin (Emil), Oleg Taktarev (Oleg), Kelsey Grammer (Robert Hawkins), Charlize Theron, Tygh Runyan (Stephen Geller), Melina Kanakaredes (Nicolette), Janean Christine Mariani (Mary, Planet Hollywood)
Released by: New Line Cinema/Industry Entertainment
Date: 2001, 140 minutes. Color.

52 Pick-Up
Director: John Frankenheimer
Screenplay: Elmore Leonard, John Steppling
Producer: Henry T. Weinstein
Music: Gary Chang
Photography: Jost Vacano
Cast: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, John Glover, Clarence Williams III
Released by: Cannon Media
Date: 1986, 114 minutes. Color.
Based on: 52 Pick-Up, by Elmore Leonard (19).

Five Against the House
Director: Phil Karlson
Screenplay: Stirling Siliphant, John Barnwell
Producers: Stirling Siliphant and John Barnwell
Music: George Duning
Photography: Leslie White
Cast: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Kerwin Mathews, William Conrad
Released by: Columbia
Date: 1955, 84 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Five Against the House, by Jack Finney.

Fletch
Director: Michael Ritchie
Screenplay: Andrew Bergman
Producer:
Music: Harold Faltermeyer
Photography: Fre Schuler
Cast: Chevy Chase (Fletch), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Kenneth Mars, M. Emmet Walsh
Released by: Universal/Douglas/Greisman
Date: 1985, 96 minutes. Color.
Based on: Fletch, by Gregory McDonald ().

Fletch Lives
Director: Michael Ritchie
Screenplay: Leon Capetanos
Producer:
Music: Harold Faltermeyer, Buckwheat Zydeco
Photography: John McPherson
Editor: Richard A. Harris
Cast: Chevy Chase (Fletch), Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R. Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini, Randall (Tex) Cobb, Cleavon Little
Released by:UIP/Universal/Greisman/Douglas
Date: 1989, 95 minutes. Color.
Based on: Character Fletch by Gregory McDonald

Flight from Destiny
Director: Vincent Sherman
Screenplay: Barry Trivers
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Mona Maris
Released by: Warner
Date: 1941, 74 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Trial and Error, by Anthony Berkeley (1937).

Fog over Frisco
Director: William Dieterle
Screenplay: Robert N. Lee
Producer: Henry Blake
Music: Leo F. Forbstein
Photography: Tony Gaudio
Editor: Harold McLernon
Cast: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Byron, Robert Barrat, Douglas Dumbrille, Henry O'Neill, Irving Pichel, Alan Hale
Released by: Warner
Date: 1934, 68 minutes. BW.
Based on: Fog over Frisco, by George Dyer.

For Your Eyes Only
Director: John Glen
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Music: Bill Conti
Photography: Alan Hume
Editor: John Grover
Cast: Roger Moore (James Bond), Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock), Topol (Columbo), Lynn-Holly Johnson (Bibi Dahl), Julian Glover (Aristotle Kristatos), Cassandra Harris (Countess Lisl), Desmond Llewelyn (Q)
Released by: United Artists/Danjaq/Eon/CBS/Fox/Warner Brothers
Date: 1981, 127 minutes. Color.
Based on: James Bond character of Ian Fleming.
Web Site: James Bond
Series: Other movies in the series

The French Connection Oscar
Director: William Friedkin Oscar
Screenplay:
Producer: D'Antoni
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Gene Hackman Oscar
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1971, minutes. Color.
Based on:

From Russia with Love
Director: Terrence Young
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert Broccoli
Music: John Barry
Photography: Ted Moore
Cast: Sean Connery (James Bond), Robert Shaw (Donald 'Red' Grant), Pedro Armendariz, Daniela Bianchi (Tatiana Romanova), Lotte Lenya (#3, Colonel Rosa Klebb), Bernard Lee, Eunice Gayson (Sylvia Trench), Lois Maxwell, (Ernst Stavro Blofeld), (#5, Kronsteen), (Morzeny)
Released by: UA/Eon
Date: 1963, 118 minutes. Color.
Based on: From Russia with Love, by Ian Fleming (1957).
Web Site: James Bond
Series: Other movies in the series

The Fugitive
Director: Andy Davis
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Harrison Ford (Dr. Richard Kimble), Tommy Lee Jones (Samuel Gerard)Oscar, Joe Pantoliano (Cosmo Renfro)
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1993, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Fugitive, TV series.

The Game
Director: David Fincher
Screenplay: John Brancato and Michael Ferris
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Michael Douglas (Nicholas Van Orton), Sean Penn (Conrad Van Orton), Deborah Kara Unger,
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Reviewed by: Newsweek, September 22, 1997.

The Getaway
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Screenplay: Walter Hill
Producers: David Foster, Mitchell Brower
Music: Quincy Jones
Photography: Lucien Ballard
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali McGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens
Released by:Solar/First Artists
Date: 1972, 122 minutes, Color.
Based on: The Getaway, by Jim Thompson.

The Getaway
Director: Roger Donaldson
Screenplay: Walter Hill and Amy Jones
Producers: David Foster, Lawrence Turman, John Alan Simon
Music: Mark Isham
Photography: Peter Menzies, Jr.
Editor: Conrad Buff
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilley, James Stephens, Richard Farnsworth
Released by:Warner/Largo/JVC
Date: 1994, 115 minutes, Color.
Based on: The Getaway, by Jim Thompson.

Get Carter
Director: Mike Hodges
Screenplay: Ted Lewis and Mike Hodges
Producers: Michael Caine and Michael Klinger
Music: Roy Budd
Photography: Wolfgang Suschitzky
Editor: John Trumper
Cast: Michael Caine (Jack Carter), Ian Hendry (Eric Paice), Britt Eklund (Anna Fletcher), John Osborne (Cyril Kinnear), Tom Beckley (Peter), Petra Markham (Doreen), George Sewell (Con McCarty)
Released by: Metro-Goldwin-Meyer/Warner Brothers
Date: 1971, 111 minutes. Color.
Based on: Jack's Return Home, by Ted Lewis.

Get Carter
Director: Stephen T. Kay
Screenplay: Ted Lewis and David McKenna
Producers: Mark Canton, Neil Canton, Elie Samaha
Music: Tyler Bates, Paul Oakenfeld
Photography: Mauro Fiore
Editor: Gerald B. Greenberg
Cast: Sylvester Stallone (Jack Carter), Mickey Rourke (Cyrus Paice), Alan Cumming (Jeremy Kinnear), Rachel Leigh Cook (Doreen Carter), Miranda Richardson (Gloria Carter), Gretchen Mol (Audrey), Michael Caine (Cliff Brumby), Rhona Mitra (Geraldine), Johnny Strong (Eddie), John C. McGinley (Con McCarty), Michael Cook (Richard Carter)
Released by: Warner Brothers/The Canton Company/Morgan Creek Productions/Franchise Pictures
Date: 2000, 102 minutes. Color.
Based on: Jack's Return Home, by Ted Lewis.

Get Shorty
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenplay: Scott Frank
Producers: Danny DeVito,
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: John Travolta (Chili Palmer), Gene Hackman, René Russo, Danny DeVito
Released by: Jersey Films/MGM/UA
Date: 1995, minutes. Color.
Based on: Get Shorty, by Elmore Leonard (19).

The Godfather Oscar
Director: Frances Ford Coppola
Screenplay: Frances Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo Oscar
Producer: Albert S. Ruddy
Music: Nino Rota
Photography: Gordon Willis
Visual Effects:
Cast: Marlon Brando Oscar, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Al Martino (Johnny Fontane), James Caan, Richard Castellano, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Richard Conte, John Marley
Released by: Paramount/Alfran
Date: 1972, 175 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Godfather, by Mario Puzo ().

The Godfather, Part II Oscar
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Oscar
Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo Oscar
Producer: Frances Ford Coppola
Music: Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola Oscar
Photography: Gordon Willis
Visual Effects:
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro Oscar, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall, John Cazale, Lee Strasboerb, Michael V. Gazzo, Talia Shire, Troy Donahue
Released by: Paramount/Coppola Company
Date: 1974, 200 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Godfather, by Mario Puzo ().

Goldeneye
Director: Martin Campbell
Screenplay: Jeffrey Caine and Bruce Feirstein
Story: Michael France
Producers: Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
Music: Eric Serra (Song: Goldeneye, by Bono and The Edge; Performed by Tina Turner)
Photography: Phil Meheux
Editor: Terry Rawlings
Cast: Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker
Released by: United Artists/MGM/Danjaq
Date: 1995, 130 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7928-4272-3
Based on: James Bond, character created by Ian Fleming.
Web Site: James Bond
Series: Other movies in the series

Goldfinger
Director: Guy Hamilton
Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn
Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli
Music: John Barry
Photography: Ted Moore
Visual Effects:
Cast: Sean Connery (James Bond), Honor Blackman, Gert Frobe, Harold Sakata, Shirley Eaton, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewellyn
Released by: UA/Eon
Date: 1964, 112 minutes. Color.
Based on: Goldfinger, by Ian Fleming (1959).
Web Site: James Bond
Series: Other movies in the series

GoodFellas
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay: Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi
Producer: Irwin Winkler
Music:
Photography: Michael Balhaus
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Visual Effects:
Cast: Robert de Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci Oscar, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tonay Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low
Released by: Warner
Date: 1990, 146 minutes. Color.
Based on: Wiseguy, by Nicholas Pileggi ().

Good Neighbor Sam
Director:David Swift
Screenplay: James Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum, David Swift
Producer: David Swift
Music: Frank de Vol
Photography: Burnett Guffey
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Senta Berger, Edward G. Robinson, Mike COnnors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye
Released by: Columbia
Date: 1964, 130 minutes. Color.
Based on: Good Neighbor Sam, by Jack Finney.

Gosford Park
Director: Robert Altman
Screenplay: Julian Fellowes
Producer: Robert Altman
Music: Patrick Doyle
Photography: Andrew Dunn
Editing: Tim Squyres
Cast: Michael Gambon (Sir William McCordle), Alan Bates (Jennings, Sir William's Butler), Kristin Scott Thomas (Lady Sylvia McCordle), Camilla Rutherford (Isobel McCordle), Maggie Smith (Constance, Countess of Trentham), Kelly Macdonald (Mary Macreachran, Constance's Maid), Charles Dance (Raymond, Lord Stockbridge), Clive Owen (Robert Parks, Raymond's Valet), Bob Balaban (Morris Weissman), Ryan Phillippe (Henry Denton, Morris's Valet), Geraldine Somerville (Louisa, Lady Stockbridge), Tom Hollander (Lieutenant Commander Anthony Meredith), Natasha Wightman (Lady Lavinia Meredith), Helen Mirren (Mrs. Wilson), Eileen Atkens (Mrs. Croft), Derek Jacobi (Probert, Sir William's Valet), Stephen Fry (Inspector Thompson), Ron Webster (Constable Dexter)
Released by: Capitol Films/Chicagofilms/USA Films/Sandcastle 5 Productions
Date: 2001, 137 minutes. Color.

The Grifters
Director: Stephen Frears
Screenplay: Donald Westlake
Producers: Martin Scorsese and Robert Harris
Music: Elmer Bernstein
Photography: Oliver Stapleton
Editor: Mick Audsley
Cast: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Pat Hingle, Henry Jones, Michael Laskin, Eddie Jones, J. T. Walsh, Charles Napier
Released by: Palace/Cineplex Odeon
Date: 1990, 110 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Grifters, by Jim Thompson.

The Gun Runners
Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: Daniel Mainwaring and Paul Monash
Producer: Clarence Greene
Music: Leith Stevens
Photography: Hal Mohr
Cast: Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens, Everett Sloane
Released by: UA/Seven Arts
Date: 1958, 82 minutes. B & W.
Based on: To Have and Have Not, by Ernest Hemingway (1937).

Guys and Dolls
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Music: Frank Loesser
Photography: Harry Stradling
Cast: Frank Sinatra, marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Vivian Blaine, Stuby Kaye, B. S. Pully, Robert Keith, Sheldon Leonard, George E. Stone
Released by: Samuel Goldwyn
Date: 1955, 149 minutes. Color.
Based on: Guys and Dolls, broadway musical by Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, Frank Loesser.
Based on: Guys and Dolls, by Damon Runyon (1931).

Hammett
Director: Wim Wenders
Screenplay: Ross Thomas, Dennis OšFlaherty
Producer: Francis Coppola
Music: John Barry
Photography: Philip Lathrop, Joseph Biroc
Editors: Barry Malkin, Marc Laub, Robert Q. Lovett, Randy Roberts
Visual Effects:
Cast: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Elisha Cook, Jr., R. G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Sylvia Sidney, Royal Dano, Samuel Fuller
Released by: Orion/Zoetrope
Date: 1982, 97 minutes. Color.
Based on: Hammett, by Joe Gores ().

Hard-Boiled
Director: John Woo
Screenplay: Barry Wong
Story: John Woo
Producers: Linda Kuk, Terence Chang
Music: Michael Gibbs, James Wong
Photography: Wang Wing-Heng
Editor: John Woo, David Wu, Kai Kit-Wai, Jack
Visual Effects:
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok, Anthony Wong, Kwan Hoi-Shan, Tung Wai, Y. Yonemura
Released by: Golden Princess/Milestone
Date: 1992, 126 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Harper
Director: Jack Smight
Screenplay: William Goldman
Producer:
Music: Johnny Mandel
Photography: Conrad Hall
Visual Effects:
Cast: Paul Newman (Lew Harper), Lauren Bacall, Arthur Hill, Julie Harris, Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Strother Martin
Released by: Warner/Gershwin-Kastner
Date: 1966, 121 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Moving Target, by Ross Macdonald (19).

Home Sweet Homicide
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Screenplay: F. Hugh Herbert
Producer: Twentieth Century Fox
Music: David Buttolph
Photography: John Seitz
Cast: Lynn Bari, Randolph Scott, Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Barbara Whiting
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1946, 90 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Home Sweet Homicide, by Craig Rice (1944).

The Hound of the Baskervilles *
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Screenplay: Ernest Pascal
Producer: Gene Markey
Music: Cyril Mockridge
Photography: Pevrell Marley
Cast: Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes), Nigel Bruce (Dr. John H. Watson), Richard Greene (Sir Henry Baskerville), Wendy Barrie (Beryl Stapleton), Lionel Atwill (Dr. Mortimer), John Carradine (Barryman), Morton Lowry, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer, Ralph Forbes, E. E. Clive, Eily Malyon, Mary Gordon
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1939, 80 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle (1901).
Sequels:
...The Adventures of Sherlock Homes, 1939.
...Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, 1942.
...Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, 1942.
...Sherlock Holmes in Washington, 1943.
...Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, 1943.
...The Spider Woman, 1944.
...The Scarlet Claw, 1944.
...The Pearl of Death, 1944.
...The House of Fear, 1945.
...The Woman in Green, 1945.
...Pursuit to Algiers, 1945.
...Terror by Night, 1946.
...Dressed to Kill, 1946.

House of Cards
Director: John Guillermin
Screenplay: James P. Bonner
Producer: Dick Berg
Music: Francis Lai
Photography: Pietro Portalupi
Cast: George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles, Keith Mitchell, William Job, Maxine Audley, Peter Bayliss
Released by: Universal/Westward
Date: 1968, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: House of Cards, by Stanley Ellin.

House of Numbers
Director: Russel Rouse
Screenplay: Russel Rouse, Don M. Mankiewicz
Producer: Charles Schnee
Music: André Previn
Photography: George J. Folsey
Cast: Jack Palance, Barbara Lang, Harold J. Stone, Edward Platt
Released by: MGM
Date: 1957, 92 minutes. B & W.
Based on: House of Numbers, by Jack Finney.

In the Heat of the Night Oscar, Edgar
Director: Norman Jewison
Screenplay: Sterling Silliphant Oscar
Producer: Walter Mirisch
Music: Quincy Jones
Photography: Haskell Wexler
Editor: Hal Ashby Oscar
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger Oscar, Warren Oates, Quentin Dean, Willam Schallert
Released by: UA/Mirisch
Date: 1967, 109 minutes. Color.

Key Largo
Director: John Huston
Screenplay: Richard Brooks and John Huston
Producer: Jerry Wald
Music: Max Steiner
Photography: Karl Freund
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Claire Trevor (Oscar), Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Gomez, Marc Lawrence
Released by: Warner
Date: 1948, 101 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Key Largo, play by Maxwell Anderson (1939)..
Also see: To Have and Have Not

The Killers (aka A Man Alone)
Director: Robert Siodmak
Screenplay: Anthony Veiller and John Huston
Producer: Mark Heilinger
Music: Miklos Rozsa
Photography: Elwood Bredell
Editor: Arthur Hilton
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Edmond O'Brien, Ava Gardner, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, John Miljan, Virginia Christine, Vince Barnett, Charles D. Brown, Donald MacBride, Phil Brown, Charles McGraw, William Conrad
Released by: Universal-International
Date: 1946, 105 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Killers, by Ernest Hemingway ().

The Killers
Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: Gene L. Coon
Producer: Don Siegel
Music: Johnny Williams
Photography: Richard L. Rawlings
Editor: Richard Belding
Cast: John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, Clu Gulager, Angie Dickinson, Ronald Reagan, Claude Akins
Released by: Universal-International
Date: 1964, 95 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Killers, by Ernest Hemingway ().

Klute
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Screenplay: Andy K. Lewis, Dave Lewis
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Music: Michael Small
Photography: Gordon Willis
Visual Effects:
Cast: Jane Fonda Oscar, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Rita Gam
Released by: Warner
Date: 1971, 114 minutes. Color.
Based on:

The Lady in the Lake
Director: Robert Montgomery
Screenplay: Steve Fisher
Producer: George Haight
Music: David Snell
Photography: Paul C. Vogel
Visual Effects:
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames
Released by: MGM
Date: 1946, 103 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Lady in the Lake, by Raymond Chandler (1944).

Laura
Director: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian
Screenplay: Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
Producer: Otto Preminger
Music: David Raksin
Photography: Joseph LaShelle Oscar
Visual Effects:
Cast: Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb (Waldo Lydecker), Gene Tierney (Laura), Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, Dorothy Adams, James Flavin
Released by: TCF
Date: 1944, 85 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Laura, by Vera Caspary ().

L. A. Confidential
Director: Curtis Hanson
Screenplay: Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Russell Crowe (Bud White), Kim Basinger (Lynn Bracken), Guy Pearce (Ed Exley), Kevin Spacey (Jack Vincennes), Danny DeVito (Sid Hudgens), James Cromwell,
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: L. A. Confidential, by James Ellroy.
Reviewed by: Newsweek, September 22, 1997.

The Maltese Falcon
Director: Roy del Ruth
Screenplay: Maude Fulton, Lucien Hubbard, Brown Holmes
Producer:
Music:
Photography: William Rees
Visual Effects:
Cast: Ricardo Cortez (Sam Spade), Bebe Daniels, Dudley Digges, Dwight Frye, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Oscar Apfel
Released by: Warner
Date: 1931, 80 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett.

The Maltese Falcon
Director: John Huston
Screenplay: John Huston
Producer: Henry Blanke
Music: Adolph Deutsch
Photography: Arthur Edeson
Visual Effects:
Cast: Humphrey Bogart (Sam Spade), Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Gladys George, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook, Jr., Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan
Released by: Warner
Date: 1941, 101 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett (1931).

Marlowe
Director: Paul Bogart
Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant
Producer: Sergei Petchnikoff
Music: Peter Matz
Photography: William H. Daniels
Visual Effects:
Cast: James Garner (Philip Marlowe), Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, Bruce Lee, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll OšConnor, William Daniels, Jackie Coogan
Released by: MGM/Katzka-Berne-Cherokee/Beckerman
Date: 1969, 95 minutes. Color.
Based on: The LIttle Sister, by Raymond Chandler ().

Marnie
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay: Jay Presson Allen
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Photography: Robert Burks
Visual Effects:
Cast: Tippi Hedron, Sean Connery, Martin Gabel, Diane Baker, Louise Latham
Released by: Universal/Geoffrey Stanley Inc.
Date: 1964, 130 minutes. Color.
Based on: Marnie, by Winston Graham ().

Married to the Mob
Director: Jonathan Demme
Story and Screenplay: Barry Strugatz, Mark R. Burns
Producers: Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon
Music: David Byrne
Photography: Tak Fujimoto
Editor: Craig McKay
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Trey Wilson, Joan Cusack
Released by: Rank/Orion/Mysterious Arts
Date: 1988, 103 minutes. Color.

Meet Nero Wolfe
Director: Herbert Biberman
Screenplay: Howard J. Green, Bruce Manning, Joseph Anthony
Producer:
Music:
Photography: Henry Freulich
Visual Effects:
Cast: Edward Arnold, Lionel Stander, Joan Perry, Rita Hayworth, Victor Jory, Nana Bryant, Walter Kingsford, John Qualen
Released by: Columbia
Date: 1936, 73 minutes. BW.
Based on: Fer de Lance, by Rex Stout.

Mission Impossible
Director: Brian De Palma
Screenplay: David Koepp and Robert Towne
Producer:
Music: Lalo Schifrin, Danny Elfman, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen
Visual Effects:
Cast: Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt), Jon Voight (Jim Phelps), Vanessa Redgrave (Max), Emmanuelle Béart (Claire), Ving Rhames (Luther), Jean Reno (Krieger), Henry Czerny,
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1996, minutes. Color.
Based on: Mission: Impossible, 1966-73 TV series on CBS.
Reviewed by: Entertainment Weekly, May 31, 1996.

Moonraker
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay: Christopher Wood
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Music: John Barry
Photography: Jean Tournier
Cast: Roger Moore (James Bond), Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Geoffrey Keen, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee
Released by: UA/Eon
Date: 1979, 126 minutes. Color.
Based on: Moonraker by Ian Fleming (1979).

Murder My Sweet
Date: 1944, 95 minutes. B & W.
See Farewell, My Lovely
Based on: Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler (1940).

Murder on the Orient Express
Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenplay: Peter Schaffer
Producer: Paul Dehn
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Albert Finney (Hercule Poirot), Ingrid Bergman Oscar, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Wendy Hiller, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Jacqueline Bisset, Michael York, Rachel Roberts, Anthony Perkins
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1974, minutes. Color.
Based on: Murder in the Calais Coach, by Agatha Christie (19).